brookite

English

Brookite

Etymology

From Brooke +‎ -ite, named in 1825 for English crystallographer Henry James Brooke.

Noun

brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.

Further reading

  • “Brookite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • brookite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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