Definitions for manganite

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manganite man·ga·nite

Spelling: [mang-guh-nahyt]

IPA: /ˈmæŋ gəˌnaɪt/

Manganite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in manganite (aaegimnnt).

Definitions for manganite

noun

1. a gray to black mineral, hydrous manganese oxide, MnO(OH); gray manganese ore.
2. Chemistry. any of a series of salts containing tetravalent manganese and derived from either of two acids, H 4 MnO 4 or H 2 MnO 3 .

Origin of manganite

First recorded in 1820-30; mangan(ese) + -ite¹

Examples for manganite

manganite, or hydroxide of manganese; is brownish-black or iron-black, powder brown, with somewhat of a metallic lustre.

The sesquioxide is found crystallized in an anhydrous form in braunite, and hydrated in manganite.

The hydrate occurs sometimes in nature as black crystals (manganite).

It is a grey stone, full of crystalline needles, like manganite.