General Information: Chemical Formula:TiO2
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 79.88 gm)
Titanium 59.94 %
TiOxygen 40.06 %
O Empirical Formula: TiO2
Locality:Magnet Cove near Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
Name Origin:Named after the English mineralogist, Henry James Brucke (1771-1857), a London mineralogist and wool trader.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[120] Indistinct
Color:brown, light brown, dark brown, dark reddish brown, or orange.
Density:4.1 - 4.14, Average = 4.11
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent to opaque
Habits:Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction., Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).,
Hardness:5.5-6 - Knife Blade-Orthoclase
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Sub Metallic
Streak:yellowish white
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