Mineral description : Titanite

Yellow titanite crystals, covered with chlorite from Sulitjelma, Norway.

Black titanite crystals from Innansjön.

Mineral class	Silicates : Nesosilicates : Zircon - Titanite group.
Chemical formula	CaTi(O/SiO4)
Crystal system	Monoclinic.
Habitus	Crystals flat envelopeformed. Cross section as a file. Also as grainy aggregates.
Cleavage	Three good cleavages, creating wedge formed fractures.
Hardness	5-5.5
Density	3.45
Color	Yellowish, light brown to dark brown to black.
Streak	White.
Luster	Vitreous, transparent to opaque.
Description
Occurance	Accessoric in granites, gneiss and schist. Bigger crystals are often found in pegmatites and contact metamorphic limestones.
Associates	Diopside, Calcite.
Notes	Partly dissolver in hydrochloric acid. Fuses easily into a dark yellowish glass.
Locations	A common mineral in many rocks but with small crystals. Some localities with crystal in Sweden are : Routavaara quartz quarry, Jokkmokk, Lappland. As crystals ut to 1 cm. Hönsarvsberget and Tjärnaberget limestone quarries, Borlänge. Malsjö limestone quarry, Grums, Värmland. Ås brygga, Alnön, Sundsvall. With aegerinaugite. Malmberget mine, Lappland. Grängesbergs mine, Dalarna. Innansjön, Burträsk, Västerbotten. As black crystals up to 3cm in limestone together with green diopside.

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