Rutile [ TiO2 ]

Images of Rutile

Material properties

Formula TiO2
Abbreviation Rt, Rt
Variants synthetic, film
Classifications Rutile (group), Titanium dioxide
Members Strüverite, Ilmenorutile
Luminescence emitters Free hole recombination, Unspecified
Spectra Luminescence (2), SXES (1)
IMA Status Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1803
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Related materials Akaogiite, Anatase, Brookite, Riesite
Crystal symmetry Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm, Space group P42/mnm (#136)
Tags Mineral, Synthetic, Simple oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
O 2
Ti 1
Total: 3

Specimens of Rutile

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M1352 Kyanite / Corundum CSIRO Corundum, Kyanite, Rutile (1.1%) 1.1 0
TiO2 Hyper2-19 CSIRO Rutile 1 SXES
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 27 CL, EDS