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Titanium Mineral Data
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General Titanium Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ti |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 47.88 gm |
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Titanium 100.00 % Ti |
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100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ti |
| Environment: |
Microscopic inclusions in coesite eclogites. |
| IMA Status: |
Not Approved IMA |
| Locality: |
Dabieshan, China. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named after the element which is named after the Titans, sons of the Earth goddess. |
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Titanium Crystallography
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| Axial Ratios: |
a:c = 1:1.58983 |
| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 2.95, c = 4.69, Z = 2; V = 35.35 Den(Calc)= 4.50 |
| Crystal System: |
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 63/mmc |
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.24(1), 1.331(0.3), 2.364(0.3), |
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Physical Properties of Titanium
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| Cleavage: |
None |
| Color: |
Silver gray. |
| Density: |
4.3 - 4.5, Average = 4.4 |
| Diaphaneity: |
Opaque |
| Habit: |
Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes. |
| Hardness: |
4 - Fluorite |
| Luster: |
Metallic |
| Streak: |
black |
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Calculated Properties of Titanium
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.14 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Titanium =4.50 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.12
Boson Index = 0.88 |
| Photoelectric: |
PETitanium = 17.01 barns/electron
U=PETitanium x rElectron Density= 70.34 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Titanium is Not Radioactive |
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Titanium Classification
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| Dana Class: |
01.00.00.00 (01)Native Elements |
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(01.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers |
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(01.00.00)Metals |
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01.00.00.00 Antitaenite* gamma-Fe3Ni Unk Cubic |
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01.00.00.00 Goldamalgam* (Au,Ag)Hg I m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.00.00.00 IMA2007-036 TiFeSi2 Pbam 2/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.00.00.00 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.00.00.00 Tantalum* Ta I m3m 4/m 3 2/m |
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01.00.00.00 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.00.00.00 Tongxinite* Cu2Zn Unk Cubic |
| Strunz Class: |
01.AB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides) |
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01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys |
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01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys) |
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01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m |
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Other Titanium Information
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| References: |
NAME( AmMin, Vol 86) PHYS. PROP.(Am.Min.,Vol.76,p1435,1991) |
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Titanium :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
3 - Athena
4 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - Online Mineral Museum
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST
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