magnesite

See also: Magnesite and magnésite

English

Etymology

Named after its composition in 1807.[1]

Noun

magnesite (countable and uncountable, plural magnesites)

(mineralogy) A form of magnesium carbonate, Mg C O₃, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.

Derived terms

chlormagnesite
cupromagnesite

Translations

a form of magnesium carbonate, O₃, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state

Armenian: մագնեզիտ (hy) (magnezit)
Catalan: magnesita f
Czech: magnezit m
Danish: magnesit c
Dutch: magnesiet n
Finnish: magnesiitti
French: magnésite (fr) f
German: Magnesit (de) m
Greek: μαγνησίτης (el) m (magnisítis), λευκόλιθος m (lefkólithos)
Italian: magnesite f
Polish: magnezyt (pl) m
Portuguese: magnesita (pt) f
Russian: магнези́т (ru) m (magnezít)
Spanish: magnesita f
Turkish: magnezit (tr)
Ukrainian: магнези́т m (mahnezýt)

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Magnesite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“magnesite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams

geminates, magnetise

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɲ.ɲeˈzi.te/
Rhymes: -ite
Hyphenation: ma‧gne‧sì‧te

Noun

magnesite f (plural magnesiti)

(mineralogy) magnesite

Anagrams

Getsemani, geminaste, segmentai

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