About Magnesite
Magnesium carbonate, often white and massive or chalky, sometimes forming distinct crystals. It's a calming stone that aids meditation, visualization, and emotional peace, with a gentle heart-opening quality.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, Greyish, Yellowish, Brownish, rarely Pink or Lilac, often massive or chalky
Geological & Scientific Details
Magnesite is classified as a carbonate mineral mineral which typically crystallizes in the trigonal system. Its chemical formula is MgCO3. Common crystal habits include usually massive, rarely as rhombohedrons or hexagonal prisms.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Carbonate mineral
- Chemical Formula: MgCO3
- IMA Symbol: Mgs[1]
- Crystal System: Trigonal
- Predominant Geological Color: Colorless, white, pale yellow, pale brown, faintly pink, lilac-rose
- Crystal Habit: Usually massive, rarely as rhombohedrons or hexagonal prisms
- Cleavage: [1011] perfect
- Luster: Vitreous
- Streak: white
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent