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Aluminum vs Macaulayite - What's the difference?

aluminum | macaulayite |

As nouns the difference between aluminum and macaulayite

is that aluminum is a metallic chemical element (symbol al) with an atomic number of 13 while macaulayite is (mineralogy) a monoclinic blood red mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and silicon.

aluminum

English

(wikipedia aluminum)

Alternative forms

* aluminium

Noun

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  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
  • (slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.

    • Derived terms

    * aluminum foil * aluminum can

    See also

    * bauxite

    References

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    macaulayite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A monoclinic blood red mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and silicon.

    • References

    * Macaulayite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Macaulayite.shtml]