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Ore mineral

Garnierite (nickel laterite)

A green nickel silicate from tropically weathered rock. Laterite ore is soft and shallow but needs high-pressure acid leaching or smelting.

Garnierite (GeoDIL number - 2505) · Nessa Eull · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

A green nickel silicate from tropically weathered rock. Laterite ore is soft and shallow but needs high-pressure acid leaching or smelting.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Nickel	Principal laterite ore	1-2% Ni typical

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A silvery metal that resists rust, which is why it goes into stainless steel — and, more recently, into the cathodes…

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