Connoisseur's choice: Diopside Merelani, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Rocks and Minerals

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-173

  Pohwat, Paul W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIOPSIDE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84875312232     PISSN: 00357529     EISSN: 19401191     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00357529.2013.763697     Document Type: Article

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