General Information:
Chemical Formula:
TiO2
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 79.88 gm)
Titanium 59.94 % Ti
Oxygen 40.06 % O
Empirical Formula:
TiO2
Environment:
Magmatic.
Locality:
Binnental and Campolungo, Switzerland.
Name Origin:
From the Latin, rutilus - "reddish."
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
[110] Distinct
Color:
blood red, bluish, brownish yellow, brown red, or violet.
Density:
4.25
Diaphaniety:
Transparent to translucent to opaque
Habits:
Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals., Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneo us rock.
Hardness:
6-6.5 - Orthoclase-Pyrite
Luminescence:
None.
Luster:
Adamantine
Streak:
grayish black
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