| the Mafic Phase of the Bushveld Complex. To the west are the Leolo Mountains, composed of Main Zone gabbros...the Atok mine and Steelpoort (Fig. 2), the layered sequence dips 10–15° southwest and west. To the east...UG–2 horizon can be traced from close to the Atok mine for over 30 km to the Steelpoort River (Fig. 2)...Mooihoek Merensky Reef UG - 2 Onverwacht Pipes Mine Rivers / streams er Riv Watershed Steelpoort...palladoarsenide, unnamed [Pd 3 Fe], vasilite, _atokite_–rustenburgite, cuprorhodsite–malanite, RhNiFe sulfide |
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Locmelis, Marek, Melcher, Frak, Oberthür, Thomas (2010) Platinum-group element distribution in the oxidized Main Sulfide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Mineralium Deposita, 45 (1) 93-109 doi:10.1007/s00126-009-0258-y |
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| in the oxidized Main Sulfide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Marek Locmelis & Frank Melcher & Thomas Oberthür...Great Dyke mafic/ultramafic layered intrusion of Zimbabwe, economic concentrations of platinum-group elements...Beneficiation . PGE oxides Introduction The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe is a 2,575.4±0.7-Ma-old mafic/ ultramafic layered...cutting Archean granites and greenstone belts of the Zimbabwe Craton (Prendergast 1988; Oberthür et al. 2002)...from the base–metal refinery (Evans 2002). At Hartley Mine, the recovered grades of Pt and Pd from pristine |
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Oberthur, T., Weiser, T. W., Gast, L., Schoenberg, R., Davis, D. W. (2002) PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS AND OTHER DETRITAL COMPONENTS IN THE KAROO-AGE SOMABULA GRAVELS, GWERU, ZIMBABWE. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (2) 435-456 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.2.435 |
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| COMPONENTS IN THE KAROO-AGE SOMABULA GRAVELS, GWERU, ZIMBABWE THOMAS OBERTHÜR§ Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften...Upper Karoo (Triassic, ~200 Ma) age near Gweru, Zimbabwe. The polymict spectrum of heavy minerals in the...derived from late Archean greenstone belts of the Zimbabwe craton. Keywords: zircon, monazite, tantalite...paleoplacer, Karoo Formation, Somabula gravels, Gweru, Zimbabwe. SOMMAIRE Nous avons étudié des concentrés de...supérieur (triassique, ~200 Ma) près de Gweru, au Zimbabwe. Le spectre polymicte de minéraux lourds dans |
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Cabri, Louis J. (2002) The Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum-Group Elements. Special Volume 54. The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
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| PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West Montréal, Québec, Canada H3Z 3B8 ISBN 1-894475-27-5...Platinum-group element mineralization of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. In The Geology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy and...relationships at the currently operating Lac de Iles mine (Ontario), the Marathon deposit in the Coldwell...(Ontario), and the formerly producing Salt Chuck mine (Alaska). They, thus, cover a range of deposit types...Company. The PGE mineralization in the Great Dyke (Zimbabwe), which is the world’s second largest reserve |
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Oberthür, Thomas (2018) The Fate of Platinum-Group Minerals in the Exogenic Environment—From Sulfide Ores via Oxidized Ores into Placers: Case Studies Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Minerals, 8 (12) 581 doi:10.3390/min8120581 |
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| Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Thomas Oberthür Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften...Complex of South Africa and the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. Samples were obtained underground, from core...Bushveld Complex, South Africa; the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; the Stillwater grains, and they are ofthe subordinate...Bushveld Complex in South Africa, of the Sudbury district in Canada, and later Norilsk in Russia grand style...Bushveld Complex; South Africa; Great is Dyke; Zimbabwe; platinum-group minerals; Bushveld Complex in |
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OBERTHUR, T., WEISER, T. W., MELCHER, F. (2014) ALLUVIAL AND ELUVIAL PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS FROM THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA. South African Journal of Geology, 117 (2) 255-274 doi:10.2113/gssajg.117.2.255 |
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| platinum mine in the northern part of the eastern Bushveld was the Atok Mine (now Bokoni Mine). As the...Bushveld Brakspruit (24°54’56.7’’E, 27°12’53.2’’S). West of Norton, river north of road bridge. 20 kg of...Rh-genkinite ruarsite hollingworthite irarsite platarsite atokite Rh-isomertieite unnamed unnamed unnamed Σ analyses...from the Mooihoek pipe (own data; AS 7915b). Atokite [Pd3Sn] forms a complete solid solution series...rustenburgite [Pt3Sn]. Small (5 µm) oriented lamellae of atokite having the composition [(Pd1.64Pt1.06Fe.19Cu.19Ni |
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Wilhelmij, Harry R., Cabri, Louis J. (2016) Platinum mineralization in the Kapalagulu Intrusion, western Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (3) 343-367 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0603-2 |
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| from the Paleoproterozoic Ubendian gneiss to the west of the Kapalagulu Intrusion to identify the metamorphic...There are other less well-known intrusions to the west of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of...common are tetraferroplatinum (ideally PtFe), atokite (ideally Pd3Sn), isoferroplatinum (ideally Pt3Fe)...Te 7 ), moncheite, kotulskite], sobolevskite, atokite, native palladium, an unknown Pd alloy (Pd 3 Ni)...(ideally PdSb), genkinite (ideally (Pt, Pd) 4Sb 3)] atokite, native palladium, isoferroplatinum, the unnamed |
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Pracejus, Bernhard - Ed. (2014) The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope (2nd ed.) Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2012-0-01360-9 |
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| brownish yellow, difficult to see in fine crystals Atokite Stumpflite Stibarsen Potarite very weak weak... Mineral Descriptions Molybdenite in Graphite; Bogala Mine, Sri Lanka 51 Copper, native Synonym(s): Cuivre...of cuprite (bluish grey); North Mine (North Broken Hill Mine; NBH Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co.,...vein in jasper (red internal reflections); Madenköy Mine, Çayeli, Rize Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey...argentite reaction rim (greenish grey; arg); Monte Narba Mine, San Vito, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy; PPL |
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Junge, Malte, Oberthür, Thomas, Osbahr, Inga, Gutter, Paul (2016) Platinum-group elements and minerals in the lower and middle group chromitites of the western Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 51 (7) 841-852 doi:10.1007/s00126-016-0676-6 |
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| mining operations and reworking of old chromite mine dumps from the lower group (LG) and middle group...the Mooinooi operation, as well as from the recent mine production from the nearby Millsell and Mooinooi...originates both from current mining operations and from mine dumps. The dump feed at Millsell has an average... a zinc-tin-copper-lead ore from Mount Pleasant mine (MP-1b) from the Canadian Certified Reference Materials...PGM like moncheite [PtTe2], potarite [PdHg], and atokite [Pd3Sn] together represent around 10 %. Considering |
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Mungall, James E. (2005) Exploration for platinum-group element deposits. Mineralogical Association of Canada. |
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| Redistribution in the Main Sulfide Zone of The Great Dyke, Zimbabwe T. Oberthür, F. Melcher 75-96 97-111 6. Placers...Systems: Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E...geochemical surveys M.L. Zientek, S.R. Corson, R.D. West 391-407 19. Exploration and Mining Perspective...Sulfide Zone of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown ...REDISTRIBUTION IN THE MAIN SULFIDE ZONE OF THE GREAT DYKE, ZIMBABWE T. Oberthür, F. Melcher INTRODUCTION GEOLOGICAL |
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Melcher, F., Oberthur, T., Lodziak, J. (2005) Modification of detrital platinum-group minerals from the Eastern Bushveld complex, South Africa. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43 (5) 1711-1734 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.5.1711 |
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| of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, stibiopalladinite, atokite, irarsite, michenerite, moncheite or Au–Ag–Cu alloy...(Fig. 4d) that occasionally carry inclusions of atokite or stibiopalladinite. values from 1.3 to 1.5 also...the weathered Main Sulphide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe (Evans & Spratt 2000), and from placer occurrences...weathered sulfide-rich PGE reefs along the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe, have shown that Pt(Fe) alloy phases, along with...oxidized ores and soils is lacking. At the Mimosa mine, Zimbabwe, Pt- and Pd-bearing base-metal sulfides, present |
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Pracejus, Berhard - Ed. (2014) The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope (1st ed.) Elsevier. |
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| 15-10 56 I/A.15-30 58 Tulameenite I/A.16-20 60 Atokite Niggliite I/A.16-40 62 Stannopalladinite I/A.16-50...patches of gold (yellow) in pyrite (light cream); West Driefontein, Johannesburg, South Africa [c]; Nic...(yellowish white), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(greenish grey), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // Anhedral electrum...(bluish grey shades), quartz (dark grey); New Bullfrog mine, Nye Co., Nevada, USA [h]; Nic. // 8 Gold A |
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(2009, September) Platinum. Mineral Profile. British Geological Survey |
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| Name Formula Group Name Formula Alloys Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn Arsenides Sperryl ite PtAs2 lsoferroplatinum...proportions of individual PGE within a deposit or a district. processes are also known but these are of relative...to Iiquids not able to be mixed together. 5 www. Mine ra Is UK. corn w Platinum . Iii -~ ~ . , ...• • Munn ~ Munn\ A i.11Ti A ~ Kam bald a District r t S'al Rad o. .. D~~e) ~--· eld Complex...Reef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa; Great Dyke, Zimbabwe; J-M Reef, Stillwater Complex, USA; Munni Munni |
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Campos-Alvarez, Nelson O., Samson, Iain M., Fryer, Brian J. (2012) The roles of magmatic and hydrothermal processes in PGE mineralization, Ferguson Lake deposit, Nunavut, Canada. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (4) 441-465 doi:10.1007/s00126-011-0385-0 |
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| setting The Ferguson Lake deposit is about 250 km west of Rankin Inlet (Nunavut), within the Hearne domain...the Ferguson Lake mineral district and the main tectonic units of the west Canadian Shield (modified...focused on selected drill cores from the east zone, west zone “pit area,” and 119 extension zone, along the...mineralized zones to depths of ~450 m below surface. The west zone hosts the majority of the indicated resources...showing the general spatial relationships in the West zone pit area between the north-dipping metagabbro |
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Junge, Malte, Wirth, Richard, Oberthür, Thomas, Melcher, Frank, Schreiber, Anja (2015) Mineralogical siting of platinum-group elements in pentlandite from the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Mineralium Deposita, 50 (1) 41-54 doi:10.1007/s00126-014-0561-0 |
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| studied pentlandite grains from the UG-2 (Karee Mine, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa) with EPMA...concentrations of PGEs from the UG-2 (Karee Mine) and the Platreef (Mogalakwena Mine, Sandsloot pit) were investigated...on pentlandite from the Platreef at Mogalakwena Mine (Sandsloot pit) in the northern Bushveld Complex...Complex and from the UG-2 chromitite at the Karee Mine, western Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1). Following conventional...the UG-2 chromitite (Karee Mine) and the Platreef (Sandsloot, Mogalakwena Mine) 20-kV acceleration voltage |
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Cabri, Louis J., Wilhelmij, Harry R., Eksteen, Jacobus J. (2017) Contrasting mineralogical and processing potential of two mineralization types in the platinum group element and Ni-bearing Kapalagulu Intrusion, western Tanzania. Ore Geology Reviews, 90. 772-789 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.04.009 |
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| PGE-bearing Main Sulfide Zone of the Great Dike of 135 Zimbabwe by the presence of abundant chromite and olivine...as those 342 in the Main Sulfide Zone (MSZ), Zimbabwe, reported by Evans (2002) and Oberthür et al.... and Oberthür et al. 474 (2013) on the MSZ (Zimbabwe) and on two deposits on the Merensky Reef by Schouwstra...palladium oxides/hydroxides from the Great 676 Dyke, Zimbabwe, and thoughts on their stability and possible... gold from the Main Sulfide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Transactions Institute Mining 680 Metallurgy |
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Taylor, Roger G. - Ed. (1979) Geology of Tin Deposits - Developments in Economic Geology No. 11. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/c2009-0-12420-0 |
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| Cornwall, England Erzgebirge G.D.R./Czechoslovakia. West Iberia, Spain, Portugal France, Massif Central -...Africa, Bushveld Southern Rhodesia Zambia South West Africa Swaziland (5) Age South East Asia Thailand...(Cont.) Age Region - Province (6) Australia North-west Tasmania Herberton - Mt. Garnet, Queensland North-east...*APLITE-FINE GRAINED GRANITE' \ v! \ \ \ North-west Tasmania (Blue Tier) Province. types of mineralisation...basalt) with an associated forechain basin to the west of the Peel Fault, and an outer non-volcanic arc |
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Nathan, N. Pazhamalai, Kumar, Shri R. Vijay, Prabhakar, Shri J., Dhanendran, Shri S., Kumaravel, V. (2022) Exploration for Platinum Group of Elements in India. Special Publication 122. Geological Survey of India |
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| 3.9. (ii) Mawpyut Ultramafic Complex, Meghalaya WEST BENGAL 3.10. (i) Bagalia-Sonaijuri-Kashipur-Gopalpur...World. World production of PGM, 2007-2016. World mine production of PGM by country, 2016. Platinum prices...Geological map of Arumanalur area, Kanyakumari district, TN. Geological Map of Kadavur gabbro-anorthositic...of Oddanchattiram Ultramafic Complex, Dindigul district. Geological map of Kerala showing PGE exploration...and associated rocks around Rakahbdev, Udaipur District. Schematic flow sheet for Diagnostic Flotation |
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Barkov, Andrei Y., Zaccarini, Federica - Eds. (2019) New Results and Advances in PGE Mineralogy in Ni-Cu-Cr-PGE Ore Systems. MDPI. doi:10.3390/books978-3-03921-717-5 |
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| Bushveld Complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe Reprinted from: Minerals 2018, 8, 581, doi:10...PGM from China, Russia, South Africa, USA, and Zimbabwe are reported. In his contribution, Oberthür [3]...ite vein-disseminated ores from the Komsomolsky mine of the Talnakh and Oktyabrsk deposits, Noril’sk...bushveld complex, South Africa, and Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Minerals 2018, 8, 581. [CrossRef] Stepanov, S...minerals in the chromitites of the Kokkinorotsos chrome mine, Cyprus. In Ophiolites, Proceedings of the International |
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Zientek, Michael L., Loferski, Patricia J., Parks, Heather L., Schulte, Ruth F., Seal, Robert R. (2017) Platinum-group elements. Professional Paper Vol. 1802 (1802n) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/pp1802n |
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| gov/images/periodictable.pdf. Cover. Stillwater Mine in south-central Montana, looking southeast. The...Methods......................................N39 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................N42 Mine Closure...........................................sulfide ore exposed in a stope in the Oktyabr’sk Mine in the Talnakh area, Russia.......................N15 Photograph of the UG2 Chromitite at the Karee Mine in the western part of the Bushveld Complex, South |
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Gasparrini, Claudia (1993) Gold and Other Precious Metals - From Ore to Market. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-77184-2 |
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| smelter specifications at recoveries which repay the mine owner, deposits are being exploited in more remote...mineralogist) is that he communicates effectively with the mine geologist, with the metallurgist and with the decision...choice. He may need to visit the exploration or mine area, to observe the natural conditions and the...metallurgist, the microanalyst may need to examine the mine sections from which the unresponsive ores originate...laboratory is at a distance from the location of the mine. Capacity to produce results such as accurate analyses |
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Pirajno, Franco (2000) Ore Deposits and Mantle Plumes. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-2502-6 |
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| layered igneous complexes 8.2.1. The Great Dyke, Zimbabwe 8.2.2. The Bushveld lgneous Complex, South Africa...lithosphere subducting beneath South America and the west Pacific, showing as fast (and therefore cold) regions...Karoo province in the Transvaal (South Africa) and Zimbabwe areas in southeastern Africa, are the result of...Byrd Land is a dome structure associated with the West Antarctic rift system, and the timing and magnitude...African continent, promoting the growth of jungles west of the divide and savannahs to the east (Coppens |
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Ridge, John Drew (1976) Annotated Bibliographies of Mineral Deposits in Africa, Asia (exclusive of the USSR) and Australasia. Pergamon Press. doi:10.1016/c2013-0-02747-8 |
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| CANADA Pergamon of Canada Ltd., 207 Queen's Quay West, Toronto 1, Canada AUSTRALIA Pergamon Press (Aust...Kronberg-Taunus Pferelstrasse 1, Frankfurt-am-Main, West Germany Copyright © 1976 John Drew Ridge All Rights...Morocco 3 Nigeria 1 Rhodesia 4 South Africa 20 South West Africa... 1 Tunisia 1 Zaire 3 Zambia _2 35 This...50, p. 164-168 Heim, Α., 1 9 3 4 , The molybdenum mine at Azegour: Soc. Econ. Geol., v. 29, p. 76-83..., Allanite et epidote dans des corneennes de la mine d'Azegour, Haut-Atlas: Serv. Geol. Maroc. Notes |
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Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011 |
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| Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Asbolane Atacamite Atokite Attapulgite/palygorskite Augite Aurostibite Autunite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a _mine_”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...Chromium deposits of this type in South Africa and Zimbabwe contribute to more than 90% to the world supply |
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Dill, Harald G. (2010) The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium. Earth-Science Reviews, 100 (1) 1-420 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.011 |
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| Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Asbolane Atacamite Atokite Attapulgite/palygorskite Augite Aurostibite Autunite...hanging wall. During a subsequent mining period, the mine was re-opened to recover sideritic parts of the...you look for a mine look near a _mine_”. This includes the imperative “if you look for a mine look for smelting...also for the chrome diopside found at Outukumpu mine, a mineral that is first and foremost recognized...Chromium deposits of this type in South Africa and Zimbabwe contribute to more than 90% to the world supply |
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