gibbsite
English
Etymology
Gibbs + -ite after George Gibbs (1777-1834) in 1822.[1]
Noun
gibbsite (countable and uncountable, plural gibbsites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)3.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Gibbsite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “gibbsite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
- Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
Noun
gibbsite f (plural gibbsites)
- (mineralogy) gibbsite