brookite

English

Brookite

Etymology

From Brooke +‎ -ite, named in 1825 for English crystallographer Henry James Brooke.

Noun

brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)

1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO₂.

Derived terms

• pseudobrookite

 

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: brookiitti

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Brookite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “brookite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.