ilmenite

See also: Ilmenite and ilménite

English

Ilmenite

Etymology

Named after Ilmen Mountains in Russia +‎ -ite in 1827.

Noun

ilmenite (countable and uncountable, plural ilmenites)

1. (mineralogy) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO₃
   • 1983, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, page 9:

     The basalt of Goose Island of the Ice Harbor Member is unique for the occurrence of microphenocrysts of ilmenite and titanmagnetite.

Synonyms

• menaccanite

Translations

a weakly magnetic dark gray mineral

• Catalan: ilmenita f
• Czech: ilmenit
• Dutch: ilmeniet
• Finnish: ilmeniitti (fi)
• French: ilménite (fr) f
• German: Ilmenit
• Greek: ιλμενίτης (el) m (ilmenítis)
• Hebrew: אילמניט (ʼīlmenīṭ)
• Italian: ilmenite (it) f
• Japanese: イルメナイト (irumenaito)
• Lithuanian: ilmenitas
• Polish: ilmenit (pl)
• Portuguese: ilmenita f
• Russian: ильменит (ru) (ilʹmenit)
• Serbo-Croatian: ilmenit (sh)
• Slovak: ilmenit
• Spanish: ilmenita f
• Ukrainian: ільменіт (ilʹmenit)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• line item, melinite, menilite, time line, time-line, timeline

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.meˈni.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: il‧me‧nì‧te

Noun

ilmenite f (plural ilmeniti)

1. ilmenite

Anagrams

• metileni