Among the ore minerals, the most common are the carbonates dolomite (a compound of magnesium and calcium carbonates, MgCO3·CaCO3) and magnesite (magnesium carbonate, MgCO3).
Less common is the hydroxide mineral brucite, Mg(OH 2, and the halide mineral carnallite (a compound of magnesium and potassium chlorides and water, MgCl2·KCl·6H2O).
In Japan, a compound of magnesium and boron that has been lying around on chemists' shelves for decades turns out to be a superconductor with practical potential.
It's processed from a soft mineral compound of magnesium silicate, and is called talcum powder or just talc.
Epsom salt, which forms half of the base of aromatherapy smelling salts, is not an actual salt but instead a natural compound of Magnesium and Sulfate Heptahydrate.
The predominant industrial application of magnesium compounds is in the use of magnesite and dolomite in refractory bricks.
Magnesium-based bioceramics include a large group of magnesium containing compounds such as oxides, phosphates and silicates, that are involved in orthopedic applications like bone cements, bone scaffolds or implant coatings.
The rare-earth metallocene chloride complexes (C5Me5)2LnCl2Li(OEt2)2 (Ln = Nd, Sm or Y) combined with an excess of dialkyl-magnesium compounds (butyl-ethyl-magnesium) afford active species for the polymerization of ethylene in alkanes or aromatic solvents at atmospheric pressure.
Groundwater moving through sedimentary rocks and soils may pick up a wide range of compounds, such as magnesium, calcium, and chloride, arsenate, fluoride, nitrate, and iron; thus, the effect of these natural contaminations depends on their types and concentrations.
