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A garnierite with a high nickel content from Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

E. H. Nickel  and
P. J. Bridge
E. H. Nickel
Affiliation:
Division of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Wembley, W.A., Australia, 6014
P. J. Bridge
Affiliation:
Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, W.A., Australia, 6000
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Summary

The garnierite, which occurs in the oxide zone overlying a nickel sulphide deposit, consists of talc-like and serpentine-like components, with the former predominating. Chemical and electron-probe analyses give NiO contents ranging between 39.6 and 43.9 weight %.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 40 , Issue 309 , March 1975 , pp. 65 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1975

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