ILMENITE


Meaning of ILMENITE in English

ˈilməˌnīt noun

( -s )

Etymology: German ilmenit, from Ilmen range, Ural Mts., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics + German -it -ite

: a usually massive iron-black mineral FeTiO 3 of submetallic luster that is an important ore of titanium and is a compound of iron and titanium and oxygen and may sometimes occur in rhombohedral crystals with very close crystal-structural relations to hematite

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