Specimen Number5-6-017Alternate NumberB69-21ACommentsanorthosite with inclusions of Merensky Reef, Rustenburg platinum mineIn Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)feldsparorthopyroxeneRock NameanorthositeDistrictBushveldMineRustenburg Platinum External LinkMindatGeo-LocationundefinedSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionThin SectionBox 2, slot 38Geo-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.
5-6-017: anorthosite - Bushveld District - Rustenburg Platinum Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 15/06/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/32159