In a few weeks they would learn that core from No. 7 averaged nickel grades of nearly 4 percent, a huge leap from the average 2.96 percent at No. 2. No wonder the Okuatsiaks had struggled with the boxes. Sulphide minerals are already extremely heavy, and the rich ore from No. 7 probably added 20 kilograms to each box. Sparkes had never heard about such massive sulphide in his life. But it wasn't the quantity that overwhelmed him; it was the size of the pentlandite crystals that held the nickel. Geologists had marvelled at the fingernail-sized crystals of pentlandite from hole No. 2. But these crystals were something different. They were as big as Ping Pong balls.

Above is an excerpt from THE BIG SCORE posted last night.What i would like to know is according to this the larger the petlandite crystals the higher percentage of nickel so based on our assays from eagle 2 which said crystals were fingernail-sized we can safely assume that our grades should be at least 2%-3% but not likely higher. Can someone comment on this cause if this is the way it is it would be very useful for newbies and myself in determining future visuals.