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      Dobrzhinetskaya L F, Wirth R, Yang J, Green H W, Hutcheon I D, Weber P K, Grew E S (2014) Qingsongite, natural cubic boron nitride: The first boron mineral from the Earth's mantle. American Mineralogist 99, 764-772  [view file]
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      Christensen N E, Gorczyca I (1994) Optical and structural properties of III-V nitrides under pressure. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter 50, 4397-4415
      Dobrzhinetskaya L F, Wirth R, Yang J, Green H W, Hutcheon I D, Weber P K, Grew E S (2014) Qingsongite, natural cubic boron nitride: The first boron mineral from the Earth's mantle. American Mineralogist 99, 764-772  [view file]
      Williams P A, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2013) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 16. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2013. Mineralogical Magazine 77, 2695-2709  [view file]
      Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York. Crystal Structures 1, 85-237