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Magnesium vs Protoanthophyllite - What's the difference?

magnesium | protoanthophyllite |

As nouns the difference between magnesium and protoanthophyllite

is that magnesium is magnesium while protoanthophyllite is (mineralogy) an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

magnesium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia magnesium)
  • A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.
  • * 1999 , Chapter 1 "Barrens"
    • The building looked only like a wall glowing in the firelight, but sometimes a barrage of magnesium blue light made its windowframes jump out of the darkness.

    Derived terms

    * calcium magnesium carbonate * calcium magnesium silicate * magnesic * * * * magnesium aluminate * magnesium aluminium oxide, magnesium aluminum oxide * magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate * magnesium carbonate * magnesium chlorate * magnesium chloride * magnesium chlorite * magnesium citrate * magnesium diboride * magnesium fluoride * magnesium gallate * magnesium hydroxide * magnesium lamp * magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate * magnesium light * magnesium mica * magnesium nitrate * magnesium nitride * magnesium oxide * magnesium perchlorate * magnesium peroxide * magnesium ribbon * magnesium silicate * magnesium stearate * magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate * magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide * magnesium wire * manganoso-magnesium alum * potassium magnesium chloride hexahydrate

    Related terms

    * magnalium * magnelium * Magnesia * magnesia * magnesite * magnox, Magnox * mag wheel

    See also

    * artinite * Birmabright * bischofite * brucite * carnallite * deweylite * epsomite * gymnite * kieserite * lansfordite * nesquehonite * nigari * olivine * sellaite * talc

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    protoanthophyllite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.

    • References

    * Protoanthophyllite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Protoanthophyllite.shtml]