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Mindat Short Description

Ilmenite Group. Geikielite-Ilmenite Series. The magnesium analogue of Ilmenite, Pyrophanite, and Ecandrewsite. The titanium analogue of Akimotoite. May be confused with Hematite.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Dick A (1893) On geikielite, a new mineral from Ceylon, Mineralogical Magazine 10, 145-147

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

MgTiO₃

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

MgTi⁴⁺O₃

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/geikielite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Geikielite.shtml