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This chapter gives an outline of the various modes of occurrence of minerals in the Earth’s crust. Certain terms to be used in the detailed descriptions of minerals will be explained here.

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© 1988 Unwin Hyman

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Gribble, C.D. (1988). The occurrence of minerals. In: Rutley’s Elements of Mineralogy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6832-8_5

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