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Original paper

Jakub Plášil, Radek Škoda, Anthony R. Kampf, Ivan Němec, Nicolas Meisser, Georges Favreau

Crystal structure of synthetic “magnesiorietveldite”, Raman spectroscopy data and bond-valence approach to the svornostite group of minerals

Journal of Geosciences, volume 70 (2025), issue 3, 163 - 176

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0047.25

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