TOWENAARGEOLOOG Hans Merensky by Henri Eybers

Hardcover with dust jacket published by Tafelberg 1971

FIRST EDITION

Afrikaans

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Hans Merensky (16 March 1871 21 October 1952) was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist. He discovered the rich deposit of alluvial diamonds at Alexander Bay in Namaqualand, vast platinum and chrome reefs at Lydenburg, Rustenburg and Potgietersrus, which led to some of the largest platinum mines in the world, phosphates and copper at Phalaborwa in the Transvaal lowveld, gold in the Free State and the world's biggest chrome deposit at Jagdlust near Pietersburg.