The clay minerals of South African soils developed from …

plutonic rock (granite) and a basic igneous rock (dolerite) ; both rocks are individually widely spread over South Africa and occur under different climatic conditions. In the first article the soils, derived from granite, will be dealt with. Granite, the parent rock from which the various soils have developed, is an acid

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Dolerite is being used extensively in South Africa as a road-building material. In the eastern part of the country it has been found that, where weathered dolerite has been used in the base-course, such roads often fail after a time. In the western part of the country, where weathered dolerite has also been used, no

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DOLERITE FOR BASE AND SUB-BASE CONSTRUCTION E G Kleyn and A O Bergh CSIR Built Environment, PO Box 395, Pretoria ABSTRACT Good quality base and sub-base material for road pavement construction is becoming increasingly scarce. Dolerite is one of the more abundant natural road building materials in South Africa.

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western Karoo, South Africa L. Chevallier Council for Geoscience, P.O. Box 572, Bellville, 7535 Republic of South Africa E-mail: [email protected] A. Woodford* Directorate of Geohydrology, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Private Bag X 16, Salamhof, 7532 Republic of South Africa E-mail: awoody@iafrica Accepted 1 December 1998

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Multistage Evolution of Dolerites in the Karoo Large Igneous …

Galerne et al. (2008) recently presented major and trace element data on 327 samples from sills and dykes exposed within a restricted area in the Karoo Basin, the Golden Valley Sill Complex (GVSC; Figs 1 and 2).The aim of that paper was to test geochemical similarities or differences between sills and dykes in the Golden Valley Sill Complex to throw …

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Dolerite | PPT

Dolerite exhibits an ophitic texture where plagioclase crystals are surrounded by pyroxene. There are two main types - tholeiitic dolerite and alkali dolerite - which are found in locations like South Africa, Tasmania, Scotland, and England. Dolerite is utilized as a building and construction material. Read less

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A review of rock studies for archaeologists, and an analysis …

The physical requirements of stone tools tend to prescribe the choice of rocks for their production. Hardness, roughness and impact toughness dictate the ease of knapping as well as the durability of flaked tools, and these rock properties can be measured by mechanical tests described here. Geochemical and petrographic analyses of archaeological and geological …

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The Middle Stone Age of South Africa

The African Middle Stone Age (MSA) is the period in human history spanning roughly from 300,000 until 30,000 years ago. Here, we focus on the archaeological record of South Africa, with occasional glimpses at neighboring countries (Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia). During this time, modern humans evolved in Africa and brought forth a number of key

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The geotechnical character of some South African

Doleritic intrusions in Natal and adjoining areas of South Africa are very numerous, and are associated with the break‐up of Gondwana which took place some 187 to 155 million years ago. ... swell on absorption of water. Unfortunately, however, such dolerites cannot be distinguished readily from sound dolerite. As a consequence, several ...

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Geochemistry of dolerite intrusions of the southeastern …

The formation of the late Mesozoic Karoo Large Igneous Province (LIP) at ∼190 Ma (or even 210 Ma) to ∼170 Ma (Luttinen et al., 2015, Luttinen et al., 2022, Greber et al., 2020; Morake et al., 2022) is related to the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana (Duncan et al., 1997).The magmatic products of this LIP can be found throughout southern Africa and extend …

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Rietspruit Crushers is an established South African mining company that has been in operation since 1960. In that time we have become an industry leader in open cast mining and the crushing of dolerite stone. Rietspruit Crushers is located approximately 9km South of Ermelo, on the N11 toward Amersfoort, on the Farm Rietspruit.

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A review of rock studies for archaeologists, and an analysis …

Southern African Humanities 23: 87–107 September 2011 KwaZulu-Natal Museum A review of rock studies for archaeologists, and an analysis of dolerite and hornfels from the Sibudu area, KwaZulu-Natal Lyn Wadley and Helen Kempson School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies & Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand, …

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Understanding Durability Problems with Dolerite …

Dolerite in Roads i n South Africa Akhona Futshane 1, Philip Paige - Green 2, Joseph K. Anochie - Boateng 3 1 Smart Mobility, Royal HaskoningDHV, East London, South Africa

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Plasticity Index of dolerite road construction material E Kleyn, A Bergh, P Botha Table 1 Results of tests performed by various quarries producing high-quality basecourse material in South Africa (ASPASA, 1994) Type of stone Area Sample No PI on minus 0,425mm PI on minus 0,075mm 5 Dolerite1 SE Transvaal 1 1,7 7,9 SE Transvaal 2 0,6 3,9 OFS 3 3 ...

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The potential application of using granite by-products according to the South African G1 protocol was studied aiming at reducing the environmental impact by reusing granite by products and the ...

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Some Variations in Petrography of South African Karoo …

The Karoo Dolerite Suite in South Africa represents the shallow feeder system to the flood basalt eruptions that formed the Drakensberg Group (basalts), approximately 183 Ma, which presently occur as numerous volcanic remnants in the central parts of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia (Duncan et al. 1997).These intrusions are part of an interconnected network that …

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The prices for black dimensional stones on the international market vary from 900 to 2,400 US$/m 3, whereas the Uruguayan dolerites are priced at 900 to 1,700 US$/m 3.Dolerites from China have prices ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 US$/m 3, the South African gabbro/norite shows prices up to 2,000 US$/m 3 and the most expensive black stone is the iridescent norite …

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Suitability of Chrome Slag as an Aggregate for Asphalt in South Africa

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Diabase or Dolerite : Properties, Composition, Formation

Diabase, also known as dolerite, is a type of igneous rock that holds significance in the field of geology due to its unique characteristics and formation process. It is an intrusive rock, which means it forms from molten magma that cools and solidifies beneath the Earth's surface. Diabase is often confused with basalt due to their similar appearances, but they have …

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Dolerite is a very hard, heavy rock that makes an excellent road stone. Dolerite is an intrusive igneous rock, cooled slowly beneath the ground. It can also be injected violently into the crust …

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Geochemistry of dolerite intrusions of the southeastern … The borehole KWV-01 was drilled near Willowvale (32°14′43.10″ S, 28°35′08.10″ E; 263 m above sea level (asl)) in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, in an area known to have abundant dolerite intrusions (Fig. 1).

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Diabase is a mafic, holocrystalline, igneous rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase is also called Dolerite. Diabase dykes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine grained to aphanitic …

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Dolerite, the Karoo's Fracking Game-Changer

One can imagine such sites to literally have been stone tool 'factories'. Without dolerite to make hornfels, one can wonder whether this Stone Age culture could have thrived as it did across the Karoo Basin." Dolerite and South African Culture. Secondly, dolerite has qualities linked to early human creativity.

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