Strong: X = nearly colorless; Y = yellow to green; Z = red to yellow-orange
2V angle
17–40° (measured)
Dispersion
r > v strong
Other characteristics
Radioactive – may be metamict
References
[2][3][4][5]
Titanite crystal model
Titanite, or sphene (from Ancient Greek σφηνώ (sphēnṓ) 'wedge'),[5] is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, CaTiSiO5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium are typically present. Also commonly present are rare earth metals including cerium and yttrium; calcium may be partly replaced by thorium.[6]
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ore deposits as the result of the alteration of ilmenite, perovskite, or titanite. Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th...
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in a matrix of analcime, sanidine and alkalic pyroxene with accessory titanite, melanite and nepheline. It is a leucocratic variety of analcimite (a foidite)...
felsic igneous rocks, astrophyllite is associated with feldspar, mica, titanite, zircon, nepheline, and aegirine. Common impurities include magnesium,...
undergo metamictisation include allanite, gadolinite, ekanite, thorite and titanite. Ekanite is almost invariably found completely metamict as thorium and...
amphibole, plagioclase, with subordinate epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite which have a protolith...
upper part of the Jurassic and the lower part of the Cretaceous, such as Titanites from the Portland Stone of Jurassic of southern England, which is often...
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Radioactive – may be metamict