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Manganese Mn is an element that occurs rarely in the native state.
Specific gravity: 7.01 calculated
Hardness: 6½
Streak: Dark grey
Colour: Steel-grey
Melting point: 1250oC
Environments
Manganese has not been approved as a mineral species by the IMA.
It tarnishes on exposure to air and, when heated, oxidises to
hausmannite (ChC).
The most stable oxidation state is Mn2+, which is a pale pink color in aqueous solutions. Also important is
Mn4+, brown/black, which is found in ramsdellite, and Mn7+
found in the purple permanganate anion (Mn7+O4)1–. The Mn6+ oxidation state is
green
(ChC).
The abundance in the Earth's crust is 0.1% by weight, 360 parts per million by moles
(ChC).
Localities
The first recorded locality was in unnamed placers, at Aldan, Sakha Republic, Russia. Manganese occurred as angular grains up
to 0.8mm, in platinum group mineral-gold placers
derived from serpentinised
ultramafic rocks (olivine -
orthoclase picrite) in a matrix of
tephroite, spessartine,
chromium-rich hausmannite and an unnamed
manganese carbide, and associated with
tephroite, spessartine,
orthoclase, olivine and
gold
(AM88.933, Mindat).
Manganese-bearing minerals include:
Sulphides
Sulphosalts
benavidesite
luboržákite
ramdohrite
uchucchacuaite
Oxides
birnessite
bixbyite-(Mn)
braunite
chalcophanite
columbite-(Mn)
coronadite
crednerite
crichtonite
cryptomelane
filipstadite
galaxite
garpenbergite
gerasimovskite
groutite
hausmannite
hetaerolite
hollandite
hübnerite
jacobsite
kuranakhite
lindqvistite
lithiophorite
manganbelyankinite
manganosite
marokite
nsutite
plumboferrite
pyrolusite
pyrophanite
ramsdellite
ranciéite
romanèchite
senaite
tantalite-(Mn)
todorokite
tululite
wodginite
woodruffite
Hydroxides
asbolane
pyrochroite
tetrawickmanite
wickmanite
Carbonates
Borates
fredrikssonite
gaudefroyite
jimboite
sussexite
wiserite
Sulphates
Tellurites
Salts of tellurous acid H2Te4+O3
Phosphates
alluaudite
bermanite
beusite
bjarebyite
earlshannonite
eosphorite
faheyite
fairfieldite
fanfaniite
fillowite
frondelite
gatehouseite
hagendorfite
hureaulite
jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
jahnsite-(MnMnFe)
jahnsite-(MnMnMg)
jahnsite-(NaMnMg)
kayrobertsonite
kenngottite
kryzhanovskite
landesite
laueite
lehnerite
lithiophilite
lun'okite
manganflurlite
mangangordonite
manganoarrojadite-(KNa)
mengeite
metaswitzerite
niahite
perloffite
pseudolaueite
purpurite
reddingite
robertsite
roscherite
ruifrancoite
samuelsonite
schoonerite
seamanite
sicklerite
stewartite
strunzite
switzerite
triplite
triploidite
varulite
väyrynenite
waterhouseite
whiteite
wicksite
wyllieite
zodacite
Arsenates
aldomarinoite
allactite
arsenoclasite
brandtite
carlfrancisite
caryinite
chlorophoenicite
eveite
flinkite
fluckite
grischunite
hematolite
holdenite
jarosewichite
kolicite
kraisslite
lombardoite
manganberzeliite
monteneroite
parabrandtite
retzian
sarkinite
sterlinghillite
synadelphite
villyaellenite
Vanadates
ansermetite
brackebuschite
fianelite
medvedevite
palenzonaite
pyrobelonite
Antimonates
katoptrite
långbanite
manganostibite
Arsenites
Nesosilicates
alleghanyite
calderite
glaucochroite
henritermierite
hodgkinsonite
jerrygibbsite
leucophoenicite
manganhumite
mozartite
sonolite
spessartine
tephroite
Sorosilicates
amamoorite
axinite-(Mn)
barysilite
hejtmanite
hennomartinite
hubeite
janhaugite
kentrolite
lavenite
macfallite
manganvesuvianite
medaite
orientite
perrierite-(La)
piemontite
pumpellyite-(Mn2+)
ruizite
samfowlerite
strontioruizite
taniajacoite
tinzenite
tiragalloite
tweddillite
Inosilicates
bustamite
carpholite
gageite
hjalmarite
inesite
johannsenite
kupletskite
laverovite
manaksite
manganbabingtonite
mangano-ferri-eckermannite
manganoneptunite
manganoneptunite
marsturite
potassic-mangani-leakeite
pyroxmangite
rhodonite
saneroite
santaclaraite
serandite
schizolite
Phyllosilicates
badakhshanite-(Y)
caryopilite
eggletonite
friedelite
ganophyllite
gonyerite
kellyite
lipuite
nelenite
neotocite
norrishite
orlymanite
parsettensite
pyrosmalite-(Mn)
schallerite
yofortierite
Cyclosilicates
ikranite
labuntsovite-Mn
roeblingite
steenstrupine-(Ce)
tienshanite
Borosilicates
Tectosilicate
Unclassified silicates