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Bitterfontein Granite Quarry, Bitterfontein Farm, Bitterfontein, Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 1' 49'' South , 18° 12' 47'' East
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Dimension stone known commercially as “Green Granite” has been exploited intermittently. The Bloukop Granite is a post-tectonic granite of the Namaqualand Metamorphic Province and forms dome-like features that weather dark
brown. Phenocrysts of microcline and perthite impart a greenish colour to the
rock and the matrix consists of quartz, microcline and biotite.
The quarry is 200 m x 50 m and up to 13 m high. It was started mid 1980's by
Marlin Verde (Pty) Ltd and continued until 1993, it was then taken over by Trans Hex Group Ltd. Operations stopped in August 1996 and the quarry was sold back to Marlin Verde (Pty) Ltd in March 1997 (Cole, 2013).
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