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ilmenite |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic iron ore}, and {ilmenite}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Illy \Il"ly\, adv [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ilmenite n : a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form a source of titanium
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