magnesite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of magnesite
1805–15; magnes(ia) + -ite 1; compare French magnésite
Example Sentences
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South Koreans were taken to major coal, magnesite, zinc and lead mines mostly in North and South Hamgyeong Provinces, according to the human rights group investigation.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2021
Kelemen and his colleagues calculate that mining and processing 2 GTs of magnesite would enable capture and injection underground of 1 GT of CO2 every year.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 3, 2020
That reaction would leave magnesium oxide powder, which when spread thin would rapidly react with CO2 from the atmosphere, re-forming magnesite, completing a cycle that could be repeated over and over.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 3, 2020
They mined copper, gold, zinc, lead and magnesite.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2017
Verde-antique, verd-an-tēk′, n. a beautiful stone of a dark-green colour with patches of white, and sometimes black and red—a mixture of serpentine with limestone dolomite or magnesite, much prized by the ancient Romans.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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