Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems”
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Voudouris, P.; Karampelas, S.; Melfos, V.; Graham, I. Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems”. Minerals 2019, 9, 778. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120778
Voudouris P, Karampelas S, Melfos V, Graham I. Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems”. Minerals. 2019; 9(12):778. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120778
Chicago/Turabian StyleVoudouris, Panagiotis, Stefanos Karampelas, Vasilios Melfos, and Ian Graham. 2019. "Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Gems”" Minerals 9, no. 12: 778. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9120778