As nouns the difference between aluminum and perhamite
is that aluminum is a metallic chemical element (symbol al) with an atomic number of 13 while perhamite is (mineralogy) a hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and silicon.
aluminum
Alternative forms
* aluminium
Noun
(-)
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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perhamite
English
Noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and silicon.
References
* Perhamite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Perhamite.shtml]