magnetoituvan
Magnetoituvan is a proposed mineral name used in speculative mineralogy to describe a titanium-bearing ferrimagnetic oxide phase. The term combines magneto-, reflecting magnetic properties, with Tuva, a region in southern Siberia where the name has been associated in some discussions. It is presented as a hypothetical endmember in discussions of iron-titanium oxides rather than as a confirmed natural species.
In theoretical descriptions, magnetoituvan would be an iron-titanium oxide with a lattice structure akin to ilmenite
Occurrence and formation are treated as speculative. Magnetoituvan is proposed to occur in ultramafic to mafic
Discovery and status: magnetoituvan first appeared in a theoretical or speculative context in the literature around