Ilmenite Mineral Data

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Ilmenite Mineral Data

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General Ilmenite Information

Chemical Formula: Composition: Fe++TiO3 Molecular Weight = 151.73 gm
Titanium Iron Oxygen 31.56 36.81 31.63 ______ 100.00 % % % % Ti Fe O 52.65 % TiO2 47.35 % FeO ______ 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

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Fe2+TiO3 Common accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Commonly concentrated in placers as "black sand" deposits. Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827 Ilmen Mountains, southern Urals, of the Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. Named after It's locality. Ilmenite ICSD 30664 Leucoxene - alteration product Menaccanite PDF 29-733 Picroilmenite - Mg-rich ilmenite Titanic Iron Ore Titanoferrite

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Comments: Sharp, opaque crystal of Ilmenite. Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Not Given. Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Ilmenite Crystallography
Axial Ratios: Cell Dimensions: Crystal System: X Ray Diffraction: a:c = 1:2.76065 a = 5.093, c = 14.06, Z = 6; V = 315.84 Den(Calc)= 4.79 Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3 By Intensity(I/Io): 2.754(1), 2.544(0.7), 1.7261(0.55),

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Wechsler B A , Prewitt C T , American Mineralogist , 69 (1984) p.176-185, Crystal structure of ilmenite (FeTiO3) at high temperature and high pressure, 24 deg C Large Pop-Up View Additional jPOWD Structure files for Ilmenite [1] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [2] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [3] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [4] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Physical Properties of Ilmenite

Cleavage: Color: Density: Diaphaneity: Fracture: Habit: Habit: Hardness: Luminescence: Luster: Magnetism: Streak: None Iron black, Black. 4.72 Opaque Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz). Massive - Lamellar - Distinctly foliated fine-grained forms. Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction. 5-5.5 - Apatite-Knife Blade Non-fluorescent. Sub Metallic Naturally weak brownish black

Optical Properties of Ilmenite

Dichroism (e): Dichroism (w): Optical Data: dark brown. pinkish brown. Uniaxial (-). NCalc= 2.42 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2959) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1 NCalc= 2.4 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2959) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1 Strong in shades of gray. Strong. Gray, brownish tinted.
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Ilmenite in Air R1 R2 R1() R2()

RL Anisotrophism: RL Bireflectance: RL Color: Reflectivity

400 nm 20.00 21.20 420 nm 19.50 20.80 440 nm 19.00 20.40 460 nm 18.50 20.10 480 nm 18.10 20.00 500 nm 18.00 19.80 520 nm 18.00 19.80 540 nm 18.00 19.70

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560 nm 18.00 19.60 580 nm 18.00 19.80 600 nm 18.10 19.90 620 nm 18.20 19.90 640 nm 18.30 19.90 660 nm 18.40 20.00 680 nm 18.50 20.10 700 nm 18.60 20.40 Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Ilmenite in Air Relative 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350% 400% 450% 490% Intensity R1 R2

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Calculated Properties of Ilmenite

Electron Density: Fermion Index: Photoelectric: Radioactivity: Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.55 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Ilmenite =4.79 gm/cc. Fermion Index = 0.04 Boson Index = 0.96 PEIlmenite = 16.55 barns/electron U=PEIlmenite x Electron Density= 75.25 barns/cc. GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Ilmenite is Not Radioactive

Ilmenite Classification
Dana Class: 04.03.05.01 (04)Simple Oxides (04.03)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3) (04.03.05)Ilmenite Group
04.03.05.01 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3 04.03.05.02 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3 04.03.05.03 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3 04.03.05.04 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3 04.03.05.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3 04.03.05.06 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3 04.03.05.07 Akimotoite! (Mg,Fe)SiO3 R 3 3

Strunz Class:

04.CB.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate 04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar 04.CB -With medium-sized cations
04.CB.05 Auroantimonate* AuSbO3 Ortho ? Ortho 04.CB.05 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Brizziite-VII NaSbO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Corundum Al2O3 R 3c 3 2/m 04.CB.05 Eskolaite Cr2O3 R 3c 3 2/m 04.CB.05 Hematite Fe2O3 R 3c 3 2/m 04.CB.05 Karelianite V2O3 R 3c 3 2/m 04.CB.05 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3 04.CB.05 Romanite* (Fe,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe)O4 Trig ? Trig 04.CB.05 Tistarite! Ti2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

Other Ilmenite Information

References: See Also: NAME( Sinkankas66) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP. (AntBidBlaNic3) Links to other databases for Ilmenite : 1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database

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4 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 5 - Athena 6 - EUROmin Project 7 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 8 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 9 - Franklin Minerals(Palache) 10 - GeoScienceWorld 11 - Google Images 12 - Google Scholar 13 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 14 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 15 - HyperPhysics 16 - MinDAT 17 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 18 - Online Mineral Museum 19 - QUT Mineral Atlas 20 - Ruff.Info 21 - University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data 22 - WWW-MINCRYST Search for Ilmenite using:

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