rutile
See also: rutilé
English
Etymology
From Latin rutilus (“red”) because of its common color, named in 1803.[1]
Noun
rutile (countable and uncountable, plural rutiles)
- (mineralogy) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.
Derived terms
Translations
the most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide
See also
Further reading
- “Rutile” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- rutile mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
- ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
Noun
rutile m (plural rutiles)
- (mineralogy) rutile
Latin
Adjective
rutile
- vocative masculine singular of rutilus
Spanish
Verb
rutile
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