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Manganese is a pinkinsh-gray, chemically active element. It is a hard metal and is very brittle. It is denoted by the symbol Mn and it's atomic number is 25. It is most commonly found in minerals as a combination with iron.
Manganese exists in several structures. The most common, and unusual, are αMn and βMn. The unit cell is based on body-centered cubic, but contains 58 atoms representing 4 distinct positions. It can be represented as a bcc Bravais lattice with a 29 atom basis. Manganese is the only element that exhibits this crystal structure.
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