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Pyroxene accumulation in spinifex-textured rocks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. H. Donaldson
C. H. Donaldson
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Department of Geology University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KYI6 9ST
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Geological Magazine , Volume 121 , Issue 6 , November 1984, pp. 650
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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