magnesian
Americanadjective
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Ferro means iron and magnesian refers to magnesium.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
At a certain strength the magnesian salt does not decompose the soap, or retard the formation of a lather, but the addition of soft water developes this latent hardness.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
In architecture, our unrivall'd skill Cullen's magnesian shop has loudly spoken To an admiring world; and better still Is Gautier's fairy palace at Hoboken.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Halleck, Fitz-Greene
Dol�omite, a mineral, the main constituent of magnesian limestone.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Here the cliff is formed of hard magnesian limestone, and rises perpendicularly from the beach more than a hundred feet.
From Notes and Queries, Number 218, December 31, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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