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hydromagnesite

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hydromagnesite [‚hī·drō′mag·nə‚zīt]
(mineralogy)
Mg4(OH)2(CO3)3·3H2O A white, earthy mineral crystallizing in the monoclinic system and found in small crystals, amorphous masses, or chalky crusts.
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Explorers have tracked more than 130 miles of passages there and have discovered all kinds of weird things, including 20-foot-high gypsum "beards" and "chandeliers," hydromagnesite balloons, and rock-eating bacteria.
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Brucite may be destabilized in surface environments (regolith or outcrop) and converted to hydromagnesite and atinite (Schilling 1968).
Brucite--Industrial Mineral with a future by Simandl, George J.; Paradis, Suzanne; Irvine, Melanie / Geoscience Canada
 
 
 
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