different between aluminum vs eakerite

English

Alternative forms

• aluminium (the spelling used in the sciences, and non-US English)

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. Latin alumen +? -um

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) enPR: ?-lo?o'-m?-n?m, IPA^(key): /?.?lu?.m?.n?m/
• (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) enPR: ?æl.(j)??m?n.i.?m, IPA^(key): /?æl.(j)??m?n.j?m/

Noun

aluminum (countable and uncountable, plural aluminums)

1. US and Canadian standard spelling of aluminium.

Translations

See also

• bauxite

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Aluminum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “aluminum”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Aluminum”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN

Latin

Noun

al?minum

1. genitive plural of al?men

English

Etymology

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? + -ite

Noun

eakerite

1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and tin.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Eakerite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database