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manganite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manganite has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
manganite, n.
- 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] - 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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