Ilmenite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Ilmenite [ Fe^IITi^IVO₃ ]

Image of Ilmenite

Ilmenite specimen from Froland, Aust-Agder, Norway. Size: 5.7 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm

Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Material properties

Formulas	FeTiO₃, Fe^IITi^IVO₃, (Fe,Mn)TiO₃
Abbreviation	Ilm
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1827
Variants	Mn, lunar
Related materials	Liuite, Wangdaodeite
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Tags	Mineral, Titanate

Composition

Element	Atoms
Fe	1
Ti	1
O	3
Total:	5

References for Ilmenite

CSIRO spectra 2015 (Noril'sk-Kharelakh)

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Torpy et al. 2020

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Specimens of Ilmenite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
NR-102 Ilmenite	CSIRO	Ilmenite (99.7%)	99.7	NR-102 Ilmenite Image of Ilmenite [ FeTiO3 ] in specimen 'NR-102 Ilmenite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES084 Ferrosilite	CSIRO	Enstatite (var. Fe), Fayalite (var. Mg), Ilmenite (4.0%), Labradorite, Phlogopite (var. Fe), Quartz	4.0	MES084 Ferrosilite Image of specimen 'MES084 Orthoferrosilite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0834 Ankerite	CSIRO	Albite (var. Ca), Ankerite, Augite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Ilmenite (3.8%), Montmorillonite, Sanidine	3.8	M0834 Ankerite Image of specimen 'M0834 Ankerite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1362 Tourmaline	CSIRO	Fluor-uvite, Hematite, Ilmenite (2.0%), Magnetite, Tourmaline	2.0	M1362 Tourmaline Image of Tourmaline in specimen 'M1362 Tourmaline' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	2	Reflectance
M1413 Garnet	CSIRO	Almandine, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Grossular, Ilmenite (1.3%), Muscovite-1M, Quartz	1.3	M1413 Garnet Image of specimen 'M1413 Garnet' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
Apollo 12032-366-19x	NASA	Alkali feldspar (var. lunar), Apatite (var. lunar), Baddeleyite (var. lunar), Fayalite (var. lunar), Hedenbergite (var. lunar), Ilmenite (var. lunar), Merrillite (var. lunar), Plagioclase (var. lunar), Silica (var. lunar), Troilite (var. lunar), Zirconolite (var. lunar)	—	Apollo 12032-366-19x Clustered phase map of Apollo 12032-366-19x specimen, from Ocean of Storms, 3.01239°S 23.42157°W, The Moon (C) 2019 CSIRO Mineral Resources	6	CL
KH-2	CSIRO	Amphibole, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorapatite, Enstatite, Forsterite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite	—	KH-2 Clustered EPMA phase map of the KH-2 specimen (owner: S. Barnes, CSIRO Mineral Resources), from the Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia (C) 2015 CSIRO Process Science and Engineering. All Rights reserved.	26	CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker	CSIRO	Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. Mn), K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite	—	Tista 2020 D4 Shaker Clustered phase map of river sands (D4 shaker), from the Tista River, Bangladesh. From Torpy et al. 2020 (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	46	CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc	CSIRO	Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite	—	Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc Image of a specimen of Zircon from Tista River, Bangladesh (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	27	CL, EDS