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Ni Nickel Nickel goblet drum

Discovery: 1751
28 28 30 State: Solid
Transition Metals from the presence of nickel. Pentlandite This reddish mineral
Forms

This green colour comes
is made of iron and
nickel sulfide.
Garnierite Nickeline

This nickel ore also
contains arsenic.

Pure nickel balls refined
in a laboratory

These silvery white metal
pellets have a yellowish tinge.

Nickel is named after Old Nick, a demonic copper, they named it Kupfernickel, meaning
spirit from Christian lore that was believed “Old Nick’s copper”. Nickel is also found in other
to live underground. In the 18th century, ores, such as garnierite and pentlandite. This
German miners mistook a poisonous nickel element is one of the most useful metals, with
mineral, now known as nickeline, for a a number of applications. Because pure nickel
66 copper ore. When this mineral failed to yield does not rust, it is used to coat objects to make

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