brookite
[ brook-ahyt ]
/ ˈbrʊk aɪt /
noun Mineralogy.
a brown, red, or black mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO2, trimorphous with rutile and anatase.
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Origin of brookite
1875–80; named after H. J. Brooke (1771–1857), English mineralogist; see -ite1
Words nearby brookite
Brook Farm, Brookfield, Brookhaven, brookie, Brookings, brookite, brooklet, brooklime, Brookline, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge
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Example sentences from the Web for brookite
Minute crystals of brookite have been detected with anatase and rutile in the iron-ore of Cleveland in Yorkshire.
Titanic acid occurs in nature crystallized in anatase, arkansite, brookite, and rutile.
Brookite occurs only as crystals, never in compact masses, and is usually associated with either anatase or rutile.
British Dictionary definitions for brookite
brookite
/ (ˈbrʊkaɪt) /
noun
a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of titanium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in silica veins. Formula: TiO 2
Word Origin for brookite
C19: named after Henry J. Brooke (died 1857), English mineralogist
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