magnesian

American  

[mag-nee-zee-uhn, mag-neezh-uhn] / mægˈni zi ən, mægˈniʒ ən /

adjective

1. containing or relating to magnesium or its compounds, such as magnesium sulfate or magnesium oxide.

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Example Sentences

Hypersthene, hī-per-sthēn′, n. a rock-forming mineral which crystallises in orthorhombic forms, an anhydrous magnesian silicate, generally dark green or raven-black in colour.—adj.

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This variety must certainly be magnesian limestone.

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Magnesian limestone mixed and fused with sand and an alkaline carbonate produces a permanent glass.

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The practical men, as they are called, maintained that coal could not be found beneath the magnesian limestone.

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A scientific geologist, Dr. William Smith, held a contrary opinion; and the result of his abstract conviction is, that the great Hetton collieries have been called into action, which supply a vast amount of coal to the London market, found beneath this dreaded barrier of magnesian limestone.

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