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Brucite

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.

Etymology

From Bruce + -ite, after its discoverer, American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818).

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