The Enduring One
The Chameleon
Colloidal Manganese
Colloidal manganese — the “chameleon of elements”, known for its varied play of colours, as a pure elemental colloid in stable solution. Rarely offered, elaborate to produce.
- Concentration
- up to 20 ppm
- Source Material
- 99.99% purity
- Carrier Medium
- double-distilled water
- Appearance
- Delicate pink to violet shimmer.
- Made for
- lab work, technical use and plant trials
Sizes
Made to order by hand. Price and size are arranged personally with you.
Made to order by hand, delivery usually within 3 to 7 days.
Order Personally
Message us directly and you will get a personal reply from the maker, with honest advice on use case, concentration, size and shipping.
On request you will receive a personal production video of your element from the cleanroom. Simply mention it in your enquiry.
Used as a pigment in the cave paintings of Lascaux — one of humanity’s oldest colouring agents.
Worth Knowing
Glassmakers called manganese “glassmaker’s soap”: it lifts the green veil from glass and renders it crystal clear.
On the deep-sea floor, manganese nodules grow over millions of years — millimetre by millimetre, like pearls of the Earth.