bauxite
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saɪt, ˈboʊ noun
a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.
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| —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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The country has almost half of the world's bauxite reserves and is the second-largest bauxite producer.
Bauxite is an ore used in the manufacture of aluminum.
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