bauxite

Summary

bauxite ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,575 views/month, #778 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• Les Baux-de-Provence is named after bauxite^[2].
• bauxite is a type of sedimentary rock^[3].
• bauxite is a type of ore^[4].
• bauxite's Commons category is recorded as Bauxite^[5].
• bauxite comprises gibbsite^[6].
• bauxite comprises böhmite^[7].
• bauxite comprises diaspore^[8].
• bauxite comprises goethite^[9].
• bauxite comprises hematite^[10].
• bauxite comprises kaolinite^[11].
• bauxite comprises anatase^[12].
• bauxite comprises ilmenite^[13].
• bauxite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+8.8'}^[14].
• bauxite's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as resource=bauxite^[15].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine^[19].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[22].
• bauxite's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[23].
• bauxite's MCN code is recorded as 3802.90.50^[24].
• bauxite's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sedimentary rock^[3] and ore^[4].

Origins

Les Baux-de-Provence is named after bauxite^[2].

Use and Application

Components include gibbsite^[6], a mineral species^[26]; böhmite^[7], a mineral species^[27]; diaspore^[8], a mineral species^[28]; goethite^[9], a mineral species^[29]; hematite^[10], a mineral species^[30]; and kaolinite^[11], a mineral species^[31].

Why It Matters

bauxite ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,575 views/month, #778 of 77,819).^[1] bauxite has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] bauxite is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]