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Keywords: Manganese, Oxide, Gray, Ahdos, Diaspore

Related Terms: Alumina, Arsenopyrite, Bauxite, Biotite, Calamine, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Emery, Ferric, Galena , Goethite, Gossan, Hematite, Ilmenite, Iron Oxide, Jarosite, Limonite, Magnesite, Magnetite, Manganese, Molybdenite, Octahedrite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rust, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Spiegeleisen, Stibnite, Sulphide, Thallium, Zirconium, Sulfide, Laterite, Black Sand, Cementite, Iron Meteorite, Kamacite, Pallasite, Iron Ore, Ferric Iron, Taconite, Alpha Iron, Magnesia, Haematite

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One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore. It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive.

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A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid.

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a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese

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Steel-gray or iron-black crystals composed of manganese oxide. Used as a source of manganese.

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a hydrated oxide of manganese, occurring in steel-gray or iron-black masses or crystals. [AHDOS

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Manganite is a mineral. Its composition is manganese oxide-hydroxide, MnO(OH), crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with diaspore and goethite. Crystals are prismatic and deeply striated parallel to their length; they are often grouped together in bundles.

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