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Premier
Gauteng, South Africa
Main commodities: Diamonds




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2002.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Bartlett P J  1994 - Geology of the Premier diamond pipe: in Anhaeusser C R 1994 Proceedings XVth CMMI Congress, 4-9 September, 1994 SAIMM, Johannesburg   v3 pp 201-213
Gregoire M, Tinguely C, Bell D R and le Roex A P,  2005 - Spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Premier kimberlite (Kaapvaal craton, South Africa): Nature and evolution of the shallow upper mantle beneath the Bushveld complex: in    Lithos   v84 pp 185-205
Gurney J J, Harris J W, Rickard R S and Moore R O,  1985 - Inclusions in Premier Mine diamonds : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v88 pp 301-310
Maier W D, Peltonen P, Juvonen R and Pienaar C,  2005 - Platinum-group elements in peridotite xenoliths and kimberlite from the Premier kimberlite pipe, South Africa : in    S. Afr. J. Geol.   v108 pp 413-428
Viljoen K S, Dobbe R, Smit B, Thomassot E and Cartigny P  2004 - Petrology and geochemistry of a diamondiferous lherzolite from the Premier diamond mine, South Africa: in    Lithos   v77 pp 539-552


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