Formula : TiO2
System: orthorhombic Hardness:5½-6 Rarity:not common
Strunz id:IV/D.15-10 -
OXIDES and HYDROXIDES
Name origin: Named in 1825 by Serve-Dieu Abailard "Armand" Lévy in honor of Henry James Brooke [May 25, 1771 Exeter, England, UK - 1857 London, England, UK], wealthy textile manufacturer and actuary, amateur English crystallographer and mineralogist.
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