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Original paper

Peter Koděra, Juraj Majzlan, Kilian Pollok, František Šimko

Vegrandisite (BaCl₂) a new mineral from salt melt inclusions from the Biely Vrch porphyry gold deposit, Slovakia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 70 (2025), issue 3, 189 - 197

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0035.25

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