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A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide
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Manganite is a mineral . Its composition is manganese oxide - hydroxide , MnO(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system (pseudo- orthorhombic ). Crystals of manganite are prismatic and deeply striated parallel to their length; they are often grouped together ...
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n. (context geology English) a dark gray mineral of manganese, MnO(OH), found throughout North America and Europe
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Manganite \Man"ga*nite\, n. (Min.) One of the oxides of manganese; -- called also gray manganese ore . It occurs in brilliant steel-gray or iron-black crystals, also massive. (Chem.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though ...
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n. a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese