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Tritlla, J., Levresse, G. Comments on “(U–Th)/He dating of fluorite: application to the La Azul fluorspar deposit in the Taxco mining district, Mexico” by Pi et al. (Mineralium Deposita 39: 976–982). Miner Deposita 41, 296–299 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-006-0053-y

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