Ilmenite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes
     used for the adverb ill.]
     [1913 Webster] Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from
     Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.)
     Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ilmenite
       n : a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and
           plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline
           form; a source of titanium