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Name: Pseudorutile
Pdrt
IMA Chemistry: Fe3+2Ti4+3O9
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Pseudorutile contains elements:
Iron (Fe)
Titanium (Ti)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Australia
Year First Published: 1966
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Teufer G, Temple A K (1966) Pseudorutile - a new mineral intermediate between ilmenite and rutile in the natural alteration of ilmenite, Nature 211, 179-181 Discredited because of inadequate description: International Mineralogical Association (1968) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine 36, 1143-1145 Redefined: Grey I E, Watts J A, Bayliss P (1994) Mineralogical nomenclature: pseudorutile revalidated and neotype given, Mineralogical Magazine 58, 597-600
Structural Group Name: Tivanite
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: hexagonal
Oldest Known Age: 1160 Million Years Ago
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