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Meaning of MENACCANITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Me*nac"can*ite\, n. [From Menaccan, in Cornwall,
where it was first found.] (Min.)
An iron-black or steel-gray mineral, consisting chiefly of
the oxides of iron and titanium. It is commonly massive, but
occurs also in rhombohedral crystals. Called also {titanic
iron ore}, and {ilmenite}.
 
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