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New age metals: the geology and genesis of ores required for a changing economy and a carbon-constrained world—preface to a thematic issue on critical commodities

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Huston, D.L. New age metals: the geology and genesis of ores required for a changing economy and a carbon-constrained world—preface to a thematic issue on critical commodities. Miner Deposita 49, 885–887 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-014-0555-y

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