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arcanecrest.etheirys.social
cooked a ninth shard for caelum . for fun

[ #ilmenite ⟡ #gpose ]
a gpose of my oc, ilmenite (fem model highlander, any pronouns), who is the ninth shard of caelum.
January 2, 2026 at 5:35 AM
flameryder.bsky.social
Ilmenite (Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆)
Summit Rock, Klamath Co., Oregon, USA
FOV = 1.39 mm
#2384
NFS
Group of black ilmenite crystals on a matrix of albite with minor tridymite.
March 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
mineralmatters.bsky.social
Mineral Matters # 762 - What's in a Name - Ilmenite
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What's in a Name - Ilmenite
Mineral Matters #762
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July 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
nadwgab.bsky.social
118 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Ilmenite:
- A titanium iron oxide mineral
- Titanium dioxide has many industrial uses (e.g., paint, printer ink, sunscreen)
- A common accessory mineral in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- Named after the Ilmen Mountains in Russia, its type locality #minerals #MineralMonday
Platy crystals of black ilmenite showing vicinal faces (modified crystal faces) and penetrated by riebeckite. From Sultan Hamud, Kenya. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Shiny metallic grey rhombohedral ilmenite crystal perched on a brown limonitic matrix. From Froland, Norway. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. Tabular, dull grey ilmenite crystal perched on a granular beige mica-schist matrix. From Binntal, Switzerland. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
April 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
mineralcup.bsky.social
#OreCup R2M1: Are you supporting tendrils of native #Copper or dark grains of #Ilmenite?

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Vote in Semifinals Match 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Copper vs Ilmenite Credit: Carles Millan and Modris Baum
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
deeninis.bsky.social
Black sand (magnetite, ilmenite) at Bells Beach, near Torquay, Victoria 🖤
January 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
sergioajv1.bsky.social
Amazing #Moon rocks under microscope!

#NASA Lunar Catalog - Photo at :
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Ilmenite Basalt, Cross-Polarized
#Astronomy #Geology
November 21, 2024 at 1:32 PM
mineralcup.bsky.social
#OreCup R1M3: It’s a battle of black and white as titanium ore #Ilmenite is pitted against lithium and boron ore #Jadarite.

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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
kevinhague.bsky.social
And, while I’m at it, don’t swallow the Trojan horse of “materials needed for green technology”. The big battles are still about coal, gold and ilmenite
November 12, 2023 at 6:22 AM
jesswithacamera.bsky.social
Ugly rock lovers unite! I actually think that some of the ugliest rocks are the most geologically fascinating. Like this AMAZING ilmenite-plagioclase cumulate. IYKYK.

Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection.

#geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
Photograph of an ilmenite-plagioclase rock with cumulate texture. The rock is postioned on a solid black background with its reflection below, and shows blobs of black (ilmenite) mixed with angular, weathered brown areas (plagioclase).
July 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
flameryder.bsky.social
Enstatite Mg2Si2O6
Harter Mountain, Linn County, Oregon
FOV = 1.48 mm
#9395
NFS
Light brown enstatite crystals on a white to colorless matrix. The black crystals are ilmenite.
March 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
gabino.bsky.social
Most colors come from whatever minerals are there. The blue apparently comes from ilmenite. A good rabbit hole! Hah.
August 23, 2024 at 1:37 PM
lukemeister.bsky.social
Dreamed we were at a reception for a scientific meeting in Tucson. The game was to play charades with a card they gave you. Christine got ilmenite. 🤔

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmenite
Ilmenite - Wikipedia
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July 20, 2026 at 1:34 PM
flameryder.bsky.social
Ilmenite Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.08 mm
#1520
NFS
#minerals
A highly iridescent ilmenite at the center of the image. At the upper left corner, the lower right corner and on the ilmenite are tiny gonnardite crystals. The matrix is composed of analcime and calcite.
January 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
flameryder.bsky.social
Fluoro-edenite NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂
Harter Mountain, Linn County, Oregon
FOV = 3.46 mm
#9397
NFS
Cavity with numerous light brown fluoro-edenite crystals, minor black ilmenite and tridymite.
March 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
soulofananomaly.bsky.social
i wanna run a vintage story server so fucking bad. or take in part of one. who wanna be seraphs and get high on berries and get mauled by bears while looking for ilmenite
September 27, 2026 at 12:53 AM
mexporg.bsky.social
Classic large #Ilmenite crystal with "rusty" surface from Åmdal (Omdal), Froland, Norway.

Fennefoss Museum in Evje specimen

#OreCup #mineral #mineralogy #mineralexpert #titanium #ore
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
arcanecrest.etheirys.social
their name is ilmenite. i haven't decided what their deal is yet
January 2, 2026 at 5:36 AM
mineralcup.bsky.social
#OreCup R1M3 is black & angular #Ilmenite vs white & jagged #Jadarite.

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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
mineralcup.bsky.social
Titanium ore #Ilmenite soared to victory with a 35% margin. It’ll face off against #Copper in the #OreCup semifinals (tomorrow!!)

Nice hustle, #Jadarite, and maybe you’ll have better luck if we find more deposits.
Bracket updated to eliminate Jadarrite, with Ilmenite set to compete against Copper in the semifinals. Bar chart with ilmenite winning by 309 votes to jaradite’s 148
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
frail-royalty.bsky.social
titanium from ilmenite
July 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
markshore.bsky.social
I was going to post some images of the really interesting hematite-ilmenite intergrowths caused by slow cooling of the original iron-rich ilmenite, but thought it would be a doomed effort
panel of six color photomicrographs of oxide mineral grains in polished sections, mostly ilmenite and hematite integrowths, with fields of view varying from about 2 to 0.4 mm source: Bolle et al. (2012) Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in the giant Lac Tio hemo-ilmenite ore body (Quebec Province, Canada): source and geological implications
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
mexporg.bsky.social
Nice and large #Ilmenite crystal from Åmdal (Omdal), Froland, Norway.

Fennefoss Museum in Evje specimen

#OreCup #mineral #mineralogy #mineralexpert #titanium
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
timberwind.bsky.social
And on the left of this painting is the recipient of that stored solar power: an oxygen plant! In the nineties - before we knew about the Moon's hidden polar ices - there was a lot of talk about baking oxygen out of ilmenite-rich lunar regolith for life support feedstocks and rocket fuel.
July 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
mineralcup.bsky.social
#OreCup R2M1: Are you supporting tendrils of native #Copper or dark grains of #ilmenite? Both have less intensive mining processes than most ores & both have fascinating folklore.

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Results for Semifinals Match 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Live results for Copper vs Ilmenite
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November 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM