alunite

English

Alunite

Etymology

From its earlier name aluminilite, given in 1824.

Noun

alunite (countable and uncountable, plural alunites)

1. (mineralogy) A gray whitish, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.

Synonyms

• alum stone

Derived terms

• ammonioalunite
• natroalunite

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明礬石 / 明矾石 (zh) (míngfánshí)

• Finnish: aluniitti
• French: alunite (fr) f
• German: Alunit (de) m
• Italian: alunite f
• Japanese: 明礬石 (みょうばんせき, myōbanseki)
• Polish: ałunit (pl) m
• Portuguese: alunita f
• Russian: алуни́т (ru) m (alunít)
• Spanish: alunita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Alunite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “alunite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

alunite f (plural alunites)

1. (mineralogy) alunite

Further reading

• “alunite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.luˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧nì‧te

Noun

alunite f (plural aluniti)

1. (mineralogy) alunite

Anagrams

• Aulenti, aulenti, lituane, luteina