gibbsite
IPA: gˈɪbzʌt
noun
- (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)₃.
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Examples of "gibbsite" in Sentences
- So the Gibbsite article appears to be in error.
- Gibbsite is converted into aluminium oxide by heating.
- Minerals formed in laterite nickel deposits include gibbsite.
- This enables dissolution of kaolinite and precipitation of gibbsite.
- Gibbsite has a typical metal hydroxide structure with hydrogen bonds.
- For example, dissolution of albite may result in formation of gibbsite.
- The gibbsite is usually converted into aluminum oxide, Al2O3, by heating.
- Occurrence of gibbsite is always associated with these well ordered kaolinites.
- The montmorillonite group, which often occurs in the drier tropics, has two silica layers for every one gibbsite.
- In its molecular structure thousands of alternate flat layers of silica (silicon oxide) and gibbsite (aluminium oxide) occur, and give the particles their typical hexagonal plate-like structure.
- It consists largely of the minerals gibbsite Al (OH) 3, boehmite γ-AlO (OH), and diaspore α-AlO (OH), together with the iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase TiO2.
- On 10th February 2010 ABx released details of its maiden resource - 22 million tonnes of gibbsite-rich bauxite on the first target area on EL 6997; based on drilling of less than 10% of known bauxite areas on the Tenement.
- The principal minerals from which aluminum is recovered today are hydrous aluminum oxides, the most prominent of which are bauxite, gibbsite, and diaspore -- the aggregate of all these minerals going commercially under the name of bauxite.
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