Optical mineralogy in a modern earth sciences curriculum

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-67

  Reinhardt, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; MINERALOGY;

EID: 1842628759     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-52.1.60     Document Type: Article

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