: 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. 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

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1815, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnesite was in 1815

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“Magnesite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnesite. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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