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Stinky rocks hide Earth’s only haven for natural fluorine

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Chemists settle centuries-old debate about what causes 'fetid fluorite' to smell.

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  1. Schmedt auf der Günne, J., Mangstl, M. & Kraus, F. Angew. Chem. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203515 (2012).

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Sanderson, K. Stinky rocks hide Earth’s only haven for natural fluorine. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.10992

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