Vielleaureite-(Ce), a new epidote of the dollaseite group, coexisting with Mn-dominant hellandite in Mn deposits of the central Pyrenees

Ragu, Alain; Bindi, Luca; Bonazzi, Paola; Remusat, Laurent; Chopin, Christian

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Vielleaureite-(Ce), a new epidote of the dollaseite group, coexisting with Mn-dominant hellandite in Mn deposits of the central Pyrenees

Alain Ragu, Luca Bindi, Paola Bonazzi, Laurent Remusat, and Christian Chopin

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