Specimen Number10-8-003Alternate NumberGD69-2CommentsVein of asbestos in serpentinized duniteIn Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)chromitechrysotileolivineserpentineRock Nameasbestos oreDistrictGreat Dyke, ZimbabweGeo-LocationundefinedSub-LocationundefinedDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionReference MaterialACL-105: Bliss, N.W., 1969, The Great Dyke of Rhodesia, A summary account prepared for a field excursion by Delegates to the Symposium on Layered Intrusions XIIth Annual Congress, Geological Society of South Africa, July, 1969, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 33 p.
ACL-106: Lightfoot, M.B., 1940, The Great Dyke of southern Rhodesia, Presidential Address, Geological Society of South Africa,18th March, 1940, Proc. Geol. Soc. S. Africa, pp.xxvii-xlvi, to accompany the Transactions, v. XLIII, 1940.
ACL-230: Mertie, J.B., 1969, Economic Geology of the Platinum Metals; U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull. 630, Washington, D.C., 120 p.
10-8-003: asbestos ore - Great Dyke, Zimbabwe District - Undefined Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 06/11/2025, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/32219