Along with several other club members, TVJ has always been curious about the strange formation of orbicular granite. He challenged Nick Norman as to whether there was any information about this granite in his book Geological Journeys, when Nick was at the club in July. Yes, there was, and this is what it says: “have a look at the famous, rare orbicular granite west of the village of Concordia. It’s a national monument, and one of just two known occurrences in South Africa, and of only a h...

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