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In South America, lateritic soil has baked into rock-like hardness and become useless with in five years after it was cleared for farming.

From Time Magazine Archive

Certain of the soft iron ores of the lateritic type, as in Cuba, outcrop over great areas where their topographic situation is such that erosion has not swept them off.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

The second, the garnierite or "lateritic" type of nickel ores, is somewhat more common and is represented by the deposits of New Caledonia.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Geology.—Gneiss and schist, with intrusive granites and porphyries, overlain to a great extent by sand and lateritic deposits, occupy the coast belt, coast mountains and the plateau of Damaraland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Bauxite and lateritic iron ores, for instance, are known to favor tropical climates.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)