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Observation and origin of self-organized textures in agates

P J Heaney, A M Davis

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |September 15, 1995
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Ostwald-Liesegang crystallizationSilica-rich fluidsAgate formationSelf-organized textures

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