magnesite

See also: Magnesite and magnésite

English

Etymology

Named after its composition in 1807.

Noun

magnesite (countable and uncountable, plural magnesites)

1. (mineralogy) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO₃, 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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• geminates, magnetise

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

magnesite f (plural magnesiti)

1. (mineralogy) magnesite

Anagrams

• Getsemani, geminaste, segmentai