magnesite

See also: Magnesite and magnésite

English

Etymology

Named after its composition in 1807.[1]

Noun

magnesite (countable and uncountable, plural magnesites)

  1. (mineralogy) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.

Derived terms
  • chlormagnesite
  • cupromagnesite

Translations

Further reading
  • “Magnesite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “magnesite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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Italian

Noun

magnesite f (plural magnesiti)

  1. (mineralogy) magnesite

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