(of rocks and minerals) containing or relatively rich in magnesium.
（主要指岩石和矿物）（富）含镁的
Example sentencesExamples
Serpentine is a secondary mineral, a magnesian silicate, formed from minerals such as olivine and orthopyroxene.
Most typical of the volcanicity is the presence of ultrabasic lavas and the highly magnesian basic lavas known as komatiites.
Moreover, magnesian and hydrous magmas such as boninites and lamprophyres apparently find no difficulty in traversing the crust.
Most complaints have been about noise from Darrington Quarry East, the part of the site nearest homes, where a large hydraulic hammer is being used to break magnesian limestone rocks.
The kind of ore that attracted iron was once called magnesian stone, because it was discovered in the part of Asia Minor near Magnesia.
Definition of magnesian in US English:
magnesian
adjective
(of rocks and minerals) containing or relatively rich in magnesium.
（主要指岩石和矿物）（富）含镁的
Example sentencesExamples
Moreover, magnesian and hydrous magmas such as boninites and lamprophyres apparently find no difficulty in traversing the crust.
Serpentine is a secondary mineral, a magnesian silicate, formed from minerals such as olivine and orthopyroxene.
The kind of ore that attracted iron was once called magnesian stone, because it was discovered in the part of Asia Minor near Magnesia.
Most complaints have been about noise from Darrington Quarry East, the part of the site nearest homes, where a large hydraulic hammer is being used to break magnesian limestone rocks.
Most typical of the volcanicity is the presence of ultrabasic lavas and the highly magnesian basic lavas known as komatiites.