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NICKEL - MAGNESIUM - ALUMINUM ( silicate - carbonate - chl )

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NICKEL - MAGNESIUM - ALUMINUM -
SILICATE + CARBONATES ( CONVERSIONS )


Here's a research paper on - Nickel Laterite - and - Saprolite..
Saprolite is a nickel ore with less than, 20% iron.

Laterite - ( better sit down for this )
Is an aluminum - ore.
omg.
Scadd has 11% - 17% aluminum.


The research paper discusses a nicle deposit located in - Sata Fe,
 
The minerology constituents are quite similar to Scadd..
Some may be quick to disagree, upon reading - it's a clay type ore.
It's then i'd say, hang on...

Clays, are aluminum silicates.
Ground by nature into very fine - mesh.
Silicates become clay platlettes,

Now throw in the rest of the minerals -
chlorite, calcium, magnesium, manganese, aluminum, titanium,
is it beginning to sound familiar - don't foget, chlorite influenced -
but in a state of, hard rock ?
Of course.
Clays were one hard rock - too.

What they talk about in this study is...
Nickel as a chlorite.
And it's association to - chromium, amgnesium, aluminum.

Puts a whole new spin on how chlorite deals with sulphide irons and pyrites and also, tellurides, and other salt mineral metals. 

EXCERPTS -
" Magnesium is the major cation of the octahedral site and shows a strong negative correlation with Ni, suggesting that Ni is replacing Mg "

The serpentines from Santa F have a lower total Al amount among all compared deposits, with Al having a positive correlation with Ni content (Fig. 12). Overall, the Al gain of serpentine II is greater than on serpentine I, except for a group of samples of serpentine II where Al amount is lower, yet still having high Ni content.

WANGO  - aluminum having a positive correlation to,
nickel content. ( Scadd has nice aluminum % )

Aluminum - Nickel relationship
Serpentine - bonds well with - Nickel, not so much, Aluminum.

Keep in mind - Aluminum is a silicate - there is such a thnig as, silicate nickel - 
garnierite (a hydrous nickel silicate)

( photo of nickel bonding to chlorite )
( at end of post - pertains to this first link )

A MUST READ -
https://www.scielo.br/j/bjgeo/a/NhtQH8yZXGgsFq7bpLT7SKh/#


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NICKEL - MAGNESIUM - ALUMINUM -
SILICATES, CARBONATES, CHLORITE, RELATIONSHIP

West side of Wanapitei may have the iron nickel, but what if east of Wanapitei has lots of calcium and chloriites / chloride, would this not convert sulphides to supergenes, creating and converting sulphide minerlas to - silicate chlorides ? Think conversion - salt conversion.

And... Nickel silicate is what color ?
Green olivine.

Should BMK assay the Scadd and area " aluminum, magnesium  ores " for, nickel ?
After all, only gold was assayed in the, Scadd area.
A lab told to only assay for gold, will only assay for gold.

What about the relationship of nickel and magnesium  and aluminum ?
Silicate forms and talc ( calcium ) forms.
Ha.... ! ( what a ( bugger ) to find this info - it's like finding the cadbury secrect - lol

IT'S A KEEPER -
https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmi_0180-9210_1980_num_103_2_7391

Yeah.. we should check the aluminum and magnesium - for nickel
And do a double take on the - sepentine and chlorites - for nickel.



Here's a photo showing how the nickel bonds to the - chlorite.

WEB LINK -
below photo image -

 



Cheers....