magnesium carbonate
Chemistry
noun
An insoluble white solid, MgCO3, which occurs naturally as the mineral magnesite, and is used as an antacid, as a food additive, as a white pigment, etc.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Roscoe (1833–1915), chemist and university administrator.
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