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Magnesium is an essential element in your diet. Green spinach and many other green vegetables are useful sources.

answer 2 Magnesium is commonly extracted from sea water, and for this purpose, you need warm sea water [for economics] and a plentiful supply of sea shells or other calcium source such as limestone. It is prepared using a flux electrolytic process in a similar manner to that for aluminium. Dolomite rock is another commercial source for this useful metal.

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