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nouna white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesiumtype of:
Definition that contains magnesite
- 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)
- magnesium 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)
- atomic number 12 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)
- magnesium carbonate a very white crystalline salt that occurs naturally as magnesite or as dolomite