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Jan Pašava, František Veselovský, Milan Drábek, Martin Svojtka, Ondřej Pour, Josef Klomínský, Radek Škoda, Jana Ďurišová, Lukáš Ackerman, Patricie Halodová, Eva Haluzová

Molybdenite-tungstenite association in the tungsten-bearing topaz greisen at Vítkov (Krkonoše-Jizera Crystalline Complex, Bohemian Massif): indication of changes in physico-chemical conditions in mineralizing system

Journal of Geosciences, volume 60 (2015), issue 3, 149 - 161

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.197

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