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mag·ne·site

(măg′nə-sīt′)

A white, yellowish, or brown mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO₃, used in the manufacture of magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide.

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magnesite

(ˈmæɡnɪˌsaɪt)

(Minerals) a white, colourless, or lightly tinted mineral consisting of naturally occurring magnesium carbonate in hexagonal crystalline form: a source of magnesium and also used in the manufacture of refractory bricks. Formula: MgCO3

[C19: from magnesium + -ite¹]

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mag•ne•site

(ˈmæg nəˌsaɪt)

n.

a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO₃, usu. occurring in white masses: a source of magnesium oxide.

[< French magnésite (1797); see magnesia, -ite¹]

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magnesite - a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium

atomic number 12, magnesium, Mg - a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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