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    Ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO 3. It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. Ilmenite is the most...
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    The element occurs within a number of minerals, principally rutile and ilmenite, which are widely distributed in the Earth's crust and lithosphere; it...
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    sulfate process, ilmenite is treated with sulfuric acid to extract iron(II) sulfate pentahydrate. This process requires concentrated ilmenite (45–60% TiO2)...
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    the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The island is rich in minerals such as ilmenite, feldspar, graphite, silica, kaolin, mica and thorium. Existence of petroleum...
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    perpendicular hematite-ilmenite needles (gold), magnetite platelets (black), asterism (the star effect) and hexagonal growth. Hematite-ilmenite needles, which...
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    bipyramids. The unusual blue coloration of the quartz is thought to be due to ilmenite inclusions. It is named after Llano County, Texas, the only place where...
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    of Fe 2O 3. It has the same crystal structure as corundum (Al 2O 3) and ilmenite (FeTiO 3). With this it forms a complete solid solution at temperatures...
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    mineral kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeO·TiO2). Bauxite appears dull in luster and is reddish-brown...
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    deposits is quite rich with ilmenite, rutile, zircon, sillimanite and is unique with weathered variety having 60% TiO2 ilmenite. The plant has a capacity...
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    Nelsonite is an igneous rock primarily constituted of ilmenite and apatite, with anatase, chlorite, phosphosiderite, talc and/or wavellite appearing as...
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  • a process to produce rutile, a form of titanium dioxide, from the ore ilmenite. Although it is competitive with the chloride process and the sulfate process...
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  • Kenmare is the world's fourth largest producer of titanium feedstocks (ilmenite and rutile), which are primarily used to make titanium dioxide (Ti02) pigment...
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    platinum, vanadium and vermiculite. It is the second largest producer of ilmenite, palladium, rutile and zirconium. It is the world's third largest coal...
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  • sillimanite, limestone, diatomite, pyrophyllite, fluorite, vanadium, dunite, ilmenite, gallium and zircon. It is a group of complex silicate minerals and has...
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  • perovskite ABO3 structure, but now tolerance factors are also used for ilmenite. Alternatively the tolerance factor can be used to calculate the compatibility...
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    Laboratory, De Beers Campus, Crown Mines, Johannesburg 2424KD/KX refers to an ilmenite field. Gap International 2022. Guest 2015. Mala 2024. Mining Technology...
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    its first major consignment of minerals to China. About 25,000 tonnes of ilmenite was flagged off the Kenyan coastal town of Kilifi. The first shipment was...
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    of the mare basalts have very high levels of titanium (in the form of ilmenite). Primary igneous rocks in the lunar highlands compose three distinct groups:...
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    iron oxides and iron-titanium oxides, such as magnetite, ulvöspinel, and ilmenite. Because of the presence of such oxide minerals, basalt can acquire strong...
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    fields, along with the adjoining districts of Karnataka. Minerals including Ilmenite, Monazite, Thorium, and Titanium, are found in the coastal belt of Kerala...
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    significant economic importance at several locations, such as rutile, ilmenite and zircon are threatening the marine ecology of KwaZulu-Natal's coast...
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    components are typically Zircon, from 1% of THM to upwards of 50% of THM, Ilmenite, generally of 10% to 60% of THM Rutile, from 5% to 25% of THM Leucoxene...
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    and magnetism is also present, albeit not as strongly, in pyrrhotite and ilmenite. Some minerals exhibit electrical properties – for example, quartz is piezoelectric...
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    out of titanium dioxide, from the minerals brookite, anatase, rutile, or ilmenite, currently the major source. Because of its brilliant whiteness, it is...
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  • approved by IMA) Ianbruceite Ichnusaite Icosahedrite Idrialite Ikaite Illite Ilmenite Ilsemannite Ilvaite Imogolite Inderite Indite Indium Inesite Inyoite Iodargyrite...
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  • igneous rocks and iron ore deposits as the result of the alteration of ilmenite, perovskite, or titanite. Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985...
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    ambient temperature. Armalcolite breaks down to a mixture of magnesium-rich ilmenite and rutile at temperatures below 1,000 °C, but the conversion slows down...
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    clean material. The common problems with this material are the presence of ilmenite and chloride compounds. Since the material has been naturally crushed and...
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    furnace and used to make solid metal. In some smelting processes, such as ilmenite smelting to produce titanium dioxide, the slag can be the valuable product...
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    of large amounts results from the production of titanium dioxide from ilmenite via the sulfate process. Ferrous sulfate is also prepared commercially...
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