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Title: Occurrence of supergene nickel ores in the Ha Tri Massive, Hoa An District, Cao Bang Province
Authors: Nguyen, Van Pho
Pham, Tich Xuan
Pham, Thanh Dang
Keywords: Supergene nickel ore
Weathering profile
Ha Tri peridotites
Granierite
Ni-enriched clay mincrals
Issue Date: 2018
Series/Report no.: Vietnam Journal of Earth Sciences;Vol.40, No.02 .- P.153–164
Abstract: Nickel (Ni) laterites are regolith materials derived from ultramafic rocks and play an important role in the world's Ni production. Ni-laterite deposits are the supergene enrichment of Ni formed from the intense chemical and mechanical weathering of ultramafic parental rocks. In Vietnam, the weathering profile containing Ni laterite was first discovered in the Ha Tri massive (Cao Bang). This profile develops on the Ha Tri serpentinized peridotite rocks classi­fied to the CaoBang mafic-ultramafic complex (North Vietnam) and exhibits thick weathered zone (10-15m). This work carried out a detailed study of the weathering profile at the center of Ha Tri massive. Samples from different horizons of the profile were collected and analyzed in detail by XRF, XRD and SEM-EDX methods to establish the relationship between the Ni-rich supergene products and the parental peridotires (lherzolite) rocks in Ha Tri massive. The results show that the saprolite horizon is most Ni-rich in the weathering profile in Ha Tri. In this horizon, Ni­silicate minerals of garnierite group such as pimelite, nepouite and other Mg-Ni silicates have been found. Theap­pearance of minerals of garnicritc group is due to the exchange of Mg by Ni during weathering of peridotite minerals, especially olivine, which leads to the enrichment of the supergene Ni. The occurrence of Ni silicates suggests the existence of the supergene Ni ore in the weathering profile of the Ha Tri massive.
URI: https://dspace.ctu.edu.vn/jspui/handle/123456789/41955
ISSN: 0866-7187
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