The genesis of the blue amphibole asbestos of the Union of South Africa.

The blue amphibole asbestos, crocidolite, which occurs as interbedded seams in banded ironstones of the Lower Griquatown stage of the Transvaal System in the Northern Cape Province, is the finely fibrous form of the soda-amphibole riebeckite. Despite the widespread occurrence of the Precambrian type...

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Main Author: Genis, Jacob Hendrik
Other Authors: Fuller, A O
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25590