gibbs|ite

gibbs|ite
gibbs|ite «GIHB zyt», noun.
a whitish, crystalline or massive hydrate of aluminum oxide. It is an important component of bauxite, the principal ore of aluminum. Formula: Al2O3•3H2O
[< George Gibbs, 1766-1833, an American mineralogist + -ite1]

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