Osbornite

Formula: TiN

Origin of name: from G. Osborne, discoverer of mineral

 

Crystal system: cubic

Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m

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Colour: golden yellow

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Habit: crystals octahedral, minute

Hardness

Specific gravity: 5.25 to 5.40

Cleavage: none

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Comments: from a meteorite

 

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