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Magnesium hydroxide forms in the presence of water (MgO + H 2 O → Mg(OH) 2), but it can be reversed by heating it to remove moisture. Magnesium oxide was historically known as magnesia alba (literally, the white mineral from Magnesia), to differentiate it from magnesia nigra, a black mineral containing what is now known as manganese.
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The word magnet comes from the Greek magnetes lithos (μαγνήτης λίθος), which means 'stone of Magnesia'. The names for the elements magnesium and manganese are also derived from either this region or its colony Magnesia ad Sipylum, [5] which in addition to the magnetic magnetite (an iron ore), produces certain ores of magnesium and ...
Michele Mercati called magnesia nigra manganesa, and finally the metal isolated from it became known as manganese (German: Mangan). The name magnesia eventually was then used to refer only to the white magnesia alba (magnesium oxide), which provided the name magnesium for the free element when it was isolated much later. [41]
Manganese deficiency in humans, which is rare, results in a number of medical problems. Many common vitamin and mineral supplement products fail to include manganese in their compositions. Relatively high dietary intake of other minerals such as iron, magnesium, and calcium may inhibit the proper intake of manganese.
Magnesia may refer to: Magnesia (hypothetical city), a future colony of Knossos, imagined in Plato's Laws; Magnesia (regional unit), the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece; Ancient Magnesia, a historical region of Greece with borders differing from the modern regional unit; Magnesia ad Sipylum, a city of Lydia, now Manisa in Turkey
Manganite is a mineral composed of manganese oxide-hydroxide, MnO(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system (pseudo-orthorhombic). [3] Crystals of manganite are prismatic and deeply striated parallel to their length; they are often grouped together in bundles. The color is dark steel-grey to iron-black, and the luster brilliant and ...
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