[ noun ] a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium <noun.substance>
Illy \Il"ly\, adv. [A word not fully approved, but sometimes used for the adverb ill.] ※ Ilmenite \Il"men*ite\, n. [So called from Ilmen, a branch of the Ural Mountains.] (Min.) Titanic iron. See {Menaccanite}.
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}.