brookite

[ brook-ahyt ]

nounMineralogy.
  1. a brown, red, or black mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO2, trimorphous with rutile and anatase.

Origin of brookite

1
1875–80; named after H. J. Brooke (1771–1857), English mineralogist; see -ite1

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British Dictionary definitions for brookite

brookite

/ (ˈbrʊkaɪt) /


noun
  1. a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of titanium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in silica veins. Formula: TiO 2

Origin of brookite

1
C19: named after Henry J. Brooke (died 1857), English mineralogist

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