Manganese oxide
Appearance
Manganese oxide is any of a variety of manganese oxides and hydroxides.[1] These include
- Manganese(II) oxide, MnO
- Manganese(II,III) oxide, Mn3O4
- Manganese(III) oxide, Mn2O3
- Manganese dioxide, MnO2
- Manganese(VI) oxide, MnO3
- Manganese(VII) oxide, Mn2O7
Other manganese oxides include Mn5O8, Mn7O12 and Mn7O13.
Minerals
It may refer more specifically to the following manganese minerals:
Manganese may also form mixed oxides with other metals :
- Bixbyite, a manganese iron oxide mineral
- Jacobsite, a manganese iron oxide mineral
- Columbite
- Tantalite, a mineral group close to columbite
- Coltan, a mixture of columbite and tantalite
- Galaxite, a spinel mineral
- Todorokite, a rare complex hydrous manganese oxide mineral
References
- ^ Wells A.F. (1984) Structural inorganic chemistry 5th edition Oxford Science Publications, ISBN 0-19-855370-6.