The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the Earth's crust. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops...
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Sill of New York and New Jersey; the Henry Mountains of Utah; the Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa; Shiprock in New Mexico; the Ardnamurchan intrusion...
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The Stillwater complex is a large layered intrusion with many similarities to the Bushveld igneous complex of South Africa. The complex was intruded into...
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species and other game. The Bushveld is one of the most mineral-rich regions of the world. This is due to the Bushveld igneous complex, an extremely rich saucer-shaped...
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The Merensky Reef is a layer of igneous rock in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) in the North West, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces of South...
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Norite (category Igneous petrology)
such as in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, the Skaergaard igneous complex of Greenland, and the Stillwater igneous complex in Montana. Norite...
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found in the norite belt of the Bushveld Igneous Complex covering the Transvaal Basin in South Africa; the Stillwater Complex in Montana, United States; the...
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Lopolith (category Igneous rocks)
the Sudbury igneous complex of Ontario, the Bushveld igneous complex of South Africa, the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe, the Skaergaard complex of Greenland...
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sill complex (northwestern Alberta, Canada) Bushveld Igneous Complex (South Africa) Volcanic rifted margins are found on the boundary of large igneous provinces...
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of the Geological Society of London in 1930 for his work on the Bushveld Igneous Complex, and elected to the Royal Society in 1935. Hall was born in Birmingham...
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serpentine and corundum. The vast Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa is a large layered mafic to ultramafic igneous body with some layers consisting...
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Layered intrusion (category Igneous rocks)
direct relationship between igneous and country rock-hosted magmatic sulfides is still debated. Bushveld igneous complex, South Africa Dufek intrusion...
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Africa. It has significant platinum group metal deposit on the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Wesizwe has access to substantial platinum reserves at the Bakubung...
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on stratigraphy, these dates are defined chronometrically. The Bushveld Igneous Complex and some other similar intrusions[specify] formed during this period...
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Island. It was first described in 1928 for occurrences in the Bushveld Igneous Complex and named after South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper who...
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South Africa northwest of Burgersfort, Limpopo. It is part of the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Modikwa represents one of the largest platinum reserves in South...
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Troctolite (category Igneous petrology stubs)
for example, in the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa and in the Lizard complex in Cornwall. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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drilled from 15 meters underground from a formation known as the Bushveld Igneous Complex in northeastern South Africa. As with all long-lived plant and...
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dietzeite and ulexite in the Chilean Atacama and is reported from the Bushveld igneous complex of South Africa. Lópezite was first described in 1937 for an occurrence...
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segregations in layered igneous intrusions such as Bushveld, the Stillwater igneous complex, the Lac des Îles igneous complex, the island of Rùm intrusive...
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may refer to: Buick LG7, a Buick V6 engine Lower Group 7, of the Bushveld Igneous Complex Liancheng Jinhe metro station (station code LG07) on the Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin...
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Johannesburg. A majority of the company's operations take place in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, a large region that contains a range of mineral commodities including...
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and ultramafic igneous rocks host practically all primary PGM ore of the world. Mafic layered intrusions, including the Bushveld Complex, outweigh by far...
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tungsten (some flow from core to surface does occur, e.g. at the Bushveld Igneous Complex, a famously rich source of platinum-group metals). Today, these...
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It is delimited by the Witwatersrand Basin (2,700 Mya) and the Bushveld Igneous Complex (2,050 Mya). It consists of three parts, the Transvaal Basin in...
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Limpopo province of South Africa. It is in the eastern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, approximately 35km north-west of Burgersfort. The operation comprises...
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extrusion of igneous rocks. These extruded rocks, containing minerals such as vanadium and platinum, are called the Bushveld Igneous Complex. The original...
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Chromitite (category Igneous petrology stubs)
Chromitite is an igneous cumulate rock composed mostly of the mineral chromite. It is found in layered intrusions such as the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South...
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Kimberlite, an igneous rock and a rare variant of peridotite, is most commonly known to be the main host matrix for diamonds. It is named after the town...
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in 1966 for an occurrence in the Merensky Reef of the Western Bushveld Igneous Complex, South Africa, and named for South African geologist Hans Merensky...
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