rutile

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See also: rutilé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin rutilus (red) because of its common color, named in 1803.[1]

Noun[edit]

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rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.
Light colored lines are rutile growing inside a quartz crystal.

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Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024), “Rutile”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • rutile”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

rutile m (plural rutiles)

  1. (mineralogy) rutile

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rutile

  1. vocative masculine singular of rutilus

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Verb[edit]

rutile

  1. inflection of rutilar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative