gsminmag Mineralogical Magazine Mineralogical Magazine 0026-461X Mineralogical Society 10.1180/minmag.1975.040.309.09 A Garnierite with a High Nickel Content from Western Australia Nickel E. H. Division of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Wembley, W.A., Australia, 6014 Bridge P. J. Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, W.A., Australia, 6000 3 1975 40 309 65 69 17 4 1974 Copyright © 1975, The Mineralogical Society 1975 Summary

The garnierite, which occurs in the oxide zone overlying a nickel sulphide deposit, consists of talc-like and serpentine-like components, with the former predominating. Chemical and electron-probe analyses give NiO contents ranging between 39·6 and 43·9 weight %.