The structural formula suggested by Clarke shows all the aluminium as basic, as shown in formula I. If, on the other hand, it were all to be regarded as acid, this would become formula 11. But if the considerations discussed above are valid, then a combination of the two, as shown in formula 111, most nearly represents our present knowledge of the constitution of the mineral.
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