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Evaluation of potential sapphire source rocks within the catchments of Kings Plains Creek and Swan Brook, near Inverell, New South Wales

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Coenraads, Robert R. (1994): Evaluation of potential sapphire source rocks within the catchments of Kings Plains Creek and Swan Brook, near Inverell, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1): 5-24, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.15, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/coenraads-1994-rec-aust-mus-461-524/

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