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Name and first discovery : Named after the Greek words "allos" for "other" and "phaenesthai" for "to appear," due to its similarity to certain copper minerals, allophane was first discovered near Gräfenthal in Thuringia and described in 1816 by the German mineralogists/chemists J.F.L. Hausmann and F. Stromeyer.
Chemistry :
Synonyms : Elhuyarite, Ilbaite, Riemannite
Varieties : Cupro-Allophan, Ferriallophane, Plumballophan, Phosphate-Allophan
literature
Kitagawa, Y. (1974). Dehydration of allophane and lts structural formula. American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials , 59 (9-10), 1094-1098.