Title
ilmenite
Composition
Fe2+Ti4+O3
Crystal System
Trigonal
Status at Tsumeb
Believed valid
Abundance
Very rare
Distribution
Country rocks (feldspathic sandstone).
Paragenesis
Rock-forming (detrital).
Type Locality
No
Entry Type
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.
Associated Minerals
albite; almandine; anorthite; biotite series; calcite; clinochlore; epidote; fluorapatite; graphite; magnetite; microcline; montmorillonite; muscovite; orthoclase; quartz; rutile; titanite; tourmaline supergroup; zircon
