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Anenburg; Or M. Bialik; Yevgeny Vapnik; Hazel J. Chapman; Gilad Antler; Yaron Katzir; Mike J. Bickle (2014). "The origin of celestine–quartz–calcite geodes associated with a basaltic dyke, Makhtesh Ramon, Israel".
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