Magnesia - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: magnesiaCrotonine
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil...
Epsom salts
Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom England whence the name afterwards prepared from sea water but now from certain minerals as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia...
Biotite
Mica containing iron and magnesia generally of a black or dark green color a common constituent of crystalline rocks See Mica...
Bitter spar
A common name of dolomite so called because it contains magnesia the soluble salts of which are bitter See Dolomite...
Bronzite
A variety of enstatite often having a bronzelike luster It is a silicate of magnesia and iron of the pyroxene family...
Cabrerite
An apple green mineral a hydrous arseniate of nickel cobalt and magnesia so named from the Sierra Cabrera Spain...
Chlorite
The name of a group of minerals usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure They are hydrous silicates of alumina iron and magnesia...
Chondrodite
A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron yellow to red in color often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone...
Chrysolite
A mineral composed of silica magnesia and iron of a yellow to green color It is common in certain volcanic rocks called also olivine and peridot Sometimes used as a gem The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz...
Clay
A soft earth which is plastic or may be molded with the hands consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition in part of rocks containing aluminous minerals as granite Lime magnesia oxide of iron and other ingredients are often present as impurities...
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