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rutile
[ roo-teel, -tahyl ]
noun
- a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
rutile
/ ˈ°ù³Ü˳ٲ¹Éª±ô /
noun
- a black, yellowish, or reddish-brown mineral, found in igneous rocks, metamorphosed limestones, and quartz veins. It is a source of titanium. Composition: titanium dioxide. Formula: TiO 2 . Crystal structure: tetragonal
rutile
/ °ù´ÇÌ…´Ç̅′³Ùŧ±ô′,-³ÙÄ«±ô′ /
- A lustrous red, reddish-brown, or black tetragonal mineral that is an ore of titanium. Rutile usually occurs as prismatic crystals in other minerals, especially as dark needlelike crystals in quartz. Chemical formula: TiO 2 .
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rutile1
Example Sentences
Australia is the world’s top producer of lithium and rutile and the second-largest producer of zircon and rare earth elements.
Rio Tinto's South African subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals extracts and refines heavy mineral sands and produces ilmenite, rutile, and zircon at its site in northern KwaZulu-Natal province.
Pyrope and almandine garnets can contain spiky inclusions of the minerals rutile or chrysotile, but they are normally more evenly distributed, and they do not curve or reach the crystal’s surface.
Prices of the mineral sand rutile have fallen more than two-thirds from their peak in 2012, amid a slowdown in the pace of demand from traditional users.
Sierra Leone has abundant natural resources including iron ore, diamonds, gold, bauxite and the titanium ore rutile.
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