Hongquiite
Mystery:
Is this mineral TiO or TiC (latter being end-member of khambravateit)?
There is conflicting info on the web.
Seems evidence mounts for TiO.
TiO
- mindat.org Hongquiite – Mohs 3.5 (odd, seems a bit soft)
- webmineral.com Hongquiite – Mohs 5.0 to 6.0
- ins-europa Hongquiite
- 2011 – Chemical modification of titanium immersed in hydrogen peroxide using nanosecond pulsed fiber laser irradiation
- 2021 – Porous micro/nano structured oxidic titanium surface decorated with silicon monoxide
- https://www.chemicalbook.com/synthesis/titanium-monoxide.htm
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hongquiite
- https://athena.unige.ch/minfich?id=HONGQUIITE
- https://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB6283368.htm
- https://www.chemicalbook.com/synthesis/titanium-monoxide.htm
- 1985 – The heat-capacity of ilmenite and phase equilibria in the system Fe-T-O
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Graphical-illustration-of-two-dominant-phases-formed-in-a-multi-Ti-oxide-phased_fig2_282870768
TiC
- German mineral atlas Hongquiite Mohs 5.5 to 6.0
- euromin Hongquiite Mohs 5.5 to 6.0 (odd, TiC should be harder)