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An occurrence of akaganéite (β-FeOOH ˙ C1) in Recent oxidized carbonate concretions, Norfolk, England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

K. Pye*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1988

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