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(2015) Chemical composition and crystal structure of merrillite from the Suizhou meteorite. \u003Ci>American Mineralogist\u003C\u002Fi>,  100 (11) 2753-2756 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.2138\u002Fam-2015-5488'>doi:10.2138\u002Fam-2015-5488\u003C\u002Fa>","10.2138\u002Fam-2015-5488",{"id":168,"year":169,"html":170,"doi":171},129464,2016,"Britvin, Sergey N.; Krivovichev, Sergey V.; Armbruster, Thomas (2016) Ferromerrillite, Ca\u003Csub>9\u003C\u002Fsub>NaFe\u003Csup>2+\u003C\u002Fsup>(PO\u003Csub>4\u003C\u002Fsub>)\u003Csub>7\u003C\u002Fsub>, a new mineral from the Martian meteorites, and some insights into merrillite–tuite transformation in shergottites. \u003Ci>European Journal of Mineralogy\u003C\u002Fi>,  28 (1). 125-136 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2015\u002F0027-2508'>doi:10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2015\u002F0027-2508\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1127\u002Fejm\u002F2015\u002F0027-2508",{"id":173,"year":174,"html":175,"doi":176},13315589,2021,"Walton, Craig R., Shorttle, Oliver, Jenner, Frances E., Williams, Helen M., Golden, Joshua, Morrison, Shaunna M., Downs, Robert T., Zerkle, Aubrey, Hazen, Robert M., Pasek, Matthew (2021) Phosphorus mineral evolution and prebiotic chemistry: From minerals to microbes. \u003Ci>Earth-Science Reviews\u003C\u002Fi>, 221. 103806pp. \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.earscirev.2021.103806'>doi:10.1016\u002Fj.earscirev.2021.103806\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1016\u002Fj.earscirev.2021.103806",{"id":178,"year":179,"html":180,"doi":181},15192952,2022,"Kaminsky, Felix V., Zedgenizov, Dmitry A. 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