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The study of the crystal structure and particle size of manganese nodules from the northern part of the central Pacific Ocean floor indicates that besides the phases of todorokite, birnessite and δ-MnO with the crystalline size at the micron scale, there are many other multi-phase solids having particle size at the nanometer scale. Studies show that they are mainly ferri-hydroxides with the short-range...