Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Jiří Sejkora, Jiří Litochleb, Jakub Plášil, Bohuslav Bureš

Tsumoite and associated tellurides from the Au deposit Libčice near Nový Knín, Czech Republic: mineralogy and genetic significance

Journal of Geosciences, volume 54 (2009), issue 1, 73 - 82

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.040

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