titanic iron ore

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titanic iron ore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Menaccanite \Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall,
     where it was first found.] (Min.)
     An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of
     the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but
     occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also titanic iron ore
     , and ilmenite.
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  titanic \ti*tan"ic\ (t[-i]*t[a^]n"[i^]k), a. [Cf. F. titanique.]
     (Chem.)
     Of or pertaining to titanium; derived from, or containing,
     titanium; specifically, designating those compounds of
     titanium in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
     the titanous compounds.
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     titanic acid (Chem.), a white amorphous powder, Ti(OH)4,
        obtained by decomposing certain titanates; -- called also
        normal titanic acid. By extension, any one of a series
        of derived acids, called also metatitanic acid,
        polytitanic acid, etc.
  
     Titanic iron ore. (Min.) See Menaccanite.
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