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Polytype vs Bayerite - What's the difference?

polytype | bayerite |

As nouns the difference between polytype and bayerite

is that polytype is any of the types involved in polytypism while bayerite is a polytype of gibbsite.

As a verb polytype

is to produce a polytype of.

polytype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the types involved in polytypism.
    • Orthochrysotile is a polytype of chrysotile.
  • A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
  • * Hansard
    • By pressing the wood cut into semifluid metal, an intaglio matrix is produced: and from this matrix, in a similar way, a polytype in relief is obtained.

    Verb

    (polytyp)
  • To produce a polytype of.
    • to polytype an engraving

    bayerite

    English

    (wikipedia bayerite)

    Noun

  • (mineral) A polytype of gibbsite.