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A constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina
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n. (context mineral English) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, aluminum(oxygenhydrogen) 3 .
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Gibbsite , Al(OH), is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide . It is often designated as γ-Al(OH) (but sometimes as α-Al(OH).). It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite). Gibbsite is an important ore of aluminium in that it is ...
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Gibbsite \Gibbs"ite\, n. [Named after George Gibbs.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina.
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n. white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina
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The bauxites include gibbsite [Al(OH)3], boehmite [AlO(OH)] and diaspore [also AlO(OH)].