gibbsite

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English[edit]

Gibbsite

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

gibbsite f (plural gibbsites)

  1. (mineralogy) gibbsite