ilmenite
English
Etymology
Named after Ilmen Mountains in Russia[1] + -ite in 1827.[2]
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
Synonyms
Translations
a weakly magnetic dark gray mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Ilmenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “ilmenite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ 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
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
ilmenite f (plural ilmeniti)