Definitions For Alunite
Noun
ALUNITE. (countable and uncountable, plural ALUNITEs) (mineral) A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, potassium, kaluminum, al3(sulfur, soxygen, o4)2(Ohydrogen, h)6.Derived terms
ammonioalunite natroaluniteTranslations
Chinese: : Mandarin: 明礬石, sc=Hani, 明矾石, tr=míngfánshí, sc=Hani Finnish: aluniitti French: alunite, f German: Alunit, m Italian: alunite, f Japanese: 明礬石 (みょうばんせき, myōbanseki, sc=Jpan) Portuguese: alunita, f Russian: алуни́т, m Spanish: alunita, fEtymology
From its earlier name aluminilite, given in 1824.Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997External links
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The word Alunite is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends