Definition of banket
i. A general term for a compact, siliceous conglomerate of vein-quartz pebbles about the size of a pigeon's egg, embedded in a quartzitic matrix. The term was originally applied in the Witwatersrand area of South Africa to the mildly metamorphosed gold-bearing conglomerates containing muffin-shaped quartz pebbles and resembling an almond cake made by the Boers. Etymol: Afrikaans, a kind of confectionery.
Ref: AGI
ii. Originally applied by the Dutch settlers to the gold-bearing conglomerates of the Witwatersrand. It is now used more widely for similar conglomerates and conglomeratic quartzites.
Ref: CTD
Chambers’s Mineralogical Dictionary (1964) Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA (reprint): 11.
Ref: AGI
ii. Originally applied by the Dutch settlers to the gold-bearing conglomerates of the Witwatersrand. It is now used more widely for similar conglomerates and conglomeratic quartzites.
Ref: CTD
Chambers’s Mineralogical Dictionary (1964) Chemical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY, USA (reprint): 11.