Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hydrous sulphate of aluminium, a mineral that occurs in small roundish or reniform masses. Its color is snow-white or yellowish-white.
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- noun A hydrous
aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
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Examples
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The fuel tanks were made of thin durable aluminite;
Danger in Deep Space Carey Rockwell
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A sleek, rounded spread of glassite, with broad aluminite girders.
Brigands of the Moon Ray Cummings 1922
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We floated there like a derelict -- dark, silent, save for the lapping of the water against our aluminite pontoons.
Tarrano the Conqueror Ray Cummings 1922
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