brookite

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English

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Brookite
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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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