gibbsite

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English

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Gibbsite

Etymology

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From Gibbs +‎ -ite after George Gibbs (1777-1834) in 1822.[1]

Noun

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gibbsite (countable and uncountable, plural gibbsites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)3.

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Gibbsite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “gibbsite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

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Noun

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gibbsite f (plural gibbsites)

  1. (mineralogy) gibbsite
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