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Pentlandite
Pentlandite
Pentlandite is a yellowish-bronze coloured metal of iron nickel sulfide. It is one of the main ores for Nickel.
Nickel
Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with the symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge.
What is nickel used for?
What is nickel used for?
Where can it be found globally?
Where can it be found globally?
Fun Fact: Nickel gets its name from the German word "kupfernickel" which means "devil's copper." German miners named ore containing nickel "kupfernickel" because, although they thought the ore contained copper, they were unable to extract any copper from it. They blamed their troubles with this ore on the devil.
Fun Fact: Nickel gets its name from the German word "kupfernickel" which means "devil's copper." German miners named ore containing nickel "kupfernickel" because, although they thought the ore contained copper, they were unable to extract any copper from it. They blamed their troubles with this ore on the devil.
How is it mined?
How is it mined?
Underground
Underground
In certain places, like Afghanistan, Canada, and the USA, they dig underground tunnels and use drills and shovels to harvest the ore, transporting it back to the surface by the cartload.
Open-pit mined
Open-pit mined
In most other places, they dig away the surface of the ground, layer by layer, which forms these giant pits.
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