Specimen Number5-5-009Alternate NumberB69-12CCommentsPyroxenite within zone that contains the lower chromite seamsIn Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)orthopyroxeneField Notessame location as B-69-12BRock NamepyroxeniteDistrictBushveldMineRooiberg Tin External LinkMindatGeo-Locationnorth of NorthamSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionThin SectionBox 2, slot 17Geo-Coords[1] Reference MaterialACL-104: Symposium on the Bushveld Igneous Complex and other Layered Mafic Structures, Abstracts and Summaries of Papers, Geological Society of South Africa, Twelfth Annual Congress, Pretoria, South Africa, July, 1969, 42 p.
ACL-107: Ackermann, P.B., 1969, Symposium on the Bushveld Igneous Complex and other Layered Mafic Intrusions, Excursion Guide to the western part of the Bushveld Complex, Geol. Soc. S. Africa 12th Annual Congress, July, 1969, Pretoria, South Africa, 15 p.
ACL-108: von Gruenewaldt, G., 1969, Excursion Guide to the eastern part of the Bushveld Complex, Geol. Soc. S. Africa 12th Annual Congress, July, 1969, Pretoria, South Africa, 16 p.
ACL-230: Mertie, J.B., 1969, Economic Geology of the Platinum Metals; U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 630, Washington, D.C., 120 p.
5-5-009: pyroxenite - Bushveld District - Rooiberg Tin Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 12/07/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/32134