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Garnierite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A pale green or apple-green mineral, (Ni, Mg)3Si2O5(OH)4, used as a gemstone and as an important nickel ore.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A green nickel ore found in fissures of weathered ultramafic rocks.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesium, occurring massive and of an apple-green color in New Caledonia. It is an important ore of nickel. A similar mineral occurs in Oregon.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel

Word Usage

"The second, the garnierite or "lateritic" type of nickel ores, is somewhat more common and is represented by the deposits of New"

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