different between aluminum vs magnesiocarpholite

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

magnesio- +? carpholite

Noun

magnesiocarpholite (usually uncountable, plural magnesiocarpholites)

1. (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
   • 2005, Riccardo BASSO, Roberto CABELLA, Gabriella LUCCHETTI, Alberto MARTINELLI, Andrea PALENZONA, Vanadiocarpholite, Mn²⁺V³⁺Al(Si₂O₆)(OH)₄, a new mineral from the Molinello mine, northern Apennines, Italy

     The crystal structure refinement indicates vanadiocarpholite to be isotypic with carpholite, therefore it belongs to the carpholite group together with carpholite, magnesiocarpholite, ferrocarpholite, balipholite and potassic-carpholite.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Magnesiocarpholite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “magnesiocarpholite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.