gibbsite
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thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of the part of the [[crystal structure of gibbsite]] 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). It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite).
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Gibbsite
- Mineral.image
- Gibbsite-fiu14a.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Gibbsite
- Mineral.category
- Hydroxide minerals
- Mineral.formula
- Al(OH)3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Gbb
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.FE.10
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/n
- Mineral.mohs
- 2.5–3
- Mineral.gravity
- 2.35
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Mineralogical properties
- Etymology
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|Ball-and-stick model of the part of the [[crystal structure of gibbsite]]
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). It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gibbsite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.