manganese spar

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noun

Mineralogy. rhodonite or rhodochrosite.

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Origin of manganese spar

First recorded in 1815–25

Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Asked if the ability to reproduce should be a human right, Spar said she would leave that for the philosophers to think about.
Want Blue Eyes With That Baby?: The Strange New World of Human Reproduction|Eleanor Clift|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But an island any less menacing would fail to breed a villain who could hope to spar with James Bond.
Japan's James Bond Villain Ghost Town|Nina Strochlic|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Cruz followed Lee on the Senate floor to spar with McCain.
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee: When Freshmen Attack|Patricia Murphy|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The fact that the Rio Grande rise also harbors traces of iron and manganese was not lost on the minerals industry.
Atlantis Discovered?|Mac Margolis|May 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Presently the bowman uttered a thrilling shout, for, through the turmoil of dashing spray, he saw the man clinging to a spar!
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
The canvas was torn from the yards, and spar after spar fell, until nothing but the masts remained.
The Whale and the Grasshopper|Seumas O'Brien
On the third round the sail was pulled down and the spar housed, but it was too late in the day to pick up the first flight.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
And logs were chained fast around the vessel so that no torpedo spar could reach her.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various
At the bow of this launch was a long spar, and at the end of this spar was a torpedo holding a hundred pounds of dynamite.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various