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bauxite /ˈbɔːksʌɪt/
noun an amorphous clayey rock that is the chief ore of aluminium, consisting of hydrated alumina with variable proportions of iron oxides.
– derivatives
bauxitic adjective.
– origin C19: from Fr., from Les Baux (a village in SE France, near which it was first found) + -ite1.



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