Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native hydrate of magnesium, usually found in thin foliated plates, of a white or greenish color and pearly luster.
- noun Same as
chondrodite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare, rare A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
- noun rare The mineral chondrodite.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral form ofmagnesium hydroxide ,Mg (O H )2.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The valley's also rich in brucite, and there's at least some gold.
Susan and Sharon's Excellent Adventure Susan Palwick 2008
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The valley's also rich in brucite, and there's at least some gold.
Archive 2008-06-01 Susan Palwick 2008
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In contact with solutions of mineral acids, organic acids, or magnesium complexing agents, the rate of dissolution of the brucite layers is increased.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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In the case of chrysotile, an octahedral brucite layer having the formula (Mg6O4 (OH) 4) -4 is intercalated between each silicate tetrahedra sheet.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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A native magnesia of New Jersey, it was named after him: “brucite.”
American Connections James Burke 2007
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In the case of chrysotile fibers (in a given amount of water), the brucite layer will, fairly rapidly, dissolve in part, with concomitant increase in the pH of the solution.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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Free brucite, present as contaminant in the fibers, also contributes to the pH increase.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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In the case of chrysotile, the crystalline structure is stable up to approximately 550° C (depending on the heating period), where the dehydroxylation of the brucite layer begins.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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The silicate and brucite layers share oxygen atoms which would normally be separated by distances of 0.305 nm in the silicate layer and 0.342 nm in the brucite layer.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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In the octahedral layer (brucite), magnesium can be substituted by several divalent ions, Fe+2, Mn +2, or Ni+2.
Geology of asbestos 2007
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