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Original paper

Vladimír Žáček, Radek Škoda, František Laufek, Filip Košek, Jan Jehlička

Complementing knowledge about rare sulphates lonecreekite, NH₄Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·12 H₂O and sabieite, NH₄Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂: chemical composition, XRD and RAMAN spectroscopy (Libušín near Kladno, the Czech Republic)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 64 (2019), issue 2, 149 - 159

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.283

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