ASSAYING FOR NICKEL Was just reading up on how most laboratories assay for nickel.
If it's - nickel sulphide - typical fire assay is the norm.
But... when the nickel has transitioned into - a nickel salt ( silicate ) or, nickel II
Like, Nickelous - it becomes more complex.
WHAT WOULD BE A NICKEL SALT ?
Nickel chloride -
Scanning the True Claim Exploration Assay results on - Scadding -
I see no - chloride values.
What i do see are numerous - salt silicates -
Aluminum
Calcium
Cadium
Cessium
Potassium
Lithium
Magnesium
Manganese
Sodium
Phosphorus
Uranium
Yitrium
So... the wee bit - knowledge i have on assaying is...
metal form - oxygen bond
carbonate form - co2 bond
Suppose the nickel is eminating from a form of ( mica / pyrite ) and...
comes in contact with the salt chloride - it will precipitate into a nickel salt that turns green.
If it leaches into a chloride solution such as chlotire and bonds to a silicate
It would mean it would become a nickel chloride silicate salt.
Since there are bo chloride values in True Claims assay report
And only metal values even for the salts present
And since there are high percentage values for other minerals that could als obe salts,
Aluminum - 6 % or more
Calcium - 1 % ( upto )
Sodium - 1 - 2 %
Potassium - 3 - 6 %
Magnesium - 1 - 2 %
What we don't know is... were these above mentioned minerals in salt form or, metalic ?
Chnces are, sodium was a salt form in chloirde... but what about the other minerals ?
This is where it can become quite difficult to ascertain.
There are several species of minerals that can present in a salt form.
Lots of chlorite, whixh is a chloride..
And if Nickel ever did go into solution because of a potential reaction to chloride or even limes,
and bonded into a crystal form of, silicate.
The question is then asked -
what would fire assaying do to a nickel siliacate salt ?
Another issue with the assay chart is..
I don't see any values for - silicon metal - which is always present in slicate quartz.
Another topic revolves around - why is there so little sulphure content in the assays ?
Next to nothing.
Was the chlorite ( chloride ) presence so strong it converted many of the sulphide minerals into
chlorites and chlorides ? Ahhhhh.....
It would be intersting to reassay three kinds of green cores.
With - only acids then, under spectro scope.
Light greens
Med greens
Dark greens
Then... target the micas/pyrites - identify them...these appear to be leaching this green solution.
Two kinds of asaying.
fire assay
chemical acid assay
Performing these kinds of assatyings - could resolve lots...
And just maybe findmore mineral percentages that may have jumpedlanes into another category - due to sharing and bonding with another mineral silicate like, aluminum, or, magnesium etc...
- even bond back to cobalt - i just read another assay report that claimed, cobalt and nickel are very closely realted. Hard to separate when assaying.
Reminder -
the new species of Nickel found in - serpentine and chlorite ores.
Checkout the assay values on Scadding Mine -
Begins at - page - 486 -
Yup... lots of salts....complex geology - hosting a plethroa of minerals .
Even the potassium, aluminum, mangesum might add up as secondary credits too.
And of course - cobalt, titanium, chromium.
If one pulls the gold - why not target a few more minerals that are in high percentage or,
valued far higher in price like, titanium and chromium.
TRUE CLAIM - 622 PAGE REPORT - SCADDING MINE -
https://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndmfiles/afri/data/imaging/20000015009/2_49396_10_DiamondDrilling_GeologicalReport_ScaddingGoldProperty2011.pdf
- we have a mine permit - it's like gold - other juniors wait years for permitting.
- 197 sq km - of lands ( massive )
- lots of other minerals never assayed for revealed in former operator assay reports
- all new gold + copper showings at, glade and aalwyn
- more pge's and cobalt
And junior mentions the word roll ?
To hell with that.
Perhaps explain why -
only gold assaying was performed on Scadd, while former junior performed near full monty assaying.
That's all i'm researching -
Up to the junior to perform the proper testing on ores.
Let's see if they drag this out, till more world issues sink the markets.
hmmm.