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A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks
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ilmenite
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n. (context mineralogy English) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO 3
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Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. ...
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n. a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
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Ilmenite is the titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula . It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. From the commercial perspective, ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium . Ilmenite is the main source of titanium dioxide, ...
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The maskelynite is zoned, with accessory phases of titanomagnetite, ilmenite, pyrrhotite, fayalite, trydimite, whitlockite, chloraptite, and baddeleyite.
In situ investigation of the brecciated diabase in SNC Crater and surrounding region reveal that ilmenite and whitlockite are missing from this inventory.
Possum was composed primarily of crystals: plagioclase, pyroxene, ilmenite, olivine, and other minerals.
He had been Assistant Superintendent of the ilmenite mine before Kabyles all over the planet rose against their Arabized central government in al-Madinah.
The maskelynite is zoned, with accessory phases of titanomagnetite, ilmenite, pyrrhotite, fayalite, tridymite, whitlockite, chlorapatite, and baddeleyite.