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Webster 1913 Edition

Brucite

Bru′cite

,
Noun.
[Named after Dr. A.
Bruce
of New York.]
(Min.)
(a)
A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
(b)
The mineral chondrodite.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Brucite

BRU'CITE

,
Noun.
A mineral, the chondrodite of Berzelius, which sometimes occurs in grains or imperfect crystals,sometimes in four-sided prisms with rhombic bases. It is so named from the late Dr. Bruce, a distinguished mineralogist of New York.

Definition 2024

brucite

brucite

English

Noun

brucite ‎(plural brucites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2.

Etymology

Bruce +‎ -ite after its discoverer, American mineralogist Archibald Bruce.

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