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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 minerals
Nails and fittingsAlso 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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