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nickel bloom

British

noun

another name for annabergite

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A small amount of the green arsenate, annabergite or "nickel bloom," has been developed by oxidation at the surface.

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The present oxidized zone is very shallow, but may have been deeper before being stripped off by glaciation; it is characterized by native silver and arsenates of nickel and cobalt in the form of the green "nickel bloom" and the pink "cobalt bloom."

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