pyrolusite

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pyrolusite

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Etymology

From pyro- +‎ Ancient Greek λοῦσις (loûsis) +‎ -ite.

Noun

pyrolusite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrolusites)

1. (mineralogy) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO₂), that is an important ore of manganese.

Translations

a mineral, manganese dioxide

Finnish: pyrolusiitti French: pyrolusite (fr) f German: Pyrolusit m Italian: pirolusite f Portuguese: pirolusita f Spanish: pirolusita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Pyrolusite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “pyrolusite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pyrolusite f (plural pyrolusites)

1. (mineralogy) pyrolusite

Further reading

• “pyrolusite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.