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Menaccanite

Me-nac′can-ite

,
Noun.
[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
.

Definition 2024


menaccanite

menaccanite

English

Noun

menaccanite (countable and uncountable, plural menaccanites)

  1. (mineralogy) A black or steel-grey mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium.

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