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Definition of Gibbsite
1. Noun. White crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina.
Substance meronyms: Bauxite
Terms within: Aluminium Hydroxide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Hydrated Aluminium Oxide, Hydrated Aluminum Oxide
Definition of Gibbsite
1. n. A hydrate of alumina.
Definition of Gibbsite
1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)3. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gibbsite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gibbsite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibbsite
Literary usage of Gibbsite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"But an intimate mixture of 71 per cent, diaspora and 29 per cent, gibbsite should
have a specific gravity of 3 03. Rough though the calculation is, ..."
2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"In the United States it occurs in large plates in connection with the emery rock
at Chester, Massachusetts. Uses.—See under gibbsite. 5. ..."
3. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"gibbsite occurs as an accessory constituent in many of the schists and gneisses,
... No alterations of gibbsite are recorded in the standard textbooks, ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1903)
"As the proportions vary from 55 per cent to 88 per cent gibbsite, ... Average of
Table III. equals 2-87, which implies 93-5 per cent gibbsite to 6-5 per ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Georgia (1904)
"They are gibbsite, halloysite and kaolin or clay. gibbsite. — This mineral differs
from bauxite in being crystalline instead of concretionary or clay-like ..."
6. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1890)
"Its composition is Al2(OH)«, corresponding to the mineral gibbsite. It is insoluble
in water, but easily soluble in dilute acids or alkali solutions. ..."
7. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1905)
"gibbsite crystallizes in the monoclinic system, but often with a hexagonal aspect,
and the crystals were originally called ..."
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