Major Category
Mineral Dusts
Category
Other Mineral Dusts
Description
White, red, or brown mineral; [Merck Index]
Sources/Uses
Composed of aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3 ); [Merck Index] "Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide. . . . It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite). Gibbsite is an important ore of aluminium in that it is one of three main phases that make up the rock bauxite." [Wikipedia]
Comments
See "Aluminum hydroxide" and "Bauxite."
Other Information
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