birnessite

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Birness +‎ -ite, after Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where it was first described.

Noun[edit]

birnessite (plural birnessites)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft mineral, mostly containing manganese oxides, that occurs in manganese nodules.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Birnessite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “birnessite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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