noun
- Plural of gibbsite; a white or grayish mineral form of aluminum hydroxide, commonly found in bauxite ore and used in the production of aluminum.
Usage: technical; mineralogy
Examples
- Gibbsites are an important ore mineral in the extraction of aluminum.
- The bauxite deposit contained significant quantities of gibbsites.
- Geologists identified gibbsites in the rock samples using X-ray diffraction.
- Industrial processes rely on gibbsites as a primary source of aluminum hydroxide.