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Definition of Brucite
1. n. A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
Definition of Brucite
1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2 ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brucite
1. a type of mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Brucite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brucite
Literary usage of Brucite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"brucite is one of the minerals which is produced in the upper physical-chemical
... brucite is produced by the alterations of minerals rich in magnesia, ..."
2. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"brucite (5) brucite is rare but is found in micaceous flaky aggregates in altered
rocks rich in magnesium. It is characterized by its tombac brown, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1886)
"brucite.—At Fritz's island brucite occurs in several varieties. а. In coatings
of indistinct crystals 3-4mm in diameter and crystalline masses upon a ..."
4. The History of New Jersey: From Its Discovery by Europeans, to the Adoption by Thomas Francis Gordon (1834)
"brucite of various shades, from that of a straw colour, to a dark orange, ... Î.
brucite of a beautiful honey colour— the -finest we have is found here. ..."
5. Rock Minerals, Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1906)
"It is distinguished from hematite by its biaxial character and optical behavior
in the plane of lamination, (010) in goethite, (0001) in hematite. brucite. ..."
6. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The next stage in the process has been connected with the tendency of brucite,
when subjected to rock-strains, to molecular rearrangement in direction of ..."
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