mangan-
repr. manganese (G. mangan) in many compound names of minerals, chiefly adopted from German (see A. H. Chester Dict. Min., 1896), as mangan-amphibole = rhodonite; mangan-apatite, a variety of apatite containing manganese; manganblende = alabandite; manganbrucite, a variety of brucite containing much manganese; manganchlorite, a manganiferous variety of clinochlore; mangancolumbite, a variety of columbite in which the iron is largely replaced by manganese; manganhedenbergite, a manganiferous variety of hedenbergite; manganpectolite, a manganiferous variety of pectolite; mangantantalite, a variety of tantalite in which manganese largely replaces the iron. (Cf. mangano-.)
| 1861 Bristow Gloss. Mineral., *Mangan-amphibole. |
| 1892 Dana Syst. Mineral. 764 *Manganapatite..contains manganese replacing calcium. |
| 1836 T. Thomson Outl. Min., Geol., etc. I. 510 Sulphuret of Manganese. *Manganblende. Swartzerz. |
| 1887 Dana Man. Mineral. & Petrogr. (ed. 4) 224 *Manganbrucite is a manganesian variety. |
| 1892 ― Syst. Min. 648 *Manganchlorit. 1898 ― Text-bk. Mineral. 474 Manganchlorite, a chlorite from the Harstig mine near Pajsberg, Sweden. |
| 1890 Century Dict., *Mangancolumbite. |
| 1887 Dana Man. Mineral. & Petrogr. (ed. 4) 267 *Manganhedenbergite..contains 6 to 7 p.c. of manganese protoxide. |
| 1892 ― Syst. Min. 373 *Manganpectolith. 1898 ― Text-bk. Mineral. 395 Manganpectolite. |
| 1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict., *Mangansklerite. |
| 1887 Dana Man. Mineral. & Petrogr. (ed. 4) 202 *Mangantantalite contains more manganese than iron. |