Difference between revisions of "Tistarite"
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tistarite Tistarite] (quite limited info there as of 2021-06) | * Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tistarite Tistarite] (quite limited info there as of 2021-06) | ||
* mineralientalas.de: [https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Tistarite Tistarite] (3D structure) | * mineralientalas.de: [https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Tistarite Tistarite] (3D structure) | ||
| + | * www.mindat.org: [https://www.mindat.org/min-38695.html Tistarite] (3D structure) | ||
Revision as of 11:20, 6 June 2023
- Pro: Titanium is common in earths crust (and in space)
- Pro: Hardness is high
- Pro: Crystal structure is simple
- Con? unit cell is a bit big
Overall a good base material for gemstone metamaterial technology for large scale construction.
- Formula: TiO2
- Hardness Mohs 8.5
- Crystal system: Trigonal (the same as sapphire but different unit cell)
- Density ~4.53g/ccm
- Refractive index: ?? – likely quite high
Misc trivia:
Titanium is in a unusual trivalent form here
(as in grossmanite a titanium chain silicate).
Related
Other polymorphs of same formula:
