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nouna mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesiumtype of:
Definition that contains olivine
- 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)
- peridotite a dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine
- chrysolite a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
- pallasite a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
- 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)