Gibbsite [SEP] named after
, and montmorillonite/smectite groups. The individual aluminium hydroxide layers are identical to the individual layers of gibbsite and are referred to as the "gibbsite layers".
Etymology.
Gibbsite is named after George Gibbs (1776–1833), an American mineral collector.
Further reading.
- Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, "Manual of Mineralogy", 20th ed.,
External links.
- Webmineral Gibbsite
for the different forms of aluminium hydroxide is ambiguous and there is no universal standard. All four polymorphs have a chemical composition of aluminium trihydroxide (one aluminium atom attached to three hydroxide groups).
Gibbsite is also known as hydrargillite, named after the Greek words for water (') and clay ('). The first compound named "hydrargillite" was thought to be aluminium hydroxide, but was later found to be aluminium phosphate; despite this, both "gibbsite" and "hydrargillite" are used to refer to