Definition of Braunite

1. n. A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black color. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha.

Definition of Braunite

1. Noun. (minerology) A silicate mineral containing divalent and trivalent manganese and forming grey-black tetragonal crystals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Braunite

1. a mineral [n -S]

Medical Definition of Braunite

1. A native oxide of manganese, of dark brownish black colour. It was named from a Mr. Braun of Gotha. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braunite

brattish
brattishing
brattishings
brattle
brattled
brattles
brattling
bratty
bratva
bratwurst
bratwursts
braunch
braunche
braunched
braunches
braunite (current term)
braunites
braunschweiger
braunschweigers
brava
bravade
bravado
bravadoed
bravadoes
bravados
bravas
brave
brave new world
brave new worlds
brave out

Literary usage of Braunite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Collected Writings of Hermann August Seger by Hermann August Seger, Hermann Hecht, Eduard Cramer (1902)
"... in the manufacture of ordinary colored glass, wine and beer bottles; for this purpose it would need only an addition of lime and sand. braunite from ..."

2. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1874)
"ASSAY OF MANGANESE ORES (PYROLUSITE, braunite, &c.). Of the many methods which have been proposed for the valuation of these substances, those of Bunsen and ..."

3. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1894)
"... in a separate portion by ignition with calcium carbonate and ammonium chloride (see Glass, p. 99). ASSAY OF MANGANESE ORES (PYROLUSITE, braunite, ..."

4. A Study of Ore Deposits for the Practical Miner: With Descriptions of Ore by James Philip Wallace (1908)
"Imperfectly scratched with a knife. Not meltable alone. Dissolves in hydrochloric acid, giving off chlorine gas. A very abundant ore of manganese. braunite. ..."

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