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Meaning of "braunite" in the English dictionary

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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

ˈbraʊnaɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRAUNITE

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

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

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRAUNITE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BRAUNITE

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Synonyms and antonyms of braunite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «braunite» into 25 languages

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褐锰矿
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браунит
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браунит
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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
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