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Garnierite
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Pimelite
Szklary (Gläsendorf), Ząbkowice (Frankenstein), Ząbkowice District, Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie), Poland
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| Name: | Named Jules Garnier who first discovered it 1864 in New Caledonia. | ||
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| Népouite, Pimelite, Willemseite | |||
Generic name for a green nickel ore which has formed as a result of lateritic weathering of ultramafic rocks (serpentinite, dunite, peridotite).
Mostly a mixture of various Ni- and Ni-bearing magnesium layer silicates.
Occurs in many nickel laterite deposits in the world.
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||
References for Garnierite | ||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Wells, Martin A.; Ramanaidou, Erick R.; Verrall, Michael; Tessarolo, Christian (2009): Mineralogy and crystal chemistry of "garnierites" in the Goro lateritic nickel deposit, New Caledonia. European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 467-483. | |||||||
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