brookite
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Brookit2_Pakistan.jpg/220px-Brookit2_Pakistan.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Brooke + -ite, named in 1825 for English crystallographer Henry James Brooke.
Noun
[edit]brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)
- (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]mineral
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Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Brookite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “brookite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.