brucite

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Noun
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bru=cite

CIDE DICTIONARY

bruciten. [Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York.].
     A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

brucite, n. a mineral form of magnesium hydroxide.

Etymology
A. Bruce, US mineralogist d. 1818

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