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Manganese oxides, thought to form almost exclusively through reactions between Mn2+ and O2, catalyze oxidative transformations among redox-sensitive metals. -- PNAS

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Anoxic Photo-oxidation Of Mn(II)-bearing Carbonates On Mars And Early Earth

by Keith CowingJune 14, 2026June 14, 2026

Manganese oxides, thought to form almost exclusively through reactions between Mn2+ and O2, catalyze oxidative transformations among redox-sensitive metals. Thus, the occurrence of Mn oxides, either observed or inferred from […]

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No Oxygen Was Required To Make Manganese Oxides Found On Mars

by Keith CowingDecember 28, 2022December 28, 2022

When NASA’s Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet […]