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65 Ahn JH, Buseck PR (1998) Transmission electron microscopy of muscovite alteration of

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67 Putnis A (2009) Mineral replacement reactions. In: PutirkaKD, Tepley FJ (eds) Minerals,

68 inclusions and volcanic processes. Rev Mineral Geochem, vol 70. Mineral Soc Am,

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70 Taylor SR, McLennan SM (1985) The continental crust: its composition and evolution.

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