"alum slate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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  1. (geology) A slate consisting mainly of clay, iron pyrites, and coaly matter, from which alum is obtained. Translations (A slate from which alum is obtained): alunskiffer [common-gender] (Swedish)
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