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  1. bauxite
    [n] - a clay-like mineral
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  2. Bauxite
    An ore of aluminum consisting of moderately pure hydrated alumina. Symbol Al2O32H2O
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  3. bauxite
    noun a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
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  4. bauxite
    (bawk´sīt) an impure mixture of aluminum hydroxides, clay, and other metal oxides, the primary natural source of aluminum. See also bauxite pneumoconiosis.
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  5. Bauxite
    • (n.) Alt. of Beauxite
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  6. bauxite
    rock largely composed of a mixture of hydrous aluminum oxides. Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum.[18 related articles]
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  7. Bauxite
    Bauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and diaspore α-AlO(OH), in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase Ti...
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  8. bauxite
    Bauxite. Credit: Mineral Information Institute The main ore of aluminum – the source of over 99% of the metal. Bauxite is the name for a mixture of similar minerals that contain hydrated aluminum oxides. These minerals are gibbsite (Al(OH)3), diaspore (AlO(OH)), and...
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  9. bauxite
    bauxite (bôk'sīt, bok'–) , mixture of hydrated aluminum oxides usually containing oxides of iron and silicon in varying quantities. A noncrystalline substance formerly thought to be a mineral, bauxite is claylike and earthy and ranges in color from white to deep brown or re...
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  10. Bauxite
    Bauxite is a sedimentary rock group of various aluminium oxides, a principal ore of aluminium, found in France and Jamaica. Bauxite is often formed when aluminium-rich clays are carried away and deposited elsewhere. Bauxite was named after the place where it was first found, Les Baux in France. It h...
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  11. bauxite
    Principal ore of aluminium, consisting of a mixture of hydrated aluminium oxides and hydroxides, generally contaminated with compounds of iron, which give it a red colour. It is formed by the chemical weathering of rocks in tropical climates. Chief producers of bauxite are Australia, Guinea, Jamaica...
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  12. Bauxite
    Aluminium trihydrate, the most common raw material for the production of alumina. Roughly two tons of bauxite make one ton of alumina.
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  13. bauxite
    1) Aluminum ore 2) Mineral 3) Principal ore of aluminum 4) Town in saline county arkansas, usa
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