Brucite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brucite \Bru"cite\, n. [Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York.]
     (Min.)
     (a) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated,
         like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate.
     (b) The mineral chondrodite. [R.]
         [1913 Webster]