gray manganese ore

gray manganese ore
Manganite Man"ga*nite, 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. [1913 Webster]

2. (Chem.) A compound of manganese dioxide with a metallic oxide; so called as though derived from the hypothetical manganous acid. [1913 Webster]


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