Geology Honours 2005 Field Excursion


I: Sunrise over the Breede River valley near Worcester on the the way to Kimberley

I: Early morning rainbow above the Breede River valley near Worcester

I: Table Mountain Group stratigraphy exposed in the Matroosberg arch, Hex River Valley

I: Early morning sunlight view of the Matroosberg in the Hex River valley

I: Secure meshwork surrounds the viewpoint over the open pit of Kimberley diamond mine

I: Kimberley Mine: The world's largest manually excavated open pit

I: Geological section through the Kimberley pipe

I: Three carriages simulating the quantity of diamonds won from the Kimberley Mine

I: Kimberley Mine museum

I: Old kimberlite rock dumps near the Wesselton Mine in Kimberley

I: Mantle nodules weathering out of the old kimberlite mine dumps, Kimberley

I: Pale green peridotite nodules occur within the kimberlite rock dumps near Wesselton Mine, Kimberley

I: Alluvial gravels of the ancestral Vaal River exposed at Windsorton

I: Cobbles derived from ancient river gravels dumped beside a diamond recovery plant, Windsorton

I: Grease tables used in diamond recovery, Windsorton

I: Heavy concentrate from alluvial river gravels are shaken over grease tables to trap diamonds

I: Tumbling stones crossing the grease table, Windsorton

I: Exhumed surface smoothed and polished by ancient glaciers, Nooigedacht

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