Websterite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɛbstəɹaɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Websterite is a noun meaning A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al₂SO₄(OH)₄·7(H₂O).
Meaning
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al₂SO₄(OH)₄·7(H₂O).
Example Sentences
On Websterite found in the Plastic Clay of Auteuil, near Paris [article title]
Fig. 6 is the interesting spectrum of the bright blue compound of alumina. These three bands, although generally faint, are narrow and well defined, the blue and green spaces being invariably clear. Websterite and cryolite show this spectrum to great advantage.
Among some specimens of eruptive rocks obtained from Gallatin, Jefferson and Madison Counties, Montana, Merrill finds basalts, andesites, lamprophyres, syenites, porphyrites, wehrlites, harzburgites and websterites, some of which possess peculiar characteristics.
Word Forms
- websterites
Synonyms for websterite
Depending on context, synonyms include aluminite.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include weberite, aluminite, wardite, woodwardite, hydrowoodwardite, wavellite.
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