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Transmission Electron Microscopy of Native Copper Inclusions in Illite

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Ahn, J.H., Xu, H. & Buseck, P.R. Transmission Electron Microscopy of Native Copper Inclusions in Illite. Clays Clay Miner. 45, 295–297 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.1997.0450218

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