magnesium silicate

nounChemistry.

a white powder, 3MgSiO3⋅5H2O, with variable hydration, insoluble in water or alcohol, used as a rubber filler, a bleaching agent, an odor absorbent, and in the manufacture of paints and resins.
any silicate containing magnesium, as enstatite, talc, or magnesium trisilicate.

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The true chrysolite of the modern mineralogist is a magnesium silicate, referable to the species olivine.
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Jadeite is a sodium aluminum silicate and nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate.
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Asbestos consists mostly of magnesium silicate minerals—chrysotile, anthophyllite, and crocidolite.
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Talc is hydrated magnesium silicate, as is also serpentine, a mineral with which talc is closely associated.
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