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REFINE (for Redshift Evolution and Formation in Extragalactic Systems) is a catalog (sample set) of 350,000 galaxies, extending out to redshift 3.5, for the purposes of the study of galaxy evolution through determination of the galaxy-merger rates implied by the statistics. The sample and data is selected from a number of existing surveys, and has been used in subsequent studies.