About AnataseHide

Formula:TiO2Colour:Brown, pale yellow or reddish brown, indigo, black; pale green,

pale lilac, grey, rarely nearly colourless; brown, yellow-brown, pale green, blue
in transmitted light.Lustre:Adamantine, MetallicHardness:5� - 6Specific
Gravity:3.79 - 3.97Crystal System:TetragonalName:Named in 1801 by Rene Just Ha�y
from the Greek a??tas?? ("anatasis") for "extension," in allusion to the length of
the pyramidal faces being longer in relation to their bases than in many tetragonal
minerals.Type Locality:? Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Grenoble, Is�re, Auvergne-
Rh�ne-Alpes, FrancePolymorph of:Akaogiite, Brookite, Riesite, Rutile, UM1991-08-
O:Ti, UM2000-41-O:Ti
Anatase is one of the five forms of titanium dioxide found in nature.

Compare anatase-columbite solid solution.