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Description: | Free State Geduld Mine 2#, [Odendaalsrus, Orange Free State], [South Africa] bottom 2cm of Basal Reef, [Main-Bird Series], [Witwatersrand Supergroup], [Archaean], [Precambrian] Carbon-thucolite and gold filamnets lie perpendicular to the bedding (in smaller samples). Carbon believed to represent algal mats in shallow water (marine?) environment. Gold trapped and also concentrated by algae. VERY rich in both gold and Uranium, bu tthe seam is very thin. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SEDPETRUD : ROCK : MINERAL : RADIOACTIVE : ELEMENT : OXIDE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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