page_title: Ilmenite
hierarchical_section_title: Ilmenite
caption_attribution_description: English: Ilmenite Locality: Miass (Miask), Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia (Locality at mindat.org) Size: 4.5 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm. An outstanding tabular group of large parallel-growth crystals, with vitreous and attractive chocolate lustre. Few documented specimens from this important classic old locality survive today. This is as good as any I have seen, and of display quality and full miniature size, to boot. Ex. American Museum of Natural History, Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910. Deutsch: Ilmenit Fundort: Miass, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russland (Fundort bei mindat.org) Größe: 4.5 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm.
context_page_description: Ilmenite, also known as manaccanite, is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO
  ₃. It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. From a commercial perspective, ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium. Ilmenite is the main source of titanium dioxide, which is used in paints, printing inks, fabrics, plastics, paper, sunscreen, food and cosmetics.
context_section_description: Ilmenite, also known as manaccanite, is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO
  ₃. It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid.  From a commercial perspective, ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium. Ilmenite is the main source of titanium dioxide, which is used in paints, printing inks, fabrics, plastics, paper, sunscreen, food and cosmetics.
caption: Ilmenite from Miass, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia. 4.5 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm
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