Ilmenite [ FeIITiIVO3 ]

Image of Ilmenite

Material properties

Formulas FeTiO3, FeIITiIVO3, (Fe,Mn)TiO3
Abbreviation Ilm
Variants lunar, Mn
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1827
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Related materials Liuite, Wangdaodeite
Tags Mineral, Titanate, Titanate

Composition

Element Atoms
Fe 1
Ti 1
O 3
Total: 5

Specimens of Ilmenite

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
NR-102 Ilmenite CSIRO Ilmenite (99.7%) 99.7 0 —
MES084 Ferrosilite CSIRO Enstatite, Fe, Fayalite, Mg, Ilmenite (4.0%), Labradorite, Phlogopite, Fe, Quartz 4.0 0 —
M0834 Ankerite CSIRO Albite, Ca, Ankerite, Augite, Forsterite, Fe, Ilmenite (3.8%), Montmorillonite, Sanidine 3.8 0 —
M1362 Tourmaline CSIRO Fluor-uvite, Hematite, Ilmenite (2.0%), Magnetite, Tourmaline 2.0 2 Reflectance
M1413 Garnet CSIRO Almandine, Clinochlore, Fe, Grossular, Ilmenite (1.3%), Muscovite-1M, Quartz 1.3 0 —
Apollo 12032-366-19x NASA Alkali feldspar, lunar, Apatite, lunar, Baddeleyite, lunar, Fayalite, lunar, Hedenbergite, lunar, Ilmenite, lunar, Merrillite, lunar, Plagioclase, lunar, Silica, lunar, Troilite, lunar, Zirconolite, lunar — 6 CL
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite, Mg, Fe, Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite, Mn, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite — 46 CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite — 27 CL, EDS