Alumstone

Description

An common name for the mineral Alunite which is composed of potassium aluminum sulfate.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Roman alum; alunite; rock alum; alúmen (Port.)

Resources and Citations

• Thomas Gregory, The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Reinhold Publishing, New York, 3rd ed., 1942

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 33

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982