: a reddish-brown to black mineral that consists of titanium dioxide usually with a little iron and has a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster
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Titanium ores ilmenite and rutile are available in many countries, but the capability to turn them into titanium sponge—its purest form, which is mixed into alloys for industrial purposes—is far more limited.
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Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
Choose from an assortment of colors, including satin white, rutile blue, blue-green satin matte, and Joe’s green.
—Shelby Comroe, Marie Claire, 7 Dec. 2020
Titanium oxide is rare on Earth, found in minerals such as rutile, anatase, and brookite.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2017
Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
Choose from an assortment of colors, including satin white, rutile blue, blue-green satin matte, and Joe’s green.
—Shelby Comroe, Marie Claire, 7 Dec. 2020
Titanium oxide is rare on Earth, found in minerals such as rutile, anatase, and brookite.
—Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2017
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“Rutile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rutile. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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