An aluminium hydrate γ‎-AlO(OH), boehmite forms a continuous series with its polymorph diaspore α‎-AlO(OH) and is a constituent of bauxite and laterite; sp. gr. 3.0; hardness 4; orthorhombic; usually white; normally occurs as microscopic grains, or pisolitic aggregates; cleavage good {010}; occurs extensively in the weathering profiles of rocks together with gibbsite, diaspore, and kaolinite. It is used for aluminium production and is named after the 19th-century German chemist J. B. Böhm.