I have some Rutile can I put on the garden—is it of any use for the garden

Grasshopper said:

I have some Rutile can I put on the garden—is it of any use for the garden

Rutile is a component of mineral rich sand and has been extracted for many years from sand to make titanium.

I doubt that it will make any noticeable difference to your soil unless it is iron deficient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutile

Yes Rough it would have been mined from here—but I have had a few containers in the shed for decades left from previous owners—and just wanted to know what to do with it—VERY HEAVY stuff

It is worth a veritable fortune if you can extract the titanium from it.

They mined a lot here—

Grasshopper said:

They mined a lot here—

Yes ruining a lot of beaches in the process.

Rutile Cost: about $10 per ton. Ti (TITANIUM): what is it and properties: http://www.valdosta.edu/~tmanning/hon399/marios.htm
… Price of commercial Ti in powder form (99.95%): About $100 per pound. …

Yes it ruined a lot of bushland as well

Grasshopper said:

Yes it ruined a lot of bushland as well

Indeed so. :(

Not sure about those prices .. I am sure that a tonne of Tin oxide is worth a couple of grand at least so You’d think that Titanium would cost more but I am unsure of the purity of the raw rutile and the costs involved in extraction..

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Agriculture has ruined far more bushland than mining has.. Roads and cities would be next.

My oath Rough you are very right there