Titanite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Titanite [ CaTiSiO₅ ]

Images of Titanite

CL spectrum of Titanite from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

(C) 2023 CSIRO Mineral Resources

CL spectrum of Titanite from the Tista River, Bangladesh

Titanite on amphibole, from Wannenköpfe, Ochtendung, Eifel region, Germany. Image width: 2mm

2010 Fred Kruijen (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA-3.0

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Titanite

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Titanite

Image of PL/Laser spectrum of Titanite

Material properties

Formula	CaTiSiO₅
Abbreviation	Ttn
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry	Monoclinic, Point group 2/m, Space group P2₁/c (#14)
Classification	Titanite (group)
Variants	Al, Dy doped, Ho doped, Nd doped, Sm doped, Eu doped, Pr doped, Er doped, Tm doped
Related materials	Sphene
Luminescence emitters	Cr, Dy, Er, Eu, Ho, Intrinsic, Nd, Pr, Sm, Ti-O, Tm
Spectra	Luminescence (15), SXES (1)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Mineral, Silicate, Synthetic, Variety

Composition

Element	Atoms
Si	1
Ca	1
O	5
Ti	1
Total:	8

References for Titanite

Blasse et al. 1988

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CSIRO SXES database

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Gaft et al. 2005

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Lenz et al. 2015

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CSIRO CL spectra 2016

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Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence

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Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other

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CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar)

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Specimens of Titanite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
C3-300 Holmquistite	CSIRO	Holmquistite, Magnesio-hornblende (var. Fe2+), Quartz, Titanite (6.0%)	6.0	C3-300 Holmquistite Image of Holmquistite, Magnesio-hornblende (var. Fe2+), Quartz and Titanite in specimen 'C3-300 Holmquistite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	1	Reflectance
46E3372 Andradite	CSIRO	Albite, Albite (var. Ca), Fluorapatite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Quartz, Titanite (5.9%)	5.9	46E3372 Andradite Image of Grossular, Albite (var. Ca), Albite, Fluorapatite, Orthoclase, Quartz and Titanite in specimen '46E3372 Grossular' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES082 Omphacite	CSIRO	Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz, Titanite (5.0%)	5.0	MES082 Omphacite Image of specimen 'MES082 Omphacite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MT8330 Epidote	CSIRO	Clinochlore (var. Fe), Epidote, Quartz, Titanite (2.4%)	2.4	MT8330 Epidote Image of Epidote, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Quartz and Titanite in specimen 'MT8330 Epidote' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
CaTiSiO5 Hyper2-21	CSIRO	Titanite	—	CaTiSiO5 Hyper2-21 BSE image of Titanite [CaTiSiO5] in 'CaTiSiO5 Hyper2-21' standard (CSIRO). Instrument: JEOL JSM-IT800. (C) 2024 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All Rights reserved.	1	SXES
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