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Micro-sectoriality in hydrothermally grown ruby crystals : The internal structure of the boundaries of the growth sectors. / Thomas, Victor G.; Daneu, Nina; Rečnik, Aleksander et al.

In: CrystEngComm, Vol. 19, No. 44, 28.11.2017, p. 6594-6601.

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Thomas, VG, Daneu, N, Rečnik, A, Mashkovtsev, RI, Dražić, G, Drev, S, Demin, SP, Gavryushkin, PN & Fursenko, DA 2017, 'Micro-sectoriality in hydrothermally grown ruby crystals: The internal structure of the boundaries of the growth sectors', CrystEngComm, vol. 19, no. 44, pp. 6594-6601. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce01520h

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Thomas, V. G., Daneu, N., Rečnik, A., Mashkovtsev, R. I., Dražić, G., Drev, S., Demin, S. P., Gavryushkin, P. N., & Fursenko, D. A. (2017). Micro-sectoriality in hydrothermally grown ruby crystals: The internal structure of the boundaries of the growth sectors. CrystEngComm, 19(44), 6594-6601. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ce01520h

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Thomas VG, Daneu N, Rečnik A, Mashkovtsev RI, Dražić G, Drev S et al. Micro-sectoriality in hydrothermally grown ruby crystals: The internal structure of the boundaries of the growth sectors. CrystEngComm. 2017 Nov 28;19(44):6594-6601. doi: 10.1039/c7ce01520h

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Thomas, Victor G. ; Daneu, Nina ; Rečnik, Aleksander et al. / Micro-sectoriality in hydrothermally grown ruby crystals : The internal structure of the boundaries of the growth sectors. In: CrystEngComm. 2017 ; Vol. 19, No. 44. pp. 6594-6601.

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