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Ore mineral

Ilmenite

The dominant titanium mineral, about 45-65% TiO2, mined from heavy mineral sand deposits along ancient shorelines.

Ilmenite (GeoDIL number - 1401) · Darla Sondrol · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

The dominant titanium mineral, about 45-65% TiO2, mined from heavy mineral sand deposits along ancient shorelines.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Titanium	Principal feed	45-65% TiO2
Titanium Mineral Concentrates	Principal	—

Titanium

A metal as strong as steel at about half the weight, which does not corrode in seawater or in the human body.

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Titanium Mineral Concentrates

Black beach sand — ilmenite and rutile — that is the starting point both for titanium metal and for the white pigment…

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