1. More intense weathering results in a continuous transition from saprolite to laterite. 2. Similar deposits were mined near lateritic or saprolite soil. 3. Iron compounds are the primary coloring agents in saprolites . 4. Aquifers in Western Australia are of saprolite grit. 5. Another 80 % is nickel extracted from saprolite . 6. The texture, pH and mineral constituents of saprolite are inherited from its parent material. 7. Poorly weathered saprolite grit aquifers are capable of producing groundwater, often suitable for livestock. 8. Within the lower saprolite , violarite is transitional with unaltered pentlandite-pyrite-pyrrhotite ore. 9. Saprolites form in the lower zones of soil profiles and represent deep weathering of the bedrock surface.10. The regolith is extremely deeply weathered, in some areas completely converted to saprolite up to 100 metres below surface.
