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Manganese(II) carbonate
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<p>Manganese carbonate is a <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">compound</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> <a href="/facts/Manganese/j9ELd1TL">Mn</a><a href="/facts/Carbonate/FES1QHkN">CO3</a>. Manganese carbonate occurs naturally as the <a href="/facts/Mineral/LkUFbNmv">mineral</a> <a href="/facts/Rhodochrosite/JlBMD3sg">rhodochrosite</a> but it is typically produced industrially. It is a pale pink, water-insoluble solid. Approximately 20,000 metric tonnes were produced in 2005. </p>