The sapphirine-bearing rocks in contact with the Lherz peridotite body: New mineralogical data, age and interpretation

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 191, 2020


Article Number		5
Number of page(s)		28
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2019015
Published online		06 March 2020

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