Origin of karstic bauxite: Evidence against carbonate rock weathering residues and for lateritic bauxite

This dataset contains bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of global karstic bauxite (Table S1), bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of global lateritic bauxite (Table S2), raw data of major and trace element compositions of soil and stream sediment in Guangxi region (Table S3), concentration of SiO2 in karstic groundwater (Table S4), bulk-rock major element compositions of carbonate rock (Table S5), and mineral and major element compositions of karstic soil (Table S6).