manganiferous

[ mang-guh-nif-er-uhs ]

adjective

, Mineralogy.

1. containing manganese.

Word History and Origins

Origin of manganiferous¹

First recorded in 1850–55; mangan(ese) + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

Their product trebled from 1889 to 1903; and in 1907 the output of manganiferous ores amounted to 99,711 tons, valued at $251,207.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless, the very high rank in coal and iron 722 interests of the state among the states west of the Mississippi, the presence of excellent manganiferous ores, a central position for distribution, and much the best railway system of any mountain state, indicate that Colorado will almost certainly eventually entirely or at least largely control the trans-Mississippi market in iron and steel.

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Of much more importance are the manganiferous and the silver manganiferous ores, which are much the richest of the country.

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The ottrelites of the phyllites and ottrelite-schists of Ottrez and other localities in the Belgian Ardennes is a manganiferous variety of chloritoid, but owing to enclosed impurities the analyses differ widely from those of typical chloritoid.

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They are similar in their geologic occurrence to many of the iron ores and are often mixed with iron ores as manganiferous iron ores and ferruginous manganese ores.

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