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Chemical composition and structural formula of manganoan sugilite from the Wessels Mine, Republic of South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Joseph E. Taggart Jr. ,
Eugene E. Foord  and
James E. Shigley
Joseph E. Taggart Jr.
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0046, USA
Eugene E. Foord
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0046, USA
James E. Shigley
Affiliation:
GIA Research, Gemological Institute of America, Santa Monica, California 90404-4088, USA
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manganoan sugiliteWessels MineRepublic of South Africa
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 58 , Issue 393 , December 1994 , pp. 679 - 681
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1994

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