Definition of Leucoxene. Meaning of Leucoxene. Synonyms of Leucoxene

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Definition of Leucoxene

Leucoxene
Leucoxene Leu*cox"ene (l[-u]*k[o^]ks"[=e]n), n. [Leuco- + Gr. xe`nos stranger.] (Min.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.

Meaning of Leucoxene from wikipedia

- Leucoxene is a fine granular alteration product of titanium minerals. It varies in color from yellow to brown. It consists mainly of rutile or anatase...
- the pseudo-mineral leucoxene, a fine-grained yellowish to grayish or brownish material enriched to 70% or more of TiO2. Leucoxene is an important source...
- zirconium. Besides these minerals, beach sand may also contain garnet, leucoxene, sillimanite, and mo****te. These minerals are quite often found in ordinary...
- Dahab contains many mineral deposits, including rutile, zircon, mo****te, leucoxene, and gold. Many of these are Neoproterozoic rocks such as schist. Dahab...
- subordinate epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite which have a protolith of an igneous rock are...
- Ilmenite, generally of 10% to 60% of THM Rutile, from 5% to 25% of THM Leucoxene, from 1% to 10% of THM Gangue, typically quartz, magnetite, garnet, chromite...
- Mumbai , India Key people D. Singh (Chairman & MD) Products Ilmenite Leucoxene Rutile Zircon Garnet Sillimanite Lanthanum carbonate Cerium(III) carbonate...
- TiO2, occur widely also, e.g. rutile as a 'heavy mineral' in beach sand. Leucoxene, fine-grained anatase formed by natural alteration of ilmenite, is yet...
- Pyrite 0.47 Chalcopyrite 0.05 Galena Traces Magnetite 0.15 Ilmenite + leucoxene 0.25 Iron hydroxide (goethite) 0.27 Pitchblende in ****ociation with pyrite...
- in minerals such as beach sand, heavy mineral deposits like ilmenite, leucoxene, and mo****te. An estimated 241 million tonnes of mineral reserves are...