Brookite

/ˈbrʊkaɪt/ noun

A brown or black mineral form of titanium dioxide found in metamorphic and alpine rocks.

Named after Henry James Brook, a 19th-century English mineralogist, using the mineral suffix '-ite' (from Greek 'lithos,' stone).

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