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Original Paper

María Florencia Marquez-Zavalia, James R. Craig

Stalactitic rhodochrosite from the 25 de Mayo and Nueve veins, Capillitas, Catamarca, Argentina: Physical and chemical variations

Journal of Geosciences, volume 67 (2022), issue 3, 223 - 241

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.354

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