magnesite
noun
mag·ne·site
ˈmag-nə-ˌsīt 
: native magnesium carbonate used especially in making refractories and magnesium oxide
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Magnesium is found in magnesium-bearing carbonate minerals like dolomite and magnesite.
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Paved and unpaved roads, railroads and all the mountain trails were carved out as trenches, and filled in with magnesite, white-surfaced for every mile of the 6,000 of paved highways.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Among other features of interest, Jezero contains the mineral magnesite, whose formation suggests the region has been altered by water.
—Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
In Chemical Geology as well as a recent patent, Kelemen and his colleagues propose using a mineral called magnesite that, when heated, gives off pure CO2, which could be captured in tanks and pumped underground.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 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.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2020
Taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently storing it as magnesite is still a hypothetical.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
The problem is that, as a mineral, magnesite doesn't exactly form quickly.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
One metric ton of naturally forming magnesite can remove around half a ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
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David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Paved and unpaved roads, railroads and all the mountain trails were carved out as trenches, and filled in with magnesite, white-surfaced for every mile of the 6,000 of paved highways.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
Among other features of interest, Jezero contains the mineral magnesite, whose formation suggests the region has been altered by water.
—Alison Klesman, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
In Chemical Geology as well as a recent patent, Kelemen and his colleagues propose using a mineral called magnesite that, when heated, gives off pure CO2, which could be captured in tanks and pumped underground.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 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.
—Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 Sep. 2020
Taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently storing it as magnesite is still a hypothetical.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
The problem is that, as a mineral, magnesite doesn't exactly form quickly.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
One metric ton of naturally forming magnesite can remove around half a ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2018
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“Magnesite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnesite. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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