bauxite

[bawk-sahyt, boh-zahyt]

noun

1. a rock consisting of aluminum oxides and hydroxides with various impurities: the principal ore of aluminum.

bauxite

/ ˈbɔːksaɪt /

noun

1. a white, red, yellow, or brown amorphous claylike substance comprising aluminium oxides and hydroxides, often with such impurities as iron oxides. It is the chief ore of aluminium. General formula: Al 2 O 3 . n H 2 O

bauxite

1. A soft, whitish to reddish-brown rock consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides along with silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals. Bauxite forms from the breakdown of clays and is a major source of aluminum.

Other Word Forms

• bauxitic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bauxite¹

1860–65; named after Les Baux, near Arles in S France; -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bauxite¹

C19: from French, from ( Les ) Baux in southern France, where it was originally found

Example Sentences

Chhattisgarh, for instance, is India's sole producer of tin concentrates and moulding sand, and a leading source of coal, dolomite, bauxite and high-grade iron ore, according to the ministry of mines.

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Brazil is a producer of both metals and has large reserves of their raw materials – bauxite and iron ore.

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For its part, the US continues to be happy to buy Guyana's key exports of crude oil, gold and bauxite, which is the ore from which aluminium is extracted.

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Along with gold, the country has resources of oil, gas, diamonds, bauxite and lithium among other things.

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“The region has significant natural reserves of key critical minerals vital for clean energy technologies, including nickel, tin, rare-earth elements, and bauxite,” the report said.

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