Abstract
IN this book we have a complete history of the platinum group of metals from their genesis and mineralogy to the mining companies that exploit them. Dr. Wagner—and one realises with deep regret that this is the last time we shall receive such another work from his hands—speaks with authority, the authority that comes alone from personal experience. He also secured the services of Dr. Schneiderhohn, who contributes a valuable chapter abounding in admirable photo-micrographs on the mineragraphy, spectrography, and genesis of the platinum-beaming nickel-pyrrhotite ores of the Bushveld Complex. In addition to plates, there are 37 text figures.
The Platinum Deposits and Mines of South Africa.
By Dr. Percy A. Wagner. With a Chapter on the Mineragraphy and Spectrography of the Sulphidic Platinum Ores of the Bushveld Com plex, by Prof. D. H. Schneiderhöhn. Pp. xv + 326 + 38 plates. (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1929.) 21s. net.
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PARKINSON, J. The Platinum Group Metals in South Africa . Nature 125, 662–663 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125662a0
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