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A comment on ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism from an unusual corundum + orthopyroxene intergrowth bearing Al–Mg granulite from the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa, by Belyanin et al.

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    Gautier Nicoli, Gary Stevens & Ian Buick

  2. UMR 6524 CNRS, Université Jean-Monnet, 23 rue du Dr Michelon, 42023, Saint-Étienne, France

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Nicoli, G., Stevens, G., Buick, I. et al. A comment on ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism from an unusual corundum + orthopyroxene intergrowth bearing Al–Mg granulite from the Southern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Complex, South Africa, by Belyanin et al.. Contrib Mineral Petrol 167, 1022 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-014-1022-6

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