Nickel

SymbolNi

This is a short overview. For the background — history, value over time and notable mines — see Nickel →

A hard, silvery-white ferromagnetic metal, historically worked from magmatic sulphide segregations or lateritic ores rather than the hydrothermal veins typical of most British metal mining. Used mainly in stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys.

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MineRegionWorked
Great Dowgas Mine Cornwall c. 1719–1913
Hilderston Silver Mine West Lothian 1606 (royal operation from 1608)–1870
Talnotry Mine Dumfries and Galloway c. 1885–Mid-1880s

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