Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Dorsoplanitidae
Genus:
Titanites
S.S. Buckman 1921
Species
T. anguiformis Wimbledon and Cope, 1978
T. chilensis Biro-Bagoczky, 1976
T. cingulatus (de Haan, 1825)
T. giganteus (Sowerby, 1818)
T. occidentalis Frebold, 1957
Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1] Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom. Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter of about 1.37 m for Titanites occidentalis. They were fast-moving...
Titanite, or sphene (from Ancient Greek σφηνώ (sphēnṓ) 'wedge'), is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, CaTiSiO5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium...
titanium-containing minerals are anatase, brookite, ilmenite, perovskite, rutile, and titanite (sphene). Akaogiite is an extremely rare mineral consisting of titanium...
Kyawthuite Varieties that are not valid species: Keilhauite (variety of titanite) Kerolite (variety of talc) (not approved by IMA) Krantzite (natural resin)...
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...
compressed dynamite used in mining and manufactured in southern France by Titanite S.A. The explosive comes in the form of salmon-coloured tubes of a range...
meteorites are best used. Older materials can be dated using zircon, apatite, titanite, epidote and garnet which have a variable amount of uranium content. Because...
undergo metamictisation include allanite, gadolinite, ekanite, thorite and titanite. Ekanite is almost invariably found completely metamict as thorium and...
as yttrotitanite) is a variety of the mineral titanite of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silicon dioxide...
amphibole, plagioclase, with subordinate epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite which have a protolith...
felsic igneous rocks, astrophyllite is associated with feldspar, mica, titanite, zircon, nepheline, and aegirine. Common impurities include magnesium,...
syenite porphyry has nodules variously filled with actinolite, apatite, titanite and magnetite. At some locations next to the ore what is thought to be...
minerals common in minor amounts include sodium-rich pyroxene, biotite, titanite, iron oxides, apatite, fluorite, melanite garnet, and zircon. Cancrinite...
Service history Used by France Monaco Production history Manufacturer Titanite S.A. Specifications Mass 4.8 kg Length 605 mm Crew 1 Cartridge 51 mm grenade...
of nepheline. The accessory minerals are apatite, cancrinite, calcite, titanite and schorlomite, a dark-brown titaniferous variety of melanite-garnet....
ore deposits as the result of the alteration of ilmenite, perovskite, or titanite. Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th...
sphalerite, chalcopyrite, skutterudite, allanite, zoisite, scapolite, titanite, and calcite along with numerous other Co–Ni sulfides and arsenides. It...
Bimonthly Magazine of Cryptozoology 2(4): 3–4. Biró-Bagóczky, L. (1976). Titanites chilensis n. sp. en la Formación Lo Valdés, Titoniano–Neocominao, Provincia...
includes a battery module based on Toshiba's quick-charging lithium ion titanite rechargeable battery "SCiB". Cannondale developed a proprietary bottom...
1868; it is a noted feature of antique Russian and Art Nouveau jewelry. Titanite or sphene is also seen in antique jewelry; it is typically some shade of...
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