Talk:Rutile

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Rutile[edit]

Both Ilmenite and this are linked to from titanium ore as the two most common forms of Titanium ore. Should the opening line of both mention that this is a titanium ore? Scottkeir 04:26, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

what does composted mean? please try to explain for a german. -- Anon, Jan 2003

Typo. Fixed. Danke. --Menchi 10:07 20 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Rutile[edit]

This article ends in mid sentence.

Image dropped[edit]

This image was removed in my dit because the article had too many images and it was hard to make it look readable with it in. I've put it here so that it can be put back in, perhaps when the article is fleshed out more. The table may need fixing too.

Titania[edit]

Titania is not an "old-fashioned" chemical name; among Materials engineers, it is the term used almost exclusively when referring to TiO2, unless there is need to specificy which phases is meant.

Questionable Point[edit]

The statement "(Rutile) is primarily extracted for use in refractory manufacture or use as a base for paints. Rarely is it extracted as an ore of titanium" is questionable. TIMET - a global leader in Titanium based metal production for aerospace and other industries (as well as Russian and other manufacturers) chlorinate rutile ores as a first step in producing titanium tetrachloride, the intermediary in the production of titanium sponge - the raw material for titanium metal products.

Rutile also i used i welding-electrodes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.50.124.146 (talk) 10:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, its a very questionable point. Rutile is mined for the purpose of .... selling rutile. What the processor does with it, is up to them. It is not mined for some specific purpose. So I have reworded the sentence.Eregli bob (talk) 03:02, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rutile Figure[edit]

Doesn't the figure for the structure have the aspect ratio flipped? The rutile unit cell has two long axes and one short axis, so that it's shaped more like a pizza box than a bread box, right? --SarahLawrence Scott (talk) 20:00, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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19[edit]

I am not sure how the 19 years are arrived at. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.102.104 (talk) 14:10, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rutile occurrence map missing Sierra Leone[edit]

The current occurrence map does not indicate any amount for Sierra Leone, despite it being stated as a major producer (30% world-wide) later in the article. MartinWilson (talk) 09:38, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is this "Rutile output" map showing? What are its units?[edit]

What is this map showing? What are its units? ——JavaRogers (talk) 00:24, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's showing rutile output as a percentage of Australia's rutile output, Australia being the leading producer. Units are percent. It seems as good a way as any to depict the relative importance of different rutile mining disticts -- though one can raise questions about how the production is aggregated. --Kent G. Budge (talk) 14:50, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rutile main image[edit]

Hello, the hematite picture from Cavradi is completely misleading. There is probably only very minor rutile on that specimen. This is a typical hematite specimen.

Moreover, this image comes originally from a mineral dealer, via mindat.org, therefore I see potential problems with copyright. And it may be considered as a commercial advertisement for that dealer on wikipedia. so long, Christian Ipmb-uni-hd (talk) 13:32, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed! DragonTownEpic (talk) 05:49, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]