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Central District, Selibe Phikwe

Selebi-Phikwe nickel field

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: pentlandite, pyrrhotite from dumps.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Nickel-copper sulfide mines worked 1973-2016, now in care and maintenance

Documented BCL mining complex.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

unstable workings
SO2-scarred ground

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