Magnesia (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Magnesia, deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece.
Magnesia was also the name of two cities in ancient Lydia (modern Turkey) founded by Greek Magnesians.
- One of them, Magnesia ad Sipylum is famous as the site of the Battle of Magnesia. Its ruins lie close to present day Manisa.
- The other was Magnesia ad Maeandrum which lay within Ionia, but because it had been settled by Aeolians from Magnesia of Greece, was not accepted into the Ionian League.
In geology, magnesia is a natural form of magnesium oxide, also called periclase.
In alchemy and early chemistry, magnesia alba was the name for an indefinite hydrated mixture of magnesium hydroxide and magnesium carbonate.

See also milk of magnesia.

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