magnesium carbonate
Americannoun
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And last year the rover made it to the crater's margin in what used to be an enormous lake where it is exploring deposits of magnesium carbonate, which can form geologically or biologically from bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
As previously noted, Morton Salt then, per the Smithsonian, "introduced magnesium carbonate ... which prevented caking and made it possible to pour salt from a sealed container."
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2022
The newly made magnesium carbonate minerals acted like glue, solidifying the previously free-flowing tailings, much like sand turned to sandstone.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 3, 2020
Hard water develops naturally from the dissolution of calcium and magnesium carbonate minerals in soil; it does not have negative health effects in people.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
It is always impure, usually containing magnesium carbonate, clay, silica, iron and aluminium compounds, and frequently fossil remains.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
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