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ilmenite

Today it means: A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO₃ Full definition →

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Named after Ilmen Mountains in Russia + -ite in 1827.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.