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Ilmenite, also known as manaccanite, is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula FeTiO . It is a weakly magnetic black or steel-gray solid. From a commercial perspective, ilmenite is the most important ore of titanium
The Mineral ilmenite. Ilmenite is one of the most significant ores of the metal titanium. It is mined as an important industrial mineral in several deposits throughout the world. Many of those deposits are in heavy placer sands
Most of the ilmenite mined today is from sands with a heavy mineral concentration. Photograph by Carleton Bern, United States Geological Survey. Mining Heavy Minerals: Excavators remove heavy mineral sands at the Concord Mine in south-central Virginia