Polymetallic nodule, also called manganese nodule, rock concretion sea bottom for concentric layers of iron and manganese, metal
Polymetallic nodule, also called manganese nodule, rock concretion on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core. The core may be microscopically small and is sometimes completely transformed into manganese minerals by crystallization Blake Plateau, Atlantic ocean, collected in 1970's
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