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Karel Pacák, Jiří Zachariáš, Ladislav Strnad

Trace-element chemistry of barren and ore-bearing quartz of selected Au, Au-Ag and Sb-Au deposits from the Bohemian Massif

Journal of Geosciences, volume 64 (2019), issue 1, 19 - 35

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.279

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