Lateritic nickel ore deposits
Genesis and types of nickel laterites. Lateritic nickel ores formed by intensive tropical weathering of olivine rich ultramafic rocks such as dunite, peridotite and komatiite and their serpentinized derivatives, serpentinite which consist largely of the magnesium silicate serpentine and contains approx. 0.3 nickel. This initial nickel content is strongly enriched in the course of lateritization.





































