Rutile [ TiO2 ]
Images of Rutile
Material properties
| Formula | TiO2 |
| Abbreviation | Rt, Rt |
| Variants | film, synthetic |
| Classifications | Titanium dioxide, Rutile (group) |
| Members | Strüverite, Ilmenorutile |
| Luminescence emitters | Free hole recombination, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (2), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1803 |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| 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 |
References for Rutile
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Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CSIRO CL spectra 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pallotti et al. 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rahman et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Torpy et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Specimens of Rutile
| Name | Owner | Materials | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-21-001 Lunar simulant | CSIRO | Alumina, Amphibole, Apatite, Chlorite, Mg, Fe, Epidote, Forsterite, Glass, lunar mare simulant, Monazite-(Ce), Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Rutile, Staurolite | 3 | CL | |
| 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 |
