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Original paper

Ivo Macek, Milan Novák, Petr Gadas, Peter Bačík, Michaela Vašinová-Galiová

Late fibrous tourmaline from granitic pegmatites enclosed in compositionally contrasting Mg- and Ca,Mg-rich rocks; a monitor of late external fluids

Journal of Geosciences, volume 71 (2026), issue 1, 39 - 56

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0062.26

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