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Article: Microminerals from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. (Earth's largest geological layered complex which contains the world's largest deposits of platinum and chromium)
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- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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The Bushveld Complex is not only a fascinating geological feature, but also the source of numerous interesting micromineral species including carminite, scorodite, crocoite, linarite, julgoldite, anatase and munirite.
INTRODUCTION
The Bushveld Complex of South Africa is world-famous for several reasons. It contains the largest deposits of platinum and chromium in the world and is the largest layered complex on Earth (Anhaeusser and Maske, 1986). The main rock-types are ultramafic to mafic, but granites, granophyres and felsites, containing economic tin deposits, fluorite and pegmatite minerals are also present (Cairncross and Dixon, 1995). There are also ...