magnesite
/ˈmæɡnəzaɪt/noun
magnesite is a noun meaning “A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO₃, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-G-N-E-S-I-T-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of magnesite is magnesites.
What does magnesite mean?
noun
- 1
A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO₃, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce magnesite?
- /ˈmæɡnəzaɪt/
Magnesite has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of magnesite
- magnesites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is magnesite?
Magnesite appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Magnesite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a form of magnesium carbonate, O3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rare:
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Where does magnesite come from?
Named after its composition in 1807.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).