Psilomelane, the Glossary
Psilomelane is a group name for hard black manganese oxides including hollandite and romanechite.[1]
Table of Contents
50 relations: Arkansas, Barium, Baryte, Bavaria, Birnessite, Botryoidal, Brendon Hills, Cape Town, Chemical composition, Chlorine, Conchoidal fracture, Cornwall, Dendrite (crystal), Franconia, Greek language, Hausmannite, Hematite, Hollandite, Hoy, Orkney, Hydrochloric acid, Iron oxide, Koblenz, Latin, Lostwithiel, Manganate, Manganese, Manganese oxide, Manganese(II) oxide, Manganite, Mineral, Mohs scale, Monoclinic crystal system, Nova Scotia, Ore, Orkney, Oxide mineral, Oxygen, Potassium, Pyrolusite, Relative density, Romanèchite, Solnhofen, Solnhofen Limestone, Somerset, Speleothem, Vanadinite, Vermont, Vertebra, Virginia, Wad (mineral).
- Barium minerals
Arkansas
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.
Barium
Barium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ba and atomic number 56.
Baryte
Baryte, barite or barytes is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4). Psilomelane and baryte are barium minerals.
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
Birnessite
Birnessite (nominally MnO2·nH2O), also known as δ-, is a hydrous manganese dioxide mineral with a chemical formula of Na0.7Ca0.3Mn7O14·2.8H2O. Psilomelane and Birnessite are monoclinic minerals.
See Psilomelane and Birnessite
Botryoidal
A botryoidal texture or mineral habit, is one in which the mineral has an external form composed of many rounded segments, named for the Ancient Greek, meaning "a bunch of grapes".
See Psilomelane and Botryoidal
Brendon Hills
The Brendon Hills are a range of hills in west Somerset, England.
See Psilomelane and Brendon Hills
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
Chemical composition
A chemical composition specifies the identity, arrangement, and ratio of the chemical elements making up a compound by way of chemical and atomic bonds.
See Psilomelane and Chemical composition
Chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
Conchoidal fracture
A conchoidal fracture is a break or fracture of a brittle material that does not follow any natural planes of separation.
See Psilomelane and Conchoidal fracture
Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Dendrite (crystal)
A crystal dendrite is a crystal that develops with a typical multi-branching form, resembling a fractal.
See Psilomelane and Dendrite (crystal)
Franconia
Franconia (Franken,; East Franconian: Franggn; Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (German: Ostfränkisch).
Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
See Psilomelane and Greek language
Hausmannite
Hausmannite is a complex oxide, or a mixed oxide, of manganese containing both di- and tri-valent manganese.
See Psilomelane and Hausmannite
Hematite
Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils. Psilomelane and Hematite are oxide minerals.
Hollandite
Hollandite (chemical formula: Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16) is a manganese oxide mineral. Psilomelane and Hollandite are barium minerals and oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Hollandite
Hoy, Orkney
Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland.
See Psilomelane and Hoy, Orkney
Hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid, also known as muriatic acid or spirits of salt, is an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride (HCl).
See Psilomelane and Hydrochloric acid
Iron oxide
Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen.
See Psilomelane and Iron oxide
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey.
See Psilomelane and Lostwithiel
Manganate
In inorganic nomenclature, a manganate is any negatively charged molecular entity with manganese as the central atom.
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25.
Manganese oxide
Manganese oxide is any of a variety of manganese oxides and hydroxides. Psilomelane and manganese oxide are oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Manganese oxide
Manganese(II) oxide
Manganese(II) oxide is an inorganic compound with chemical formula MnO.
See Psilomelane and Manganese(II) oxide
Manganite
Manganite is a mineral composed of manganese oxide-hydroxide, MnO(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system (pseudo-orthorhombic). Psilomelane and Manganite are monoclinic minerals.
Mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.
Mohs scale
The Mohs scale of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10, characterizing scratch resistance of minerals through the ability of harder material to scratch softer material.
See Psilomelane and Mohs scale
Monoclinic crystal system
In crystallography, the monoclinic crystal system is one of the seven crystal systems.
See Psilomelane and Monoclinic crystal system
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.
See Psilomelane and Nova Scotia
Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.
Orkney
Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.
Oxide mineral
The oxide mineral class includes those minerals in which the oxide anion (O2−) is bonded to one or more metal alloys. Psilomelane and oxide mineral are oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Oxide mineral
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Pyrolusite
Pyrolusite is a mineral consisting essentially of manganese dioxide (MnO2) and is important as an ore of manganese. Psilomelane and Pyrolusite are oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Pyrolusite
Relative density
Relative density, also called specific gravity, is a dimensionless quantity defined as the ratio of the density (mass of a unit volume) of a substance to the density of a given reference material.
See Psilomelane and Relative density
Romanèchite
Romanèchite is the primary constituent of psilomelane, which is a mixture of minerals. Psilomelane and Romanèchite are barium minerals, monoclinic minerals and oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Romanèchite
Solnhofen
Solnhofen is a municipality in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the region of Middle Franconia in the of Bavaria in Germany.
Solnhofen Limestone
The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies.
See Psilomelane and Solnhofen Limestone
Somerset
Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Speleothem
A speleothem is a geological formation by mineral deposits that accumulate over time in natural caves.
See Psilomelane and Speleothem
Vanadinite
Vanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl.
See Psilomelane and Vanadinite
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Wad (mineral)
Wad is an old mining term for any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral-rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. Psilomelane and Wad (mineral) are oxide minerals.
See Psilomelane and Wad (mineral)
See also
Barium minerals
- Alstonite
- Aradite
- Argenta, Nevada
- Babefphite
- Baryte
- Barytocalcite
- Benitoite
- Benstonite
- Bergenite
- Celsian
- Cymrite
- Dargaite
- Effenbergerite
- Ericssonite
- Fluorcarmoite-(BaNa)
- Frankdicksonite
- Greenwoodite
- Guilleminite
- Gurimite
- Haggertyite
- Harmotome
- Hashemite (mineral)
- Hokutolite
- Hollandite
- Hyalophane
- Jinshajiangite
- Kampfite
- Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
- Macdonaldite
- Mckelveyite-(Y)
- Nabalamprophyllite
- Pabstite
- Psilomelane
- Romanèchite
- Sanbornite
- Taikanite
- Todorokite
- Wilancookite
- Witherite
- Zadovite
- Zhangpeishanite
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilomelane
Also known as Black hematite, Calvonigrite, Psiolomelane.