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 [bawk-sahyt, boh-zahyt]   Origin

baux·ite

   [bawk-sahyt, boh-zahyt]
noun
a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.
Origin:
1860–65; named after Les Baux, near Arles in S France; see -ite1

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baux·it·ic  [bawk-sit-ik, boh-zit-] , adjective
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bauxite (ˈbɔːksaɪt)
 
—n
a white, red, yellow, or brown amorphous claylike substance comprising aluminium oxides and hydroxides, often with such impurities as iron oxides. It is the chief ore of aluminium. General formula: Al2O3.nH2O
 
[C19: from French, from (Les) Baux in southern France, where it was originally found]

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bauxite
1861, clayey mineral containing aluminum, from Fr. bauxite, from Les Baux, near Soles, where it was first found. The place name is from Prov. Li Baus, lit. "the precipices."
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bauxite   (bôk'sīt')  Pronunciation Key 
A soft, whitish to reddish-brown rock consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides along with silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals. Bauxite forms from the breakdown of clays and is a major source of aluminum.
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