I'll be kind & use the same in - the - ground prices as last year (approx. 10 % of medium / long term average spot prices): A price of $ 18 per tonne for ilmenite looks spot on, the $ 100 price for rutile's mostly irrelevant, and a $ 133 price for zircon's generous considering recent grading & pricing. (wexboy.wordpress.com)
Space scientists are keen to map the concentration of the titanium - dioxide - rich mineral ilmenite on the moon's surface, says Jim Garvin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. (newscientist.com)
That doesn't make sense, Wang said, because olivine usually crystallizes early and the titanium - rich ilmenite crystallizes late. (sciencedaily.com)