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MANGANITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a source of manganese
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manganite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "manganite"):
atomic number 25; manganese; Mn (a hard brittle grey polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic; used in making steel; occurs in many minerals)