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    Magnesium basically is a light, malleable, silver-white, metallic constituent which burns with a dazzling white light. Magnesium is a chemical element found in the periodic table with the sign Mg, having the atomic number 12, and comprising of an atomic mass of 24.31.

    Magnesium is the eighth most copious element and makes up around 2% of the Earth's surface by weight. It is also the third most copious element dissolved in seawater. Magnesium ion is vital to all living cells. Elemental magnesium is a quiet strong, silvery-white, light-weight metal.

    It gets somewhat tarnished when exposed to air. Magnesium complexes are characteristically white crystals.

    The term magnesium comes originates from the Greek term for a region in Thessaly known as Magnesia. Lack of magnesium in humans was initially illustrated in the year 1934.
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