Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white, yellowish, or brown mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, used in the manufacture of magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native magnesium carbonate, a mineral occurring in white compact masses, less often in rhombohedral crystals. It belongs to the calcite group.
- noun the hydrated magnesium silicate usually called
sepiolite or meerschaum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.
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- noun mineralogy A form of
magnesium carbonate ,Mg C O 3, occurring asdolomite (withcalcite ) but rarely found in the pure state.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium
Etymologies
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Examples
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District Court in Trenton, N.J., alleges that companies in China conspired to drive up the price of magnesite, which is used in steelmaking.
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It occurs in a number of localities as magnesite, which is usually amorphous, but sometimes forms pure crystals resembling calcite.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Rust promoting agents are also acids and most salt solutions; consequently, smoke, sodium chloride, salt water, and binders such as magnesite mortar and gypsum.
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New wooden barracks below a magnesite quarry which covers with its terraces the whole mountainside.
Work Camp 199 GW 2010
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Meanwhile, China now accounts for nearly three quarters of North Korea's total trade, sending it crude oil, petroleum and manufactured goods in exchange for coal, steel and rare metals like tungsten and magnesite.
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For a furnace with basic refractories, which includes most carbon steel-producing furnaces, the usual slag formers are calcium oxide (CaO, in the form of burnt lime) and magnesium oxide (MgO, in the form of dolomite and magnesite).
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In court filings, China's magnesite producers didn't dispute that they discussed prices and offered the same defense as vitamin C makers: They didn't violate the law because they acted under government authority.
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He said Resco bought 800 tons of magnesite from China last month for $1,200 a ton, up 50% from its last order in July.
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Encouraged by Pyongyang, the group plans to take control of gold, copper, zinc and magnesite mines in Hamgyong, a planned mining zone on North Korea's rugged east coast.
Coming Out Party 2008
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For a furnace with basic refractories, which includes most carbon steel-producing furnaces, the usual slag formers are calcium oxide (CaO, in the form of burnt lime) and magnesium oxide (MgO, in the form of dolomite and magnesite).
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