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...peridotites are subjected to lateritic weathering, nickel released from atomic substitution in the primary igneous silicate minerals can be redeposited at and below the water table as the mineral garnierite, H4Ni3Si2O9 (see figure). Although garnierite is a silicate mineral (the most difficult type to smelt), an efficient method has been discovered...
in nickel processing: Laterites )...economical. Owing to this method of formation, laterite deposits are found near the surface as a soft, frequently claylike material, with nickel concentrated in strata as a result of weathering. Garnierite, (NiMg)6Si4O10(OH)8, a nickel-magnesium silicate, is the richest in nickel, but nickeliferous limonite, (Fe, Ni)O(OH) ·...
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