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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRAUNITE

Named after A. E. Braun (1809–56), German official in the treasury at Gotha.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRAUNITE

braunite  [ˈbraʊnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAUNITE

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conjunction
determiner
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Braunite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRAUNITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

braunite

Braunite

Braunite is a silicate mineral containing both di- and tri-valent manganese with the chemical formula: Mn2+Mn3+6. Common impurities include iron, calcium, boron, barium, titanium, aluminium, and magnesium. Braunite forms grey/black tetragonal crystals and has a Mohs hardness of 6 - 6.5. It was named after the Wilhelm von Braun (1790–1872) of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. A calcium iron bearing variant, named braunite II (formula: Ca(Mn3+,Fe3+)14SiO24), was discovered and described in 1967 from Kalahari, Cape Province, South Africa.

Definition of braunite in the English dictionary

The definition of braunite in the dictionary is a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRAUNITE


aconite
ˈækəˌnaɪt
all-night
ˌɔːlˈnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
bytownite
ˈbaɪˌtaʊnaɪt
finite
ˈfaɪnaɪt
fortnight
ˈfɔːtˌnaɪt
ignite
ɪɡˈnaɪt
knight
naɪt
kryptonite
ˈkrɪptəˌnaɪt
late-night
ˈleɪtnaɪt
Mennonite
ˈmɛnəˌnaɪt
midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪt
night
naɪt
nite
naɪt
overnight
ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt
reunite
ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt
tanzanite
ˈtænzəˌnaɪt
tonight
təˈnaɪt
tonite
ˈtəʊnaɪt
unite
juːˈnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAUNITE

brattice
bratticings
brattiness
brattishing
brattle
brattlings
bratty
bratwurst
Braun
Braunschweig
braunschweiger
brava
bravado
Bravais lattice
brave
brave new world
bravely
braveness
bravery

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAUNITE

alunite
austenite
autunite
bentonite
definite
disunite
dunite
granite
gunite
hessonite
ilmenite
indefinite
infinite
kaolinite
limonite
munite
taconite
Tribunite
Venite
wollastonite

Synonyms and antonyms of braunite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «braunite» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

褐锰矿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

braunite
570 millions of speakers

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braunite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

braunite
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

braunite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

браунит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

braunite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

braunite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

braunite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Braunite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Braunit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

braunite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

braunite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Braunite
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

braunite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புரோனைற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रायन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

braunit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

braunite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

braunite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

браунит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mangan
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

braunite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

braunite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

braunit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

braunite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of braunite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAUNITE»

The term «braunite» is used very little and occupies the 168.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRAUNITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about braunite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAUNITE»

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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
BRAUNITE PROTOLITH Braunite occurs as thin laminations (10 n.m) commonly grouped into layers (B71b, fig. 6A; B81, fig. AF; B95, fig. 5F) that may be so closely spaced as to appear massive (65H19, 65H170). Opaque braunite layers range ...
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Many oxides and rhodochrosite remain intact during metamorphism in environments low in Al and Si. Many primary oxides stable in low-grade metamorphism] ) Manganite 2? Bixbyite 3 (all grades) Braunite 3 (all grades) Hollandite 3 (all ...
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
FIG. 7 — Oolites within chert composed of braunite (grey) and bemenite (within oolite, but same colour as surrounding chert). Bar is 0'02 mm. amounts of other minerals. Braunite forms xenomorphic and hypidiomorphic polygonal aggregates  ...
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Atlas of the Textural Patterns of Ore Minerals and ...
592 Braunite with epitactic jacobsite in cases including a relic of the braunite in the epitactic jacobsite. The epitactic jacobsite extends also into the braunite. b = braunite. j = jacobsite, arrow shows relic of braunite in epitactic jacobsite.
Stylianos Augustithis, 1995
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Strunz Classification - Group Members - Chemical Formula - Crystallography VIII/ B.09-Braunite-Långbanite-Katoptrite series Descriptions A Braunite crystals ( brownish grey, slight bireflectance), partially cemented by crednerite (light grey, ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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Manganese Mineralization: Geochemistry and Mineralogy of ...
In the ore horizons, braunite and hollandite are the principal minerals with bixbyite and rare jacobsite and rare vredenburgite. Manganese minerals in the gondites are spessartine and rhodite, together with quartz and aluminosilicates.
Keith Nicholson, 1997
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Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses
The first group (Type I) is lenticular bodies (actually clusters of lenticular bodies) of bedded rhodochrosite with lesser braunite within belts of early Precambrian ( Archean) basic volcanic rocks ("greenstone belts"). Type 1 deposits are clustered  ...
Jessica Elzea Kogel, 2006
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Bulletin
Veins of manganese ore containing chiefly manganite, subordinated pyrolusite, braunite, hausmannite, psilomelane, wad, and varvacite, occur at the Ilfeld," in the Harz Mountains. The associated gangue minerals are barite, calcite, dolomite , ...
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Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes
Pyrolusite (Mn02) occurs in pores as microcrystalline aggregates within braunite, hausmannite, and a -vredenburgite, or associated with manjiroite and cryptomelane in the matrix or as veinlets. Braunite and hausmannite are replaced by ...
Lluís Fontboté, 1990
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The Goodnews Platinum Deposits, Alaska
Braunite. — Braunite is a steel-gray mineral that has a brownish- black streak and submetallic luster and a hardness of 5.5 to 6. It is weakly magnetic and is either granular or crystalline but generally crystalline. The composition is usually  ...
John Beaver Mertie, 1940

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAUNITE»

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Manganese Iron Oxide (MnFe2O4) Nanoparticles - Properties …
Manganese is found in braunite, psilomelane, pyrolusite, and rhodochrosite, while iron is found in the minerals hematite and magnetite. «AZoNano.com, Jul 13»
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X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) - Quantitative Mineralogy by Phase Analysis …
Commonly present minerals are: braunite Mn2+Mn3+6SiO12, hematite Fe2O3, hausmannite Mn2+Mn3+ 2O4, jacobsite (Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)(Fe3+ ... «Azom.com, Jun 09»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Braunite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/braunite>. May 2024 ».
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