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Figure 5-18.— Values of TiO: Content of Common Titanium Mineral 

 Concentrates and Intermediates 



D 



10 20 30 40 50 60 70 



TiO, content, % 



80 90 100 



llnenite 

 beaDh sands 



ore 



T 



mlenlte 

 and 

 concentrate! 



H 



llmenite 



beach sand 



concentrates 



'ure 

 F=Ti03 



I t-'EXI 



Titartia 

 slag 



Leuco;(ene 



Rutilfe concentrate^ 

 and synthetic rutile 



TiOj 

 and 



igments: ruti 

 natase grade^ 





110 



SOURCE: W.W. Harvey and F.C. Brown, "Offshore Titanium Heavy Mineral Placers: Processing and Related Considerations,' 

 contractor report prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, November 1986. 



