Bauxite
A rock classification type
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About Bauxite
As a Commodity:
Colour:
Shades of brown, red-brown, and yellow-brown
Name:
After the locality at Baux (or Beaux), near St. Reny, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
Named "terre d'alumine des Baux" by Pierre Berthier in 1821.
Renamed to "beauxite" by Armand Dufrénoy in 1844.
Renamed to "bauxite" by Henry Sainte-Claire Deville in 1861.
Named "terre d'alumine des Baux" by Pierre Berthier in 1821.
Renamed to "beauxite" by Armand Dufrénoy in 1844.
Renamed to "bauxite" by Henry Sainte-Claire Deville in 1861.
Predominantly hydrated aluminium oxides with iron oxides, kaolinite and other impurities; almost always a residual soil rather than a sediment. Note that iron-rich sediments are covered elsewhere.
A mixture, and rock, comprised of iron and aluminium Hydroxides/Oxides. The primary ore of aluminium.
Originally described from Mas Rouge, Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
A mixture, and rock, comprised of iron and aluminium Hydroxides/Oxides. The primary ore of aluminium.
Originally described from Mas Rouge, Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
575
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:575:5
Similar Names
Classification of Bauxite
Sub-divisions of Bauxite
- Bauxite
Mineralogy of Bauxite
Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present:
Physical Properties of Bauxite
Colour:
Shades of brown, red-brown, and yellow-brown
Synonyms of Bauxite
Other Language Names for Bauxite
Arabic:بوكسيت
Bosnian:Boksit
Bulgarian:Боксит
Catalan:Bauxita
Croatian:Boksit
Czech:Bauxit
Danish:Bauxit
Dutch:Bauxiet
Esperanto:Baŭksito
Estonian:Boksiit
Finnish:Bauksiitti
Galician:Bauxita
Greek:Βωξίτης
Hebrew:בוקסיט
Hungarian:Bauxit
Italian:Bauxite
Japanese:ボーキサイト
Korean:보크사이트
Lithuanian:Boksitas
Malayalam:ബോക്സൈറ്റ്
Norwegian:Bauksitt
Norwegian (Nynorsk):Bauksitt
Polish:Boksyt
Portuguese:Bauxita
Romanian:Bauxită
Russian:Боксит
Serbian:Боксит
Simplified Chinese:铝土矿
Slovak:Bauxit
Swahili:Boksiti
Swedish:Bauxit
Turkish:Boksit
Ukrainian:Боксити
Vietnamese:Bauxit
Common Associates
Associations Based on Photo Data:
| 5 photos of Bauxite associated with Siderite | FeCO3 |
| 4 photos of Bauxite associated with Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| 3 photos of Bauxite associated with 'commodity:Bauxite (Aluminium)' | Al |
| 3 photos of Bauxite associated with 'Limonite' | |
| 3 photos of Bauxite associated with Taenite | (Ni,Fe) |
| 3 photos of Bauxite associated with 'Relict iron meteorite' | |
| 3 photos of Bauxite associated with 'Meteorite' | |
| 2 photos of Bauxite associated with 'Laterite' | |
| 1 photo of Bauxite associated with Gibbsite | Al(OH)3 |
| 1 photo of Bauxite associated with 'Gabbro' |
Internet Links for Bauxite
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References for Bauxite
Reference List:
Aylmore, Mark G.; Walker, Graham S. (1998) The quantification of lateritic bauxite minerals using X-ray powder diffraction by the Rietveld method. Powder Diffraction, 13 (3). p.136-143. doi:10.1017/s0885715600009982
Qi, Hui; Zhang, Sheng-Qiang; Lv, Kai-Ning; Yuan, Guo-Li; Dong, Pei-Pei; Li, Ying-Jie; Li, Jun; Liu, Xue-Fei (2025) Formation mechanism of boehmite and diaspore in karstic bauxites: Trace element geochemistry in source materials using a large sample geochemical dataset and a random forest model. American Mineralogist, 110 (8). doi:10.2138/am-2024-9499
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