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garnierite

gar·ni·er·ite [ grnee ə rt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
nickel-containing mineral: a soft green form of the mineral serpentine consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate. Use: source of nickel.

[Late 19th century. After Jules Garnier (1839?-1904), French geologist]
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