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Webster 1913 Edition


Brookite

Brook′ite

,
Noun.
[Named from the English mineralogist, H. J.
Brooke
.]
(Min.)
A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

Definition 2024


brookite

brookite

English

Brookite

Noun

brookite (countable and uncountable, plural brookites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark brown mineral form of titanium dioxide, with the chemical formula TiO2.