Chrome Mines

Calcite (amber)
on laumonite, 1
Natrolite, 2
Stilbite "balls"
and natrolite,
[close up] 3


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1 Mooinooi Chrome Mine, Rustenburg district (4,6 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 92.

2 Chrome Mine near Potgietersrus, Northern Transvaal (15 cm), specimen: Museum of the Geological Survey, photo: David Minster in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 93.

3 Mooinooi Mine (2,5 cm diameter), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 244.