The Mantle Room
Item
Title
The Mantle Room
Creator
Mantle Room, Department of Geological Sciences
Date Created
2021
Type
Collection
Description
“The University of Cape Town houses a collection of upper mantle-derived materials (mantle xenoliths and xenocrysts, kimberlites and related rocks and megacrysts, as well as deep crustal xenoliths) that is most likely the largest of its kind. The collection was assembled over the past 50 years and has been and continues to be an invaluable and irreplaceable resource for mantle research. Informally named the “Mantle Room” collection, it is maintained under the auspices of the Department of Geological Sciences” (Department of Geological Sciences 2021).
Is Part Of
Geological Sciences
Source
UCT Mantle Room, Department of Geological Sciences
