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Manganese vs Feroxyhyte - What's the difference?

manganese | feroxyhyte |

As nouns the difference between manganese and feroxyhyte

is that manganese is manganese while feroxyhyte is (mineral) a hexagonal oxide/hydroxide of iron that occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the pacific ocean floor, reverting to goethite on exposure to surface conditions.

manganese

English

Alternative forms

* manganesium (obsolete) * manganesum (obsolete)

Noun

(wikipedia manganese)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25.
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    Derived terms

    * black manganese * corneous manganese * chloromanganese * copper-manganese * ekamanganese * ferromanganese * grey manganese * horn manganese * iron-manganese tungstate * mangan- * manganeous * manganesane * manganesate * * manganese alum * manganese binoxide * manganese black * manganese blende * manganese bromide * manganese bronze * manganese brown * manganese carbonate * manganese chloride * manganese copper * manganese dibromide * manganese dichloride * manganese diiodide * manganese dioxide * manganese epidote * manganese garnet * manganese glance * manganese grass * manganese green * manganese heptoxide * manganese iodide * manganese nodule * manganeseous acid * manganese oxide * manganese peroxide * manganese purple * manganese spar * manganese steel * manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate * manganese superoxide * manganese tetrafluoride * manganese trioxide * manganese violet * manganese vitriol * manganesian * manganesiate * manganesic acid * manganesite * manganeseous acid * mangani- * manganian * manganic * manganiferous * manganin * manganism * manganite * mangano- * manganoan * manganoso-magnesium alum * manganoso-manganic acid * manganous * red manganese * silico-manganese, silicomanganese * white manganese

    Related terms

    * manganate * manganosite * permanganate

    External links

    * (wikipedia "manganese")

    See also

    * Condy's crystals * pyrolusite * rhodochrosite ----

    feroxyhyte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A hexagonal oxide/hydroxide of iron that occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor, reverting to goethite on exposure to surface conditions.