Ilmenite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Ilmenite R060149

Name: Ilmenite
RRUFF ID: R060149
Ideal Chemistry: Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃
Locality: Faraday Property, Bancroft District, Ontario, Canada
Source: Marcus Origlieri [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black thick tabular crystal
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060149.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Fe²⁺_0.96Mn_0.07Mg_0.01Ti_0.98O₃
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060149

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060149.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 5.0920(2)Å b: 5.0920(2)Å c: 14.0887(6)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 316.35(2) Crystal System: hexagonal

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Calculated diffraction file.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Ilmenite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Kupffer A T (1827) Ilmenit, ein neues fossil (Sammt neuen spielarten des zirkon und gadolinit) aus Sibirien; beschrieben, Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre, 10, 1-13 [view file]
Brøgger W C (1906) Die mineralien der Südnorwegischen granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und priorit), Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1906, issue 6 1-162 [view file]
Pajari G E (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: The variation of magnetite–ulvospinel and hematite–ilmenite compositions in a differentiated alkaline intrusive, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 670-670 [view file]
Bøe P (1978) Ilmenite exsolution intergrowths in chromite from Raisduoddar—Hal'di, Troms, Norway, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 597-600 [view file]
D’arco P, Maury R C (1981) Comparative geothermometry of some magnetite–ilmenite–orthopyroxene–clinopyroxene associations from volcanic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 461-467 [view file]
Reynolds I M (1984) Tectonically deformed ilmenite in titaniferous iron ores of the Mambula Complex, Zululand, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 411-416 [view file]
Cawthorn R G, Groves D I, Marchant T (1985) Magnesian ilmenite: clue to high-Mg parental magma of the Insizwa complex, Tranksei, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 609-618 [view file]
Naslund H R (1987) Lamellae of baddeleyite and Fe–Cr-spinel in ilmenite from the Basistoppen sill, east Greenland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 91-96 [view file]
Cassidy K F, Groves D I, Binns R A (1988) Manganoan ilmenite formed during regional metamorphism of Archean mafic and ultramafic rocks from Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 999-1012 [view file]
Cawthorn R G, Maske S, De Wet M, Groves D I, Cassidy K F (1988) Contrasting magma types in the Mount Ayliff intrusioin (Insizwa complex), Transkei: evidence from ilmenite compositions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 145-160 [view file]
Clarke D B, MacKay R M (1990) An ilmenite-garnet-clinopyroxene nodule from Matsoku: evidence for oxide-rich liquid immiscibility in kimberlites?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 229-239 [view file]
Whitney D L, Hirschmann M, Miller M G (1993) Zincian ilmenite – ecandrewsite from a pelitic schist, Death Valley, California, and the paragenesis of (Zn,Fe)TiO₃ solid solution in metamorphic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 425-436 [view file]
Jiang S Y, Palmer M R, Slack J F (1996) Mn-rich ilmenite from the Sullivan Pb–Zn–Ag deposit, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 29-36 [view file]
Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]
Waerenborgh J C, Figueiras J, Mateus A, Gonçalves M (2002) Nature and mechanism of ilmenite alteration: a Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction study of oxidized ilmenite from the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex (SE Portugal), Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 421-430 [view file]
Kretz R (2003) Dendritic magnetite and ilmenite in 590 Ma Grenville dikes near Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1049-1059 [view file]
Clarke D B, Carruzzo S (2007) Assimilation of country-rock ilmenite and rutile in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 31-42 [view file]
Yamanaka T, Komatsu Y, Nomori H (2007) Electron density distribution of FeTiO₃ ilmenite under high pressure analyzed by MEM using single crystal diffraction intensities, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 307-318

REFERENCES for Ilmenite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Kupffer A T (1827) Ilmenit, ein neues fossil (Sammt neuen spielarten des zirkon und gadolinit) aus Sibirien; beschrieben, Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre, 10, 1-13 [view file]

Brøgger W C (1906) Die mineralien der Südnorwegischen granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und priorit), Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1906, issue 6 1-162 [view file]

Pajari G E (1966) Abstract of paper presented at the eleventh meeting: The variation of magnetite–ulvospinel and hematite–ilmenite compositions in a differentiated alkaline intrusive, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 670-670 [view file]

Bøe P (1978) Ilmenite exsolution intergrowths in chromite from Raisduoddar—Hal'di, Troms, Norway, The Canadian Mineralogist, 16, 597-600 [view file]

D’arco P, Maury R C (1981) Comparative geothermometry of some magnetite–ilmenite–orthopyroxene–clinopyroxene associations from volcanic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, 461-467 [view file]

Reynolds I M (1984) Tectonically deformed ilmenite in titaniferous iron ores of the Mambula Complex, Zululand, South Africa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 22, 411-416 [view file]

Cawthorn R G, Groves D I, Marchant T (1985) Magnesian ilmenite: clue to high-Mg parental magma of the Insizwa complex, Tranksei, The Canadian Mineralogist, 23, 609-618 [view file]

Naslund H R (1987) Lamellae of baddeleyite and Fe–Cr-spinel in ilmenite from the Basistoppen sill, east Greenland, The Canadian Mineralogist, 25, 91-96 [view file]

Cassidy K F, Groves D I, Binns R A (1988) Manganoan ilmenite formed during regional metamorphism of Archean mafic and ultramafic rocks from Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 999-1012 [view file]

Cawthorn R G, Maske S, De Wet M, Groves D I, Cassidy K F (1988) Contrasting magma types in the Mount Ayliff intrusioin (Insizwa complex), Transkei: evidence from ilmenite compositions, The Canadian Mineralogist, 26, 145-160 [view file]

Clarke D B, MacKay R M (1990) An ilmenite-garnet-clinopyroxene nodule from Matsoku: evidence for oxide-rich liquid immiscibility in kimberlites?, The Canadian Mineralogist, 28, 229-239 [view file]

Whitney D L, Hirschmann M, Miller M G (1993) Zincian ilmenite – ecandrewsite from a pelitic schist, Death Valley, California, and the paragenesis of (Zn,Fe)TiO₃ solid solution in metamorphic rocks, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 425-436 [view file]

Jiang S Y, Palmer M R, Slack J F (1996) Mn-rich ilmenite from the Sullivan Pb–Zn–Ag deposit, British Columbia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 34, 29-36 [view file]

Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]

Waerenborgh J C, Figueiras J, Mateus A, Gonçalves M (2002) Nature and mechanism of ilmenite alteration: a Mössbauer and X-ray diffraction study of oxidized ilmenite from the Beja-Acebuches Ophiolite Complex (SE Portugal), Mineralogical Magazine, 66, 421-430 [view file]

Kretz R (2003) Dendritic magnetite and ilmenite in 590 Ma Grenville dikes near Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 1049-1059 [view file]

Clarke D B, Carruzzo S (2007) Assimilation of country-rock ilmenite and rutile in the South Mountain batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 31-42 [view file]

Yamanaka T, Komatsu Y, Nomori H (2007) Electron density distribution of FeTiO₃ ilmenite under high pressure analyzed by MEM using single crystal diffraction intensities, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 34, 307-318