Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Pretoria
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Gauteng
- South Africa
-25.7461°, 28.1881°
7recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- #220
- Cell parameters
- a = 8.348(3) Å
- Z
- 8
Crystal structure
Synonyms
- Titanomaghemiet
In other languages
- German
- Titanomaghemit
- Italian
- titanomaghemite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.BB.15
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.BMetal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similarDivision
- 4.BBWith only medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.BB.15TitanomaghemiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1957Vincent, E. A., Wright, J. B., Chevallier, R., Mathieu, Suzanne (1957) Heating experiments on some natural titaniferous magnetites. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 31 (239). 624-655 doi:10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.03DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1957.31.239.03
- 1959Basta, Emil Zaghloul (1959) Some mineralogical relationships in the system Fe2O3-Fe3O4 and the composition of titanomaghemite. Economic Geology, 54 (4). 698-719 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.54.4.698DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.54.4.698
- 1960AKIMOTO, Syun-iti, KUSHIRO, Ikuo (1960) Natural Occurrence of Titanomaghemite and Its Relevance to the Unstable Magnetization of Rocks. Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity, 11 (3). 94-110 doi:10.5636/jgg.11.94DOI: 10.5636/jgg.11.94
- 1961Katsura, T., Kushiro, I. (1961) Titanomaghemite in igneous rocks. American Mineralogist, 46 (1-2) 134-145
- 1988Collyer, S., Grimes, N. W., Vaughan, D. J., Longworth, G. (1988) Studies of the crystal structure and crystal chemistry of titanomaghemite. American Mineralogist, 73 (1-2) 153-160
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Titanomaghemite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/titanomaghemite-29152},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}