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What is a boehmite?

What is a boehmite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A mixed oxide and hydroxide of aluminium.
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If fine particle-size gibbsite was used, the yield of boehmite decreased and the yield of the poorly crystallized phase increased in all the media.
Only those ores containing significant concentrations of the minerals gibbsite and boehmite, which contain 65 and 85 percent alumina, respectively, are generally considered economical to be processed.
A friction material characterized in that said friction material is blended with scaly boehmite which belongs to the ortho-rhombic system of crystallographic structure.
In general, a quasi-crystalline boehmite precursor and an additive are converted to a quasi-crystalline boehmite containing the additive in a homogeneously dispersed state.
The structure of boehmite consists of double layers of oxygen octahedra partially filled with Aluminium cations.
Gibbsite is found largely in tropical areas on either side of the Equator, while boehmite is found largely north of the subtropical belt in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, China, and Greece.

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