basaluminite

noun bas·aluminite \ ¦bäs + \

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:a mineral Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀‧5H₂O consisting of a basic hydrated aluminum sulfate found in veinlets in siderite at Irchester and Brighton Hill, England, and in France

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basic + alumin- + -ite

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