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adj. - Pertaining to or containing a bluish silver-white trivalent metallic element

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  • There may be added to the aluminous mordant a little salt of tin to raise the tone.
  • This is very characteristic of a pure aluminous mordant, and of one containing iron.
  • Is a cochineal pigment containing more aluminous base than carmine, and is consequently weaker in colour and less stable.
  • They are divisible into three classes -- the stannic cerulian blue, the aluminous cobalt blues, and the siliceous smalts.
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