ilmenite
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Named after Ilmen Mountains in Russia,[1] in 1827.[2]
[edit] Noun
ilmenite (countable and uncountable; plural ilmenites)
- (mineralogy) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO3
[edit] Translations
(mineralogy) a weakly magnetic dark gray mineral
[edit] References
- ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
ilmenite f. (plural ilmeniti)