Specimen NumberTC-1-1-008Alternate NumberDwars RiverCommentsRhythmically layered, with chromite, anorthosite, and pyroxenite layers. Several zones within the pyroxenite layers are beautifully poikilitic.In Teaching CollectionYesMineral(s)chromiteorthopyroxeneplagioclaseRock NameCr oreDistrictBushveldMineDwarsrivierDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionGeo-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.
TC-1-1-008: chromite ore - Bushveld District - Dwarsrivier Mine. Franklin College Collections, accessed 13/11/2026, https://digitalcollections.franklin.uga.edu/nodes/view/37343