Manganese oxide explained

Manganese oxide is any of a variety of manganese oxides and hydroxides.^[1] These include

• Manganese(II) oxide, MnO
• Manganese(II,III) oxide, Mn₃O₄
• Manganese(III) oxide, Mn₂O₃
• Manganese dioxide, MnO₂
• Manganese(VI) oxide, MnO₃
• Manganese(VII) oxide, Mn₂O₇

Other manganese oxides include Mn₅O₈, Mn₇O₁₂ and Mn₇O₁₃.

Minerals

It may refer more specifically to the following manganese minerals:

• Birnessite,
• Buserite,
• Hausmannite,
• Manganite, MnO(OH)
• Manganosite, MnO
• Psilomelane,, or
• Pyrolusite,

Manganese may also form mixed oxides with other metals :

• Bixbyite,, a manganese(III) iron(III) oxide mineral
• Jacobsite,, a manganese(II) iron(III) oxide mineral
• Columbite,, a niobate of iron(II) and manganese(II)
• Tantalite,, a tantalum(V) mineral group close to that of columbite
• Coltan, a mixture of columbite and tantalite series
• Galaxite,, a spinel mineral
• Todorokite,, a rare complex hydrous manganese oxide mineral

Notes and References

1. Wells A.F. (1984) Structural inorganic chemistry 5th edition Oxford Science Publications, .