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From "Periodic Kingdom" by P.W. Atkins:
Just to the North of calcium lies magnesium, a region
with similar but, again, subtly different properties.
magnesium is less reactive than calcium. ... But like
Calcium, Magnesium can act as a backbone of sorts, and it
is found along with Calcium in the chalklike mineral
called Dolomite, of which the Dolomites of Austria and
Italy are constructed.
A particularly important product of the region of
magnesium is an organic molecule called Chlorophyll,
which contains a single magnesium atom at its eye.
Without Chlorophyll, the world would be a damp warm rock,
instead of the soft green haven that we know, for
Chlorophyll holds its Magnesium eye to the sun and
captures the energy of sunlight, in the first step of
photosynthesis.
Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.interlog.com/~cgreaves
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