giobertiteMin.|dʒəʊˈbɜːtaɪt| [named by Beudant 1824 after G. A. Gioberti, an Italian chemist (1761–1834): see -ite.] = magnesite. 1835C. U. Shepard Min. ii. I. 228 Giobertite(seeMagnesite).1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 687 Beudant, in 1824, gave the name giobertite to the carbonate.