rutile
/ˈruːtɪl
/ /ˈruːtʌɪl /noun [mass noun]
A black or reddish-brown mineral consisting of titanium dioxide, typically occurring as needle-like crystals.Other common minor constituents of eclogite include kyanite, orthopyroxene, rutile, amphibole, pyrite, and white mica....
- Some other minerals that are occasionally observed in the ore are magnetite, actinolite, rutile, the tourmaline group, chlorite group, mica group, garnet group, and iron-calcium-magnesium carbonates.
- Accessory minerals are apatite, rutile and zircon.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French, or from German Rutil, from Latin rutilus 'reddish'.
Rhymes
- private ship of war
- private soldier
- private trade
- private trader
- private trading
- private treaty
- private view
- private viewer
- private viewing
- private war
- private ward
- private wire
- private world
- privation
- privatisation
- privatise
- privatism
- privatistic
- privative
- privatively
- privatization
- privatize
- privatizer
- privet
- privet hawk