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1819 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 1 439 Brucite. A new Species in Mineralogy, discovered by the late Dr. Bruce. We hope to publish in the next Number a description and analysis of it.

1822 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. (ed. 2) I. 295 Species 16. Brucite. Gibbs. Chondrodite. Berzelius... No systematic description of this mineral has been published.

1837 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. 349 Brucite has been found only in calcareous spar.

1845 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 9 264 One [note] is in relation to the mineral Condrodite, frequently called Brucite, (though it would seem this latter name ought rather to be given to the hydrate of magnesia, which was actually discovered by Dr. Bruce).

1841 R. C. Campbell tr. W. F. X. von Kobell Instructions Discrim. Minerals 39 Brucite dissolves readily and quietly in muriatic acid.

1886 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 23 40 Evidently by the infiltration of siliceous waters the magnesian limestone is decomposed, and from the magnesium carbonate, deweylite and serpentine are formed, while another portion of the magnesia separates as brucite.

1913 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 52 610 Thus we can use the term fibrous brucite instead of nemalite.

1990 C. Pellant Rocks, Minerals & Fossils 33/1 Magnesium in the dolomite has aided the development of brucite, seen as bluish-green patches.

2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1799/1 Gold is the primary mineral resource; others include silver, copper, sand and gravel, lime, crushed stone, Portland cement, diatomite, lithium minerals, magnesite, brucite, mercury, and crude oil.