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USING previously developed techniques for the investigation of radiation coloration in biotite, we have discovered the hitherto unknown fact that the onset of reversal occurs precisely at the end of the α range and is a phenomenon independent of the darkening peak.
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MOAZED, C., OVERBEY, R. & SPECTOR, R. Alpha-induced coloration reversal in biotite. Nature 267, 818–819 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/267818a0
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