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Discussion of the paper by Galuskin and Galuskina (2003), “Evidence of the anthropogenic origin of the ‘Carmel sapphire’ with enigmatic super-reduced minerals”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2023

William L. Griffin Open the ORCID record for William L. Griffin [Opens in a new window] ,
Vered Toledo  and
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Open the ORCID record for Suzanne Y. O'Reilly [Opens in a new window]
William L. Griffin*
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) and GEMOC, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Vered Toledo
Affiliation:
Independent Researcher, Netanya 4210602, Israel, Email: vered.toledo1@gmail.com
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS) and GEMOC, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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Corresponding author: William L. Griffin; Email: bill.griffin@mq.edu.au
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , August 2023 , pp. 631 - 634
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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