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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PYROLUSITE

From pyro- + Greek lousis a washing +-ite1, from its use in purifying glass.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PYROLUSITE

pyrolusite  [ˌpaɪrəʊˈluːsaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYROLUSITE

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Pyrolusite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PYROLUSITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pyrolusite

Pyrolusite is a mineral consisting essentially of manganese dioxide and is important as an ore of manganese. It is a black, amorphous appearing mineral, often with a granular, fibrous or columnar structure, sometimes forming reniform crusts. It has a metallic luster, a black or bluish-black streak, and readily soils the fingers. The specific gravity is about 4.8. Its name is from the Greek for fire and to wash, in reference to its use as a way to remove tints from glass.

Definition of pyrolusite in the English dictionary

The definition of pyrolusite in the dictionary is a blackish fibrous or soft powdery mineral consisting of manganese dioxide in tetragonal crystalline form. It occurs in association with other manganese ores and is an important source of manganese. Formula: MnO2.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYROLUSITE


andalusite
ˌændəˈluːsaɪt
anthracite
ˈænθrəˌsaɪt
brucite
ˈbruːsaɪt
cite
saɪt
excite
ɪkˈsaɪt
eyesight
ˈaɪˌsaɪt
fansite
ˈfænsaɪt
foresight
ˈfɔːˌsaɪt
hindsight
ˈhaɪndˌsaɪt
insight
ˈɪnˌsaɪt
leucite
ˈluːsaɪt
lucite
ˈluːsaɪt
on-site
ˌɒnˈsaɪt
out-of-sight
ˌaʊtəvˈsaɪt
oversight
ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt
parasite
ˈpærəˌsaɪt
recite
rɪˈsaɪt
sight
saɪt
site
saɪt
website
ˈwɛbˌsaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYROLUSITE

pyrokinesis
pyrola
pyrolater
pyrolatry
pyroligneous
pyroligneous acid
pyrolignic
pyrolize
pyrology
pyrolysable
pyrolysate
pyrolyse
pyrolyser
pyrolysis
pyrolytic
pyrolytically
pyrolyzable
pyrolyzate
pyrolyze
pyrolyzer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYROLUSITE

active site
andesite
apposite
building site
caravan site
cerusite
composite
construction site
exquisite
heritage site
internet site
landfill site
microsite
off-site
opposite
prerequisite
requisite
social networking site
subsite
visite

Synonyms and antonyms of pyrolusite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pyrolusite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PYROLUSITE

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The translations of pyrolusite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pyrolusite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软锰矿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pirolusita
570 millions of speakers

English

pyrolusite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pyrolusite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيرولوزيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пиролюзита
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pirolusite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pyrolusite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pyrolusite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pyrolusite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Braunstein
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軟マンガン鉱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pyrolusite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pyrolusite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pyrolusite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pyrolusite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पियरोलाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pirolusit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pyrolusite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piroluzytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пиролюзита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piroluzita
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πυρολουσίτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pyrolusite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pyrolusit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pyrolusite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pyrolusite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PYROLUSITE»

The term «pyrolusite» is normally little used and occupies the 127.930 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PYROLUSITE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYROLUSITE»

Discover the use of pyrolusite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pyrolusite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Occurrence of Manganese in Drinking Water and Manganese Control
Pyrolusite Manganese and iron can also be removed from solution by adsorption on a packed bed of granular pyrolusite (McGhee 1991). Pyrolusite is the mineral form of MnO2(s). It is mined in the United States, Australia, Brazil, and South ...
‎2006
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Colloquium on Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare
In some cases, chemical analyses with bulk oxidation state measurements unambiguously indicate the correct Mn valence state, e.g., pyrolusite [Mn(IV)O2J or manganosite [Mn(II)O]. For other minerals, detailed crystal structure studies were ...
Joseph V. Smith, 1999
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Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
PYROLUSITE Composition: oxide Crystal system: tetragonal Hardness: 2-6.5 Specific gravity: 5.06 Streak: black Lustre: metallic, dull Named from the Greek ' pyros' meaning 'fire' and 'louxo' meaning 'to wash', a reference to the use of this ...
Bruce Cairncross, 2004
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Gem Magic
PYROLUSITE This stone has an attractive and dramatic name, from the Greek words (ryr (fire) and lousis (washing). The ancients must have thought pyrolusite looked as if it had been washed by fire. Pyrolusite is the thin, fan-shaped ...
Brenda Knight
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New Trends in Intercalation Compounds for Energy Storage and ...
1/ Distribution of nitrogen reactive sites The polyhedral representation of the close-packed structure of pyrolusite and ramsdellite (Figure 1 in (3)), taking account of the crystallographic parameters and the atoms sizes, leads to consider the ...
Karim Zaghib, C. M. Julien, J. Prakash, 2003
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Battery/Energy Technology (General)
Upon heating γ-MnO2, the phase composition changes as the ramsdellite phase converts to pyrolusite. These phase-changed materials have large unit cells that produce X-ray diffraction patterns with broad lines that can be difficult to interpret  ...
J. Weidner, 2008
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Dana's Minerals and How to Study Them (After Edward ...
At Cornwall the veins closest to the granite carry cassiterite, wolframite, and pyrite . Farther away from the intrusion the cassiterite gives way to chalcopyrite. and still farther away, galena is the principal ore mineral. Pyrolusite, Mn02 Pyrolusite is ...
Cornelius S. Hurlbut, W. Edwin Sharp, 1998
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The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide
Pyrolusite* (Calvonigrit, Wad) Descriptions A Euhedral pyrolusite (cream, typical contraction cracks) and todorokite (grey fibres) in carbonate (dark); Smartt Mine, Hotazel, South Africa [c]; Nic. // B Pyrolusite (pleochroitic, cream), todorokite ...
Bernhard Pracejus, 2008
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Tests: Same as for pyrolusite (p. 152). Distinguishing characteristics: Crystals resemble some entirely different minerals, such as enargite and some black silicates, but can be distinguished from these by the blowpipe reactions solubility, dark ...
Frederick H. Pough, Roger Tory Peterson, 1996
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New Trends in Intercalation Compounds for Energy Storage
RS features exhibit variations in band position and intensity which cannot be reproduced by addition of various proportions of pyrolusite and ramsdellite spectra. All the Raman features are shifted toward the high-frequency side as the  ...
Christian Julien, J.P. Pereira-Ramos, A. Momchilov, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYROLUSITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pyrolusite is used in the context of the following news items.
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10 Top Manganese-producing Countries
The most common source of manganese is pyrolusite, which releases manganese when heated. Today, 90 percent of manganese is used to create steel. «TheStreet.com, Jun 15»
2
Forsys Provides Norasa Uranium Project Feasibility Study Update
The testwork identified that considerable benefit could be achieved by the use of hydrogen peroxide as leach oxidant instead of pyrolusite. Not only did the tests ... «Marketwired, Nov 14»
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$150000 "Black Beauty" Manganite specimen to be auctioned
Single crystals run riot over the upper surface of a massive Manganite/Pyrolusite matrix, with thin layers of the original wall rock visible on the absolute bottom of ... «Boing Boing, Apr 14»
4
Tank failure investigations continue
During this process, ore slurry is pumped into several leaching tanks into where sulfuric acid and pyrolusite (a manganese-based oxidant) are added to dissolve ... «World Nuclear News, Dec 13»
5
Slurry spill at Ranger
During this process, ore slurry is pumped into several leaching tanks into where sulfuric acid and pyrolusite (a manganese-based oxidant) are added to dissolve ... «World Nuclear News, Dec 13»
6
Le manganèse dans les vins, origine et teneurs
Le manganèse (Mn) est présent dans les sols, principalement sous forme d'oxydes, MnO2 (pyrolusite) et MnO(OH) (manganite), mais aussi de carbonates ... «Revue des Oenologues, Oct 13»
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金属资源股票,金属资源概念股有哪些?
pyrolusite (MnO2)},和硬锰矿红星发展、金瑞科技、. { psilomelane [(BaH2O)2Mn5O10]} 中天城投. 以及菱锰矿{ rhodochrosite. (MnCO3)}。 铼主要存在于辉钼矿中 ... «股城网, Sep 13»
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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. Manganese iron oxide ... «AZoNano.com, Jul 13»
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Facts About Manganese
Manganese dioxide (pyrolusite) and manganese carbonate (rhodochrosite) ... Pyrolusite (manganese dioxide) is one of the most common manganese minerals. «LiveScience.com, May 13»
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Journal Highlight: The first in situ micro-Raman spectroscopic …
These results show that the black manganese oxides romanechite and pyrolusite were used as pigments by prehistorical artists. Carbon and carotenoids have ... «spectroscopyNOW.com, Nov 12»

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