magnesian in English

adjective
1
(chiefly of rocks and minerals) containing or relatively rich in magnesium.
Moreover, magnesian and hydrous magmas such as boninites and lamprophyres apparently find no difficulty in traversing the crust.

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1. Overall, the experiments suggest that reaction between magnesian suite magma and Anorthosite is a reasonable mechanism for producing pink spinel

2. 27 Boron deposits of eastern Liaoning occur in a suite of Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, with boron orebodies existent in magnesian marble.

3. Hydraulic limestones, sometimes referred to as Argillaceous limestones have a high proportion of clay and silicia (15-20 %) and can be either high calcium or magnesian

4. Two samples contain pyrope-rich gamets but coexisting pyroxenes are extremely magnesian and temperatures of equilibration of both primary omphacite-pyrope and secondary omphacite-almandine/pyrope-chlorite are only slightly higher (500–650° at 10 kbar) than those for almandine jadeite eclogites and estimates overlap with those of some examples of the latter type.