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Raman scattering from metamict zircon: comments on “Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage” by Nasdala et al. 2001 (Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology)141: 125–144

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    Present address: Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 24, 48149 Münster, Germany, Germany

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Geisler, T., Pidgeon, R.T. Raman scattering from metamict zircon: comments on “Metamictisation of natural zircon: accumulation versus thermal annealing of radioactivity-induced damage” by Nasdala et al. 2001 (Contribution to Mineralogy and Petrology)141: 125–144. Contrib Mineral Petrol 143, 750–755 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-002-0378-1

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