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Original Paper

Samuel E. Swanson, William B. Veal

Mineralogy and petrogenesis of pegmatites in the Spruce Pine District, North Carolina, USA

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 1, 27 - 42

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.062

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