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Manganite   Listen
noun
Manganite  n.  
1.
(Min.) One of the oxides of manganese; called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive.
2.
(Chem.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.





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... ores consist principally of the oxides of manganese (pyrolusite, psilomelane, manganite, wad, and others), and rarely the carbonate of manganese (rhodochrosite). They are similar in their geologic occurrence to many of the iron ores and are often mixed with iron ores as manganiferous iron ores ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith


Words linked to "Manganite" :   mn, manganese, mineral, atomic number 25


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