Laurentthomasite, Mg2K(Be2Al)Si12O30: a new milarite-group-type member from the Ihorombe region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

Ferraris, Cristiano; Pignatelli, Isabella; Cámara, Fernando; Parodi, Giancarlo; Pont, Sylvain; Schreyer, Martin; Wei, Fengxia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-32-355-2020

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Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 355–365, 2020

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Eur. J. Mineral., 32, 355–365, 2020

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Research article 17 Jun 2020

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Laurentthomasite, Mg₂K(Be₂Al)Si₁₂O₃₀: a new milarite-group-type member from the Ihorombe region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar

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