Mineralogy and crystal chemistry of "garnierites" in the Goro lateritic nickel deposit, New Caledonia

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-483

  Wells, Martin A ^a   Ramanaidou, Erick R ^a   Verrall, Michael ^a   Tessarolo, Christian ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Garnierite; Goro; Hydrous Ni Mg silicate; Ni laterite; Nickel; Saprolite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; NICKEL; NICKEL DEPOSITS; NICKEL OXIDE; ORES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SILICATES; SILICON ALLOYS; SOILS;

GARNIERITE; GORO; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LATERITIC NICKEL; MINERAL NOMENCLATURE; NEW CALEDONIA; NI-LATERITES; SAPROLITE;

NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; HYDROUS MINERAL; LATERITE; MINERALOGY; NICKEL; SAPROLITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID SOLUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67649604430     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1910     Document Type: Article

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