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[compact cloak]

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[lapis mortar]

Journal and magazine being countable nouns, the article is definitely indefinite.

[carmine pike]

only uncountable nouns use partitives?

[lapis mortar]

A partitive article essentially means "some (unknown/unspecified) amount of something".
We say "de l'eau" because we're not talking about water as a whole but some part of it.

Jounaux and magazines are whole, concrete objects so you can use definite or indefinite articles.

[carmine pike]

so it doesn't make sense to use partitives

[fervent tendon]

yeah