rhodochrosite

See also: Rhodochrosite

English

Rhodochrosite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥοδόχρως (rhodókhrōs, “having rosy colour”), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “colour”).

Noun

rhodochrosite (countable and uncountable, plural rhodochrosites)

1. (mineralogy) A crystalline mineral composed mainly of manganese carbonate MnCO₃.

Usage notes

• Frequently misspelt *rhodocrosite.

Synonyms

• (crystalline mineral composed mainly of manganese carbonate): dialogite, red manganese

Translations

crystalline mineral composed mainly of manganese carbonate

• Finnish: rodokrosiitti
• French: rhodochrosite (fr) f
• German: Rhodochrosit m
• Italian: rodocrosite f
• Portuguese: rodocrosita f
• Russian: родохрози́т (ru) m (rodoxrozít)
• Spanish: rodocrosita f

Further reading

• rhodochrosite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Rhodochrosite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “rhodochrosite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.dɔ.kʁo.zit/

Noun

rhodochrosite f (plural rhodochrosites)

1. (mineralogy) rhodochrosite