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THE present communication points out certain discrepancies between the arguments of those who dispute a contamination origin for andesitic lavas and the evidence provided by one specific and well documented example of contamination.
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ROCK, N. Marscoite and the origin of andesites. Nature 249, 544–545 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249544a0
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