Table of Contents:
- PLATINUM-NICKEL-CHROMIUM DEPOSITS; PLATINUM-NICKEL-CHROMIUM DEPOSITSS: GEOLOGY, EXPLORATION AND RESERVE BASE; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author Biography; Preface; List of Acronyms; GENERAL; METAL AND MINERALS; 1
- Introduction ; 1.1 PREAMBLE; 1.2 THE METALS; 1.2.1 Platinum Group of Metals; 1.2.2 Nickel; 1.2.3 Chromium; 1.2.4 Copper; 1.2.5 Gold and Silver; 1.2.6 Cobalt; 1.3 THE MINERALS; 1.3.1 Minerals of Platinum Group of Metals; 1.3.1.1 Sperrylite; 1.3.1.2 Braggite; 1.3.1.3 Cooperite; 1.3.1.4 Laurite; 1.3.1.5 Vysotskite; 1.3.1.6 Merenskyite; 1.3.1.7 Michenerite.
- 1.3.1.8 Moncheite1.3.1.9 Isoferroplatinum; 1.3.1.10 Skaergaardite; 1.3.2 Minerals of Nickel Group; 1.3.2.1 Millerite; 1.3.2.2 Niccolite or Nickeline; 1.3.2.3 Pentlandite; 1.3.2.4 Pyrrhotite; 1.3.3 Minerals of Chromium; 1.3.3.1 Chromite; 1.3.3.2 Crocoite; 1.3.4 Minerals of Copper; 1.3.4.1 Azurite; 1.3.4.2 Malachite; 1.3.4.3 Bornite; 1.3.4.4 Chalcocite; 1.3.4.5 Chalcopyrite; 1.3.4.6 Covellite; 1.3.4.7 Cuprite; 1.3.5 Minerals of Gold and Silver; 1.3.5.1 Sylvanite; 1.3.5.2 Calaverite; 1.3.5.3 Krennerite; 1.3.5.4 Petzite; 1.3.5.5 Argentite; 1.3.5.6 Chlorargyrite; 1.3.5.7 Pyrargyrite.
- 1.3.6 Minerals of Cobalt1.3.6.1 Cobaltite; 1.3.6.2 Skutterudite; 1.4 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; 1.5 GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; 1.6 DEMAND AND SUPPLY; 1.6.1 Platinum Group of Metals; 1.6.2 Nickel; 1.6.3 Chromium; 1.7 METAL PRICE; 1.8 USES; 1.8.1 Platinum Group of Metals; 1.8.2 Nickel; 1.8.3 Chromium; 1.8.4 Copper; 1.8.5 Gold and Silver; 1.8.6 Cobalt; 1.9 SUBSTITUTES AND RECYCLING; 2
- Geology and Geochemistry ; 2.1 DEFINITION; 2.2 GEOLOGY; 2.2.1 Stratigraphy; 2.2.2 Host Rock; 2.2.2.1 Crystallization of Minerals-Bowen's Reaction Series; 2.2.2.2 Cooling of Magma After Crystallization.
- 2.2.2.3 Classification of Igneous Rocks2.2.2.4 Mafic Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks; 2.2.2.4.1 MAFIC INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS; 2.2.2.4.2 MAFIC EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS; 2.2.2.5 Ultramafic Plutonic Rocks; 2.2.3 Structure of the Earth and Source of Host Rocks; 2.2.4 Morphology and Settings; 2.2.5 Textures; 2.3 GEOCHEMISTRY; 2.4 CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; 2.4.1 Genetic Model; 2.4.2 Morphology and Modes of Occurrence; 2.4.3 Commercial Classification; 3
- Deposits of Africa ; 3.1 BACKGROUND; 3.2 SOUTH AFRICA; 3.2.1 Bushveld Igneous Complex; 3.2.1.1 Geology; 3.2.1.2 Mineralization; 3.2.1.2.1 MERENSKY REEF.
- 3.2.1.2.2 UPPER GROUP-2 (UG2) REEF3.2.1.2.3 PLATREEF; 3.2.1.2.4 MAIN ZONE; 3.2.1.2.5 UPPER ZONE; 3.2.1.3 Geochemistry; 3.2.1.4 Reserve and Resources; 3.2.2 Uitkomst Complex (Nkomati-Nickel Deposit); 3.2.2.1 Location; 3.2.2.2 Geology; 3.2.2.3 The Complex; 3.2.2.4 Mineralization; 3.2.2.5 Reserve and Resources; 3.2.3 Stella Intrusion; 3.2.3.1 Location; 3.2.3.2 Geology; 3.2.3.3 Mineralization; 3.2.3.4 Reserve and Resources; 3.2.4 Insizwa Nickel-Copper-PGE; 3.2.4.1 Location; 3.2.4.2 Geology; 3.2.4.3 Mineralization; 3.2.4.4 Exploration and Resources; 3.3 BOTSWANA; 3.3.1 Geology.
