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Webster 1913 Edition
Gibbsite
Gibbs′ite
,Noun.
[Named after George
Gibbs
.] (Min.)
A hydrate of alumina.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gibbsite
GIBBS'ITE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
gibbsite
gibbsite
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Gibbsite
Noun
gibbsite (countable and uncountable, plural gibbsites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)3.
- ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997