brookite

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Brookite
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Etymology[edit]

From Brooke +‎ -ite, named in 1825 for English crystallographer Henry James Brooke.

Noun[edit]

brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.

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Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Brookite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “brookite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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