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Bushveld Igneous Complex

Most of the world’s platinum is mined from a giant, complex rock formation more than 2 billion years old.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published February 24, 2013
Data acquired October 24, 2006

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