Ilmenite Mineral Data

General Ilmenite Information

Chemical Formula:

Fe++TiO3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 151.73 gm

Titanium 31.56 % Ti 52.65 % TiO₂

Iron 36.81 % Fe 47.35 % FeO

Oxygen 31.63 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Fe²⁺TiO₃

Environment:

Common accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Commonly concentrated in placers as "black sand" deposits.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827

Locality:

Ilmen Mountains, southern Urals, of the Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named after It's locality.

Name Pronunciation:

Ilmenite

Synonym:

ICSD 30664

Leucoxene - alteration product

Menaccanite

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Picroilmenite - Mg-rich ilmenite

Titanic Iron Ore

Titanoferrite

Ilmenite Image

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Ilmenite

Comments: Sharp, opaque crystal of Ilmenite.
Location: Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Ilmenite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:2.76065

Cell Dimensions:

a = 5.093, c = 14.06, Z = 6; V = 315.84 Den(Calc)= 4.79

Crystal System:

Trigonal - RhombohedralH-M Symbol ( 3) Space Group: R 3

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.754(1), 2.544(0.7), 1.7261(0.55),

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Wechsler B A , Prewitt C T , American Mineralogist , 69 (1984) p.176-185, Crystal structure of ilmenite (FeTiO3) at high temperature and high pressure, 24 deg C

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Physical Properties of Ilmenite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Iron black, Black.

Density:

4.72

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Fracture:

Conchoidal - Fractures developed in brittle materials characterized by smoothly curving surfaces, (e.g. quartz).

Habit:

Massive - Lamellar - Distinctly foliated fine-grained forms.

Habit:

Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.

Hardness:

5-5.5 - Apatite-Knife Blade

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Sub Metallic

Magnetism:

Naturally weak

Streak:

brownish black

Optical Properties of Ilmenite

Dichroism (e):

dark brown.

Dichroism (w):

pinkish brown.

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (-).

NCalc= 2.42 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2959) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1
NCalc= 2.4 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2959) where Ncalc=Dmeas*KC+1

RL Anisotrophism:

Strong in shades of gray.

RL Bireflectance:

Strong.

RL Color:

Gray, brownish tinted.

Reflectivity

**Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Ilmenite in Air**
λ	R₁	R₂	∑ R₁(λ)	∑ R₂(λ)
400 nm	20.00	21.20
420 nm	19.50	20.80
440 nm	19.00	20.40
460 nm	18.50	20.10
480 nm	18.10	20.00
500 nm	18.00	19.80
520 nm	18.00	19.80
540 nm	18.00	19.70
560 nm	18.00	19.60
580 nm	18.00	19.80
600 nm	18.10	19.90
620 nm	18.20	19.90
640 nm	18.30	19.90
660 nm	18.40	20.00
680 nm	18.50	20.10
700 nm	18.60	20.40

**Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Ilmenite in Air**
Relative Intensity	0%	50%	100%	150%	200%	250%	300%	350%	400%	450%	490%
R₁
R₂

Calculated Properties of Ilmenite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.55 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Ilmenite =4.79 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.04
Boson Index = 0.96

Photoelectric:

PE_Ilmenite= 16.55 barns/electron
U=PE_Ilmenite x rElectron Density= 75.25 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Ilmenite is Not Radioactive

Ilmenite Classification

Dana Class:

04.03.05.01 (04)Simple Oxides

(04.03)with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2 O3)

(04.03.05)Ilmenite Group

04.03.05.01 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3

04.03.05.02 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3

04.03.05.03 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3

04.03.05.04 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3

04.03.05.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3

04.03.05.06 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3

04.03.05.07 Akimotoite! (Mg,Fe)SiO3 R 3 3

Strunz Class:

04.CB.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.C - Metal:Oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and Similar

04.CB -With medium-sized cations

04.CB.05 Auroantimonate* AuSbO3 Ortho ? Ortho

04.CB.05 Geikielite MgTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Brizziite-III NaSbO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Brizziite-VII NaSbO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe,Mn)TiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Corundum Al2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Eskolaite Cr2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Hematite Fe2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Karelianite V2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

04.CB.05 Ilmenite FeTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Melanostibite Mn(Sb,Fe)O3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Pyrophanite MnTiO3 R 3 3

04.CB.05 Romanite* (Fe,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe)O4 Trig ? Trig

04.CB.05 Tistarite! Ti2O3 R 3c 3 2/m

Other Ilmenite Information

References:

NAME( Sinkankas66) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic3)

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Ilmenite

Fe++TiO3
Dana No: 04.03.05.01 Strunz No: 04.CB.05
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