Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native oxid of manganese, containing also 20 per cent. of manganese silicate.
- noun It occurs in tetragonal crystals of a brownish-black color in Thuringia, the Harz, Piedmont, and elsewhere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A silicate mineral containing
divalent andtrivalent manganese and forming grey-blacktetragonal crystals .
Etymologies
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Braun + -ite after alderman Braun of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.
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Examples
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The sesquioxide is found crystallized in an anhydrous form in braunite, and hydrated in manganite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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