Polished section under reflected light
Ore deposit type: Magmatic in mafic-ultramafic rocks
Provenance: LG6 level, Bushveld Complex, South Africa
Description: : Cumulitic massive chromitite. The rock is composed of chromite (dark gray, with submetallic luster) in millimetric isodiametric crystals and orthopyroxene (light gray) in big anhedral crystals (a few mm). The sample is from the LG-6 chromitite level of the Rustenburg layered suite (Bushveld Complex, South Africa).