ilmenite Min.
(ˈɪlmənaɪt)
[Named, 1827, from the Ilmen Mountains (in southern Urals), where found.]
Oxide of iron and titanium found in brilliant black crystals and in many varieties.
| 1827 Edin. New Philos. Jrnl. III. 187. 1894 Bowker in Harper's Mag. Jan. 410/1 Ilmenite, or titanic iron (Fe Ti)2 O3..an ore in which one of the iron molecules of hematite is replaced by the metal titanium. |