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boehmite

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boehm·ite  (bmt, b-)
n.
A white to dark reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, AlO(OH), present in bauxite.
[German Böhmit, after J. Böhm (1858-1930), German scientist.]
Boehmite [ˈbɜːmaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
[from German Böhmit, after J. Böhm, 20th-century German scientist]
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It was historically used as an ore of aluminum and later in the electrolytic processing of the aluminum rich oxide ore bauxite (itself a combination of aluminum oxide minerals such as gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore).
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