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Magnesite




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  Category "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Mineral" class="copylinks">Mineral
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Chemical_formula" class="copylinks">Chemical Formula Magnesium Carbonate :MgCO<sub>3</sub>
 
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  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Crystal_habit" class="copylinks">Crystal Habit usually massive, rarely as rhombohedrons or hexagonal prisms
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Crystal_structure" class="copylinks">Crystal System Trigonal bar 3 2/m
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Cleavage_(crystal)" class="copylinks">Cleavage Perfect, [1011 Perfect, [1011] Perfect
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Fracture" class="copylinks">Fracture Brittle - Conchoidal
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Mohs_Scale" class="copylinks">Mohs Scale hardness 35 - 5
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Refractive_index" class="copylinks">Refractive Index Uniaxial (-) n&#969=1508 - 1510 n&#949=1700
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Pleochroism" class="copylinks">Pleochroism N/A
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Streak" class="copylinks">Streak white
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Specific_gravity" class="copylinks">Specific Gravity 30 - 32
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Fusibility" class="copylinks">Fusibility infusible
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Solubility" class="copylinks">Solubility Effervesces in hot HCl
 
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