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The electrical transport properties measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field are broadly consistent with the expected crystallographic orientations. Furthermore, the exfoliated flakes are sufficiently thin to allow measurements of superconducting critical current and surface oxidation, which are difficult to probe in bulk crystals. 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