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The balloon + helium has to be lighter than the (couple of liters of) air it displaces.
He Density (at STP) 0.1786 g/L
The density of air at sea level is about 1.2 g/L
Another interesting factoid about rare elements: Very little nickel is found in the Earth's crust. Most nickel has arrived on Earth from meteors. Usually mixed with iron, which held-back the arrival of the iron-age.