Gibbsite

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Gibbsite
Gibbsite from Brazil
General
CategoryHydroxide minerals
Formula
(repeating unit)
Al(OH)3
Strunz classification04.FE.10

Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide. It is often designated as γ-Al(OH)3 (but sometimes as α-Al(OH)3).[1] It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite). It is an important ore of aluminium, and one of the main parts of the rock Bauxite.

References[change | change source]

  1. N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw, "Chemistry of Elements", 2nd edition, Butterworth and Heinemann, 1997