Mineral Species
ilmenite
Type Locality
No
Composition
Fe2+Ti4+O3
Crystal System
Trigonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Very rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone)
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital)
Entry Number
Species; TSNB178
General Notes
Söhnge (1964) listed ilmenite as a component of the feldspathic sandstone. Lombaard et al. (1986) confirmed its occurrence as a sparsely distributed detrital mineral.
