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Aluminum vs Vyalsovite - What's the difference?

aluminum | vyalsovite |

As nouns the difference between aluminum and vyalsovite

is that aluminum is a metallic chemical element (symbol al) with an atomic number of 13 while vyalsovite is (mineralogy) an orthorhombic-dipyramidal red mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.

aluminum

English

(wikipedia 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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    vyalsovite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal red mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.

    • References

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