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7

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22

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Chemical and physical transfers in an ultramafic rock weathering profile: Part 2. Dissolution vs. accumulation of platinum group minerals
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39

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Taku Okada, Toshiharu Narita, Takaya Nagai, and Takamitsu Yamanaka

48

A low-pressure–high-temperature technique for the piston-cylinder
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53

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Silvia Ori, Simona Quartieri, Giovanna Vezzalini, and Vladimir Dmitriev

63

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74

High-temperature deformation of volcanic materials in the presence of water
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81

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103

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114

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124

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134

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144

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154

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158

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168

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177

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187

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198

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210

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217

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235

The origin of S⁴⁺ detected in silicate glasses by XANES
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241

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NEW MINERAL NAMES
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REVIEWERS 2007

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BOOK REVIEW: WILLS’ MINERAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ORE TREATMENT AND MINERAL RECOVERY, Seventh edition, by B.A. Wills and T.J. Napier-Munn. (2006) Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier), Burlington, Massachusetts. 456 p. ISBN: 978-0-7506-4450-1.
Vincent J. Van Hinsberg

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Footemineite, the Mn-analog of atencioite, from the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, U.S.A., and its relationship with other roscheritegroup minerals
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7

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31

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81

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88

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124

Crystal-size distribution and composition of garnets in eclogites from the Dabie orogen, central China
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177

The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa
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187

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