Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is an important ore of
aluminium and is one of three minerals that make up the rock
bauxite. Bauxite is often thought of as a mineral but is really a rock composed of
aluminium oxide and hydroxide minerals such as gibbsite,
boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and
diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), as well as
clays,
silt, and
iron oxides and
hydroxides. Bauxite is a
laterite, a rock formed from intense weathering environments such as found in richly forested, humid, tropical climates.
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