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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hydrous oxid of manganese and zinc, occurring in druses of minute tabular crystals of a bluish-black color and metallic luster at Stirling Hill in New Jersey. It assumes a bronze color when heated before the blowpipe, whence the name.

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  • noun mineralogy A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.

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