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Rutile from
Bushveld Complex, South Africa


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:222347
Long-form Identifier:1:3:222347:6
GUID (UUID V4):1e6ecc95-9995-45c5-91d0-807c21fcf79a
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OF THE PLATINIFEROUS MERENSKY REEF, BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA, BY THE U-Pb ZIRCON CHEMICAL ABRASION...Columbia V6T-1Z4, Canada Abstract The Bushveld Complex, South Africa, is the world’s largest layered intrusion...age of the Bushveld Complex has proven to be difficult. In this study, zircon and rutile were identified...and is locally in direct contact with sulfide. Rutile occurs mainly as inclusions within or overgrowths...U-Pb dating of zircon, and multigrain fractions of rutile yielded a U-Pb cooling age of 2055.0 ± 3.9 Ma.
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59234 by guest on 25 May 2021 Dating the Bushveld Complex: Timing of Crystallization, Duration of Magmatism...November 2020 ABSTRACT The Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex, including the world’s largest layered intrusion...cooling of the Bushveld Complex based on integrated U–Pb zircon–baddeleyite–titanite–rutile geochronology...for samples of different rock types from the Bushveld Complex, including ultramafic and mafic cumulates...alkaline Phalaborwa Complex. The results indicate that (1) the Bushveld Complex was built incrementally
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EasternBushveld Complexare chromite,the most abundant,and rutile, widelydistributedas an accessory mineral.Ilmeniteand...chromitites apparently formedduringthe postcumulus stage. Rutile and chromitewereevidentlystableas coexistingphasesduring...various magnetitedepositsin the upperpart of the Complex. horizons, and (2) descriptions of titanium-rich...the Critical Zone. mites from the Eastern Bushveld Complex show Titaniumis knownto be presentin chromitein...0003-004x / 79/0 | 02_0I 40$02.00 CAMERON: BUSHVELD COMPLEX in hydrofluoricacid with or without sulfuricacid
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dating of zircon from chromitites of the Bushveld Complex (South Africa) Marina Yudovskaya & Judith Kinnaird...Springer-Verlag Wien 2013 Abstract The layered Bushveld Complex hosts a number of chromitite layers, which...of the Witwatersrand, Pvt Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa e-mail: marina.yudovskaya@wits.ac.za M. Yudovskaya...a Merensky Reef zircon core. The Ti content of Bushveld zircon ranges from 12 to 52 ppm correlating to... Introduction The Bushveld Complex is the largest known layered igneous complex on Earth. It comprises
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chromites from the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Received: 22 March 2005 / Accepted:...seam at the base of the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex on the farm Vlakfontein contain abundant composite...and quartz are less abundant. Cl-rich apatite, rutile, zircon and chalcopyrite are present at trace levels...inclusions; it has not been found elsewhere in the Bushveld Complex. Other minerals in the inclusions are also...Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, South Korea W. D. Maier Sciences de la Terre, Université
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formation in mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld complex, South Africa: Constraints from composition, zoning...formation in mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld complex, South Africa: Constraints from composition, zoning...formation in mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa: constraints from composition, zoning...Geosciences, South Africa, 2050 Johannesburg, ro 2 of 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany -p South Africa re Keywords:...Keywords: Bushveld Complex; zircon; trace elements; Th/U; intercumulus melt; zircon Figures: 14 Tables:
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platinum-group element mineralization of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa J.A. Coggon a,⁎, G.M. Nowell a, D.G...Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK Federal Institute for Geosciences...Keywords: Pt–Os Isotopes Dating Geochronology Bushveld PGM a b s t r a c t We evaluate the 190Pt–186Os...geochronologically well constrained Bushveld Complex, S. Africa. Mixed PGM (laurite, cooperite, laurite–platarsite...respectively. A Pt–Os isochron derived from all Bushveld units gives an age of 2012± 47 Ma (2σ, 186 Os/188Osi
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Letters www.elsevier.com/locate/epsl The Bushveld Complex was emplaced and cooled in less than one million...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received...online 13 March 2015 Editor: A. Yin Keywords: Bushveld Complex zircon high-precision U–Pb dating trace elements...The Rustenburg Layered Suite (RLS) of the Bushveld Complex (BC) represents Earth’s oldest large igneous...Introduction The RLS is the mafic component of the Bushveld Complex (BC; Fig. 1) and the largest layered intrusion
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inclusions in mafic and felsic rocks of the Bushveld Complex – Constraints for zircon crystallization temperatures...Witwatersrand, School of Geosciences, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa e Albert-Ludwig University, Institute of Earth...felsic rocks of the Bushveld Complex (BC), South Africa. Samples include rutile-bearing cumulate rocks...of the Marginal and Critical zones, as well as rutile-free, magnetite-ilmenitetitanite-bearing diorites...contents differ systematically between rock types. In rutile-bearing mafic rocks, melt inclusions commonly show
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Distribution and the Zr-Based Thermometry of Accessory Rutile from Chromitite Federica Zaccarini 1, *, Giorgio...Distribution and the Zr-Based Thermometry of Accessory Rutile from Chromitite. Minerals 2021, 11, 661. https://doi...distribution and Zr-in-rutile temperature have been investigated in accessory rutile from stratiform (UG2...chromitites in cratonic shields (Cedrolina, Nuasahi). Rutile from chromitite has typical finger-print of Cr-V-Nb-W-Zr...from metamorphic chromitite. In magmatic deposits, rutile precipitates as an intercumulus phase, or forms
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in the UG2 chromitite layer of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa Ilya V. Veksler1, 2, 3*, Alena P....of Cape Town, Private Bag Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa 7- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstrasse...the western and eastern limbs of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Analytical methods included electron...interstitial crystallisation. Key Words: Bushveld Complex; UG2 Chromitite; crystal size distribution;...the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe and the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. In terms of economic geology, chromitite
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ARTICLE Chromite in the Platreef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa): occurrence and evolution of its chemical...and to the eastern and western limbs of the Bushveld Complex. The chromitite layers and seams of the Platreef...the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, 2050 Wits, South Africa e-mail: marina.yudovskaya@wits.ac.za J. A. Kinnaird...the Bushveld Complex. Keywords Chromitite . Spinel . Platreef . Bushveld Complex . South Africa Introduction...Introduction South Africa is the world’s leading producer of chromium. This is mined from chromitite layers
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of the Middle Group of the eastern Bushveld complex, South Africa Part 1 – the chromitite layers J. Kottke-Levin*1...layers of the Middle Group of the eastern Bushveld complex. It reports on compositional variations of...Group, Chromitite layers, PGE mineralisation, Bushveld complex 1 Department of Geology, University of the...the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 2 Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg...Xstrata Head Office, PO Box 2131, 0300 Rustenburg, South Africa *Corresponding author, email KottkeLevinJ.SCI@ufs
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Pre-proof Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex W.D. Smith, W.D. Maier, S.J. Barnes, G. Moorhead... Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.gsf.2020... Element mapping the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex W.D. Smitha,*, W.D. Maiera, S.J. Barnesb,...Victoria, Australia d University of Cape Town, South Africa e Fugro Germany Land GmbH, 12555 Berlin, Germany...the reef at four localities in the western Bushveld Complex using micro-X-ray fluorescence and field emission
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new 1.9 Ga age for the Trompsburg intrusion, South Africa W.D. Maier a; , P. Peltonen b , G. Grantham...Geology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa b Geological Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 96...Finland c Council for Geoscience, Pretoria 0002, South Africa Received 23 October 2002; received in revised...May 2003 Abstract The Trompsburg intrusion of South Africa is a large layered intrusion, measuring approximately...suggesting no direct genetic link to the 2054 Ma Bushveld Complex. No further work was conducted on the Trompsburg
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chromitites from the Merensky Reef (Bushveld Complex, South Africa) Zoja Vukmanovic • Stephen J. Barnes...Heidelberg 2012 Abstract The Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex consists of two chromitite layers separated...(EBSD) Introduction The Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1) is one of the most studied bodies...geological map of the western limb of the Bushveld complex (modified after (Von Gruenewaldt et al. 1986...1986, 1989). b Simplified stratigraphy of the Bushveld Complex according to (Eales and Cawthorn 1996). c
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Sciences, University of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa Received 2 November 1999; accepted 23 May 2000...Introduction The Zimbabwe Craton was subject to a complex history of crustal processes in the mid to late...[1]. Compressional tectonics immediately to the south in the North Marginal Zone (NMZ) of the Limpopo...considered. Mukasa et al. [4] obtained a precise age on rutile using IDTIMS techniques while a limited number...intrusion into two major magma chambers (North and South Chambers), each with its own geophysical characteristics
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FORMATION, AND COMPARISONS WITH LAURITE IN THE BUSHVELD AND OPHIOLITIC CHROMITITES HAZEL M. PRICHARD†...Stillwater Complex, Montana and then extend the study to examine laurites from the Bushveld Complex and ophiolites...period to cool, further from the basal contact. Rutile inclusions are most abundant in chromitite layer...with those in the Bushveld Complex chromitites reveals similarities with the Bushveld chromitites, as they...concentrations than those from the Stillwater and Bushveld Complexes. Most ophiolitic laurites probably formed
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TWEEFONTEIN ULTRAMAFIC PIPES, EASTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FEDERICA ZACCARINI§ Via B. Ramazzini...University of the Witwatersrand, PO Wits 2050, South Africa ABSTRACT The ultramafic pipes of Onverwacht...Tweefontein, in the eastern part of the Bushveld Complex, in South Africa, contain small xenoliths of chromitite...chromitite, ultramafic pipes, Bushveld Complex, Republic of South Africa. SOMMAIRE Les pipes ultramafiques...Tweefontein, dans la partie orientale du complexe de Bushveld, en Afrique du Sud, contiennent de petits xénolithes
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3749/canmin.46.4.825 THE GOUDINI CARBONATITE COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA: A RE-APPRAISAL Wilhelm J. VERWOERD§ Department...7600, South Africa Abstract The Goudini carbonatite volcano, in Northwest province, South Africa, has...satellite of the Mesoproterozoic Pilanesberg alkaline complex. It owes its preservation to burial, subsequent...ferroan dolomite, aegirine, albite, riebeckite, rutile and other Ti minerals as major constituents. Stable...mineralization, Goudini, Northwest Province, South Africa. Sommaire Le volcan carbonatitique de Goudini
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EXAMPLE FROM THE KAREE MINE, WESTERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA Malte Junge,† Thomas Oberthür, and...Abstract The UG-2 chromitite of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa contains the world’s largest resources...chromitite at the Karee mine in the western Bushveld Complex was studied in detail. Geochemically, Pt correlates...of discrete PGMs. Introduction The Bushveld Complex in South Africa (Fig. 1) is the largest layered mafic-ultramafic...argued that the cumulate rocks within the Bushveld Complex were generated by crystal sorting of slurries
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mineralisation in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa a a a a L. J. Robb , E. G. Charlesworth...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Republic of South Africa Version of record first published: 09 May 2007...mineralisation in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International...mineralisation in the Archaean Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa L. J. ROBB, E. G. CHARLESWORTH, G. R. DRENNAN...Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Republic of South Africa. The Witwatersrand Basin is a structural remnant
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Merensky Reef at Rustenburg (western Bushveld Complex, South Africa) ALEXANDER KAWOHL1,* AND HARTWIG E...Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa [Received 30 July 2015; Accepted 4 November...Merensky Reef. K E Y WO R D S : Merensky Reef, Bushveld Complex, platinum-group minerals, troilite, isoferroplatinum...(PGE)-Ni-Cu ore body in South Africa’s world famous Bushveld Igneous Complex averages at normal mining...the reef are nearly constant along the whole Bushveld Complex, the PGM assemblages are, even at a local
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Eclogite xenoliths from the Premier kimberlite, South Africa: geochemical evidence for a subduction origin... University of Cape Town. Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa e-mail: aleroex@geology.uct.ac.za; john.gurney@minserv...co.za © 2006 September Geological Society of South Africa ABSTRACT A suite of mantle eclogite hosted...ambiguous. No accessory phases of note occur, but rutile and phlogopite are found in a few samples. Clinopyroxenes...contain a wide range of accessory phases such as rutile, corundum, kyanite, ilmenite, aluminous spinel
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University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa Olivier Namur University of Hannover Hannover...recently. Reviews of recent findings for Sept Iles, Bushveld, Kiglapait, Ilímaussaq, and layered rocks in ophiolites...Jacqueline Vander Auwera 465 12 The Bushveld Complex, South Africa ���������������������������������������������������...Stearns A. Morse 589 14 The Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex, South Greenland ��������������������������    Michael...University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Georges Ceuleneer CNRS-UMR 5563, GET, OMP, University
 
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