scarbroiten.
/ˈskɑːbrəʊʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrous carbonate of alumina, formerly regarded as a silicate, found near Scarborough.
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1829 W. V. Vernon in Philos. Mag. 2nd Ser. 5 180 It..may be distinguished by the appellation of Scarbröite.
1883 M. F. Heddle in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 424/2.
1960 Mineral. Mag. XXXII. 353 Scarbroite, a fine-grained but compact deposit obtained from fissures in the sandstone on the north Yorkshire coast, is shown by chemical analysis to have an idealized formula Al2(CO3)3·12Al(OH)3.
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