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brookite
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English
Etymology
From Brooke + -ite, named in 1825 for English crystallographer Henry James Brooke.
Noun
brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)
- (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.
Derived terms
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Brookite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “brookite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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