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Akaogiite
General
Category Mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
(TiO2)
IMA symbolAka

Akaogiite ( IMA symbol Aka [1]) is an exceedingly rare mineral, one of the natural forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2). It is a high-pressure polymorph of TiO2, along with anatase, brookite and another high-pressure phase called "TiO2 II". [2] [3] [4] Rutile is the stable polymorph of TiO2, most commonly found at standard temperatures and pressures.

Akaogiite can be found at the Nördlinger Ries Crater, a meteor crater in Germany, where the extreme pressure during the impact allowed its formation. [2] [3]

References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA-CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode: 2021MinM...85..291W. doi: 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID  235729616.
  2. ^ a b El Goresy, A., Dubrovinsky, L., Gillet, P., Graup, G., and Chen, M., 2010: Akaogiite: An ultra-dense polymorph of TiO2 with the baddeleyite-type structure, in shocked garnet gneiss from the Ries Crater, Germany. American Mineralogist 95(5–6), 892–895
  3. ^ a b Mindat, Akaogiite, http://www.mindat.org/min-35912.html
  4. ^ Mindat, TiO2 II, http://www.mindat.org/min-29114.html