Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lustrous black to brownish titanium ore, essentially FeTiO3.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral of a black color and submetallic luster, consisting of the oxids of iron and titanium, and isomorphous with hematite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Titanic iron. See
menaccanite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A weakly
magnetic dark graymineral found inmetamorphic andigneous rocks ; it is a mixedoxide ofiron andtitanium , FeTiO3
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The proposed titanium plant in Orissa state's Ganjan district will initially produce titanium slag, after processing ilmenite from a sand mine owned by India Rare Earths.
Nalco Plans Titanium Joint Venture Rajesh Roy 2010
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'No. It is mostly mined as a mineral called ilmenite ... which is one third titanium.'
Slay Ride Francis, Dick, 1920- 1974
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QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), a joint venture between Rio Tinto and the Madagascar government, is mining ilmenite, which is used in products such as food colouring, sunscreen and paint.
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Most heavy-mineral sands also have a high content of titanium-bearing minerals, such as ilmenite and rutile.
Zirconium 2008
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Since the moon does not have a breathable atmosphere, minerals, such as ilmenite titanium and iron oxide, may be critical for a sustained human lunar presence.
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Since the moon does not have a breathable atmosphere, minerals, such as ilmenite titanium and iron oxide, may be critical for a sustained human lunar presence.
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University of Natal geologist Dr Ron Uken says in terms of the environment, mining coastal dunes for titanium minerals such as ilmenite and rutile "leaves nothing".
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The main source of titanium in the country are beach sands that contain monazite and ilmenite.
Nalco Plans Titanium Joint Venture Rajesh Roy 2010
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The company has three open-pit mines, according to the prospectus: the Kuranakh mine, now producing titanomagnetite and ilmenite concentrate, and two that will produce magnetite iron ore, one starting in 2013 and the other in 2014.
Russian Miner Cuts Hong Kong IPO Plan Nisha Gopalan 2010
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Rio spokesman Nick Cobban said the company hasn't been contacted by the government on the mining contract and said it believed its first export of ilmenite in May had followed the proper procedures.
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