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Definition of Brookite

Brookite
Brookite Brook"ite, n. [Named from the English mineralogist, H. J. Brooke.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

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- Brookite is the orthorhombic variant of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which occurs in four known natural polymorphic forms (minerals with the same composition...
- Rarer polymorphs of TiO2 are known, including anatase, akaogiite, and brookite. Rutile has one of the highest refractive indices at visible wavelengths...
- crystal structures of rutile and anatase are tetragonal in symmetry whereas brookite is orthorhombic. The oxygen substructures are all slight distortions of...
- approximately 0.5–1.5%. Common titanium-containing minerals are anatase, brookite, ilmenite, perovskite, rutile, and titanite (sphene). Akaogiite is an extremely...
- form". Terminology for pseudomorphs is "replacer after original", as in brookite after rutile. The term pseudomorphoses was initially used by Haüy. A substitution...
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- polymorphs (or mineral forms) of titanium dioxide are known to occur naturally: brookite, akaogiite, and rutile, with rutile being the most common and most stable...
- Gemstones Notes Ref Kharan District Brookite, anatase, and quartz The image shows striated anatase crystals (in black), brookite blade and quartz crystals covering...
- name is from Gr**** ψευδής, for false, and brookite because of its misleading similar appearance to brookite. Pseudobrookite forms as pneumatolytic deposition...
- Bi****otantalite Biotite Boleite Boracite Bornite Brazilianite Breithauptite Brookite Brucite Bustamite Bytownite Calcite Manganoan calcite (var.) Caledonite...