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\"Manganese<\/a>It\u2019s harder and more brittle than iron.\u00a0 Your body needs it to function properly, but too much can be unsafe.\u00a0 It\u2019s found in several foods \u2013 including nuts, tea, whole grains, and leafy vegetables \u2013 as well as in construction equipment, dry cell batteries and plant fertilizers.\u00a0 It\u2019s Manganese, a gray-white metal, with atomic number 25 on the periodic table<\/a>. Manganese (Mn) is not a rare metal as it makes up about 0.1% of the earth\u2019s crust. Manganese ores usually consist of dark brown to black oxides particularly pyrolusite (MnO2<\/sub>) and psilomelane [(Ba,H2<\/sub>O)2<\/sub>Mn5<\/sub>O10<\/sub>]. Manganese carbonate (rhodochrosite, MnCO3<\/sub>) and silicate (braunite, MnSiO3<\/sub>) may occur locally. All manganese minerals usually show a close spatial relation to the iron ores. Manganese is mined<\/a> in countries such as South Africa, Australia, China, Brazil, Gabon, Ukraine, India, Ghana and Kazakhstan.\u00a0 According to the United States Geological Society<\/a>, \u201cLand-based manganese resources are large but irregularly distributed; those in the United States are very low grade and have potentially high extraction costs. South Africa accounts for about 75% of the world\u2019s identified manganese resources, and Ukraine accounts for 10%.\u201d The USGS reports that the value of domestic consumption, estimated from foreign trade data, was about $950 million.\u00a0 Wants some quick facts about Magnesium?\u00a0 Take a look at this infographic that lists 9 Fast Facts about Manganese<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s harder and more brittle than iron.\u00a0 Your body needs it to function properly, but too much can be unsafe.\u00a0 It\u2019s found in several foods \u2013 including nuts, tea, whole grains, and leafy vegetables \u2013 as well as in construction equipment, dry cell batteries and plant fertilizers.\u00a0 It\u2019s Manganese, a gray-white metal, with atomic number<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[92,206,207,16,131,84],"division":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-elemental-geochemical-analysis","8":"tag-elements","9":"tag-manganese","10":"tag-manganese-infographic","11":"tag-mining-2","12":"tag-periodic-table","13":"tag-rock-sample","14":"entry"},"_selected_authors":[1199],"_selected_reviewers":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInfographic: Fascinating Facts About Manganese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manganese, atomic number 25 on the periodic table, is a mineral mined for many reasons. 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