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Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Bronze pentlandite in pyroxenite matrix. Important ore mineral at this mine.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chromite associated with green fibrous antigorite and green massive lizardite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Clinochrysotile on dolomite. At this locality these asbestos veins are seldom thicker than 5mm. Crystal size is indicated length. Hight is 4mm.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chromite associated with green fibrous antigorite and green massive lizardite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chalcopyrite mass in mafic rock.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Solid antigorite on dolomite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Calcite embedded in dolomite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Simplified geological map of the Nkomati mine. Published in "A process mineralogical evaluation of chromite at the Nkomati nickel mine, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa" by Dzvinamurunga T et al. Published in Minerals 2020, 10, 709.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nkomati mine during 2011, still operational at the time. Currently on care & maintenance.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nkomati mine opencast pit during 2011 with drill rigs.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Wider extent of the opencast pit. Currently (2022) the pit is rehabilitated.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Bronze pentlandite in pyroxenite matrix. Important ore mineral at this mine.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chromite associated with green fibrous antigorite and green massive lizardite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Clinochrysotile on dolomite. At this locality these asbestos veins are seldom thicker than 5mm. Crystal size is indicated length. Hight is 4mm.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Solid antigorite on dolomite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chromite associated with green fibrous antigorite and green massive lizardite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chalcopyrite mass in mafic rock.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Simplified geological map of the Nkomati mine. Published in "A process mineralogical evaluation of chromite at the Nkomati nickel mine, Uitkomst Complex, South Africa" by Dzvinamurunga T et al. Published in Minerals 2020, 10, 709.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Calcite embedded in dolomite.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nkomati mine during 2011, still operational at the time. Currently on care & maintenance.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Nkomati mine opencast pit during 2011 with drill rigs.
© Paul Meulenbeld
Nkomati Mine, Uitkomst Complex, Waterval, Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Wider extent of the opencast pit. Currently (2022) the pit is rehabilitated.
© Paul Meulenbeld