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Alteration at the Olympic Dam IOCG–U deposit: insights into distal to proximal feldspar and phyllosilicate chemistry from infrared reflectance spectroscopy

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Pages 959-972 | Received 24 Feb 2016, Accepted 20 Nov 2016, Published online: 20 Dec 2016

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