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Jozef Vlasáč, Tomáš Mikuš, Juraj Majzlan, Martin Števko, Adrián Biroň, Marek Szczerba, Rastislav Milovský, Peter Žitňan

Mineralogy and evolution of the epithermal mineralization in the Rudno nad Hronom-Brehy ore deposit, Štiavnické vrchy Mts. (Slovakia)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 69 (2024), issue 1, 21 - 47

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.380

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