Specimen NumberTC-1-1-009Alternate Number16-7-019CommentsMerensky Reef. Thin layer of chromite between norite and pyroxenite. Sulfides in pyroxenite layer are intercumulate.In Teaching CollectionYesMineral(s)chalcopyritechromiteplagioclasepyrrhotiteRock NamePGE oreDistrictBushveldMineKroondal Chrome External LinkMindatDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionReference 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.