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Definition of Menaccanite

Menaccanite
Menaccanite Me*nac"can*ite, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall, where it was first found.] (Min.) An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore, and ilmenite.

Meaning of Menaccanite from wikipedia

- gefundenen magnetischen Sand" (Observations and experiments regarding menaccanite [i.e., ilmenite], a magnetic sand found in Cornwall), Chemische Annalen...
- gefundenen magnetischen Sand" [Observations and experiments regarding menaccanite [i.e., ilmenite], a magnetic sand found in Cornwall]. Chemische Annalen...
- the fluorite and penetrating it. In the feldspar, well crystallized menaccanite was sometimes observed. Yellow rutile, of the sagenitic variety, was...