Definitions for magnesite

magnesite mag·ne·site

Spelling: [mag-nuh-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈmæg nəˌsaɪt/

Magnesite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 597 anagrams from letters in magnesite (aeegimnst).

Definitions for magnesite

noun

  1. a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO 3 , having a characteristic conchoidal fracture and usually occurring in white masses.

Origin of magnesite

1805-15; magnes(ia) + -ite1; compare French magnésite

Examples for magnesite

The base of this manufacture is the magnesite of Baldissero.

The most important use of magnesite is as a refractory material for lining furnaces and converters.

In 1913 the American production of magnesite was only 9600 tons.

For every ton of steel produced five pounds of magnesite is needed.

It is cheaper but less satisfactory than magnesite, and is not likely to be used on any large scale.

Austrian magnesite, however, will be likely to dominate the market in the future if delivered at anything like pre-war prices.

magnesite mines are worked by an Anglo-Greek company in Euboea.

The Canadian magnesite is of lower grade than the domestic and European magnesite and is consequently less desirable.

Under the high prices which prevailed during the war, dolomite was to some extent substituted for magnesite.

This situation has led to agitation for a protective tariff on magnesite.

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