Specimen Number31-1-006Alternate Number56-48-1CommentsAnorthosite and associated sulfidic chromitite from Merensky Reef. Pyroxene in anorthosite layer looks like enstatite by XRD (see pattern below).In Teaching CollectionNoMineral(s)plagioclasechromitepyroxenechalcopyriteField NotesCollected by Eugene Cameron.Rock NamePGE oreDistrictBushveldMineRustenburg Platinum External LinkMindatDeposit TypeLayered mafic intrusionGeo-Coords[1] Donated ByUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Department of GeoscienceReference 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.