different between manganese vs marokite

English

Alternative forms

• manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)

Etymology

From French manganèse, from Italian manganese, by alteration from Latin magnesia (“magnesia”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (magn?sía), after ???????? (Magn?sía, “Magnesia”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: m?ng'g?n?z, IPA^(key): /?mæ???niz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæ???ni?z/
• Hyphenation: man?ga?nese

Noun

manganese (countable and uncountable, plural manganeses)

2. (uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.
3. (countable) A single atom of this element.

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Further reading

• manganese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ga?né?se
• IPA^(key): /man.?a?ne.ze/, (traditional) /man.?a?ne.se/
• Rhymes: -eze

Noun

manganese m (plural manganesi)

1. (chemistry) manganese

Derived terms

English

Noun

marokite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral, a mixed oxide of calcium and manganese, found in hydrothermal deposits

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Marokite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “marokite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.