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Oberthür, T. Comments on “Trace element distribution in uraninite from Mesoarchaean Witwatersrand conglomerates (South Africa) supports placer model and magmatogenic source” by Depiné et al. (Mineralium Deposita 48: 423–435, 2013). Miner Deposita 48, 1047–1050 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-013-0491-2

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