mineral, garnierite
Object numberP12010
Titlemineral, garnierite
Descriptionspecimen of garnierite, the general name for a green nickel ore. Garnierite was named after Jules Garnier, a French geologist, who published his work on the geology of New Caledonia in 1867, announcing the discovery of nickel there. Garnierite was named after him in a paper by a man named A. Liversidge in 1874.
Object namegarnierite
Object categoryMineral
Dimensions
- length: 5.5 cm
width: 4.5 cm
height: 3.5 cm