magnesite - white vitreous nodular magnesite - large hand/display specimen magnesium carbonate

magnesium carbonate

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magnesite - white vitreous nodular magnesite - large hand/display specimen magnesium carbonateMagnesite, MgCO3 Magnesite, magnesium carbonate, is usually earthy or granular, but it can be massive vitreous or crystalline and can occur in the form of nodules up to several feet in diameter. This particular magnesite is the cryptocrystalline vitreous form. When vitreous magnesite was first discovered in Muddy Valley, Nevada in the late 1800s, it was thought to be kaolin and plans were made to mine it as such. In 1915, before mining could begin, a