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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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    the late 1990s. Madagascar has one of the world's largest reserves of ilmenite (titanium ore), as well as important reserves of chromite, coal, iron,...
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    city of Tôlanaro (Fort-Dauphin). It was built for the exportations of Ilmenite from the nearby mine of QIT Madagascar Minerals and opened on July 8, 2009...
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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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    route from Havre-Saint-Pierre to Sorel, Québec with about 18,300 tons of ilmenite when it collided in dense fog with the British cargo ship Roonagh Head...
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  • iron(II) telluride 12125-63-2 FeTiO3 iron(II) metatitanate 12022-71-8 ilmenite 12168-52-4 FeVO4 iron(III) orthovanadate FeWO4 iron(II) orthotungstate...
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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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    Navrotsky (1998). "Energetics and Crystal Chemical Systematics among Ilmenite, Lithium Niobate, and Perovskite Structures". Chem. Mater. 10 (10): 2787–2793...
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  • Ibk Isomertieite Ism Ilmajokite-(Ce) Ijk-Ce Insizwaite Isw Isovite Isv Ilmenite Ilm Intersilite Isi Isselite Iss Illoqite-(Ce) Ilo-Ce Inyoite Iyo Itelmenite...
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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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    perpendicular hematite-ilmenite needles (gold), magnetite platelets (black), asterism (the star effect) and hexagonal growth. Hematite-ilmenite needles, which...
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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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    and liquid–liquid extraction during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Some ilmenite concentrates contain small amounts of scandium and other rare-earth elements...
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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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    extract and separate the valuable minerals – e.g., rutile, zircon, and ilmenite. The main uses for rutile are the manufacture of refractory ceramic, as...
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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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    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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    black mixture of iron oxides, mostly magnetite with variable amounts of ilmenite and hematite. Valuable mineral components often occurring with black sands...
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    Instead of directly using ilmenite, "rutile slag" is used. This material, an impure form of TiO2, is derived from ilmenite by removal of iron, either...
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