General Information:
Chemical Formula:
CaTiO3
Composition:
(Molecular Weight = 135.96 gm)
Calcium 29.48 % Ca
Titanium 35.22 % Ti
Oxygen 35.30 % O
Empirical Formula:
CaTiO3
Environment:
Common in chlorite, talc, or serpentine rocks.
Locality:
Achmatovsk near Kussinsk in the Zlatoust district, Ural mountans, Russia.
Name Origin:
Named after the Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856).
Physical Properties:
Cleavage:
[100] Good, [010] Good, [001] Good
Color:
black, reddish brown, pale yellow, or yellowish orange.
Density:
4
Diaphaniety:
Transparent to translucent to opaque
Habits:
Reniform - "Kidney like" in shape (e.g.. hematite)., Pseudo Cubic - Crystals show a cubic outline., Pseudo Hexagonal - Crystals show a hexagonal outline.
Hardness:
5.5 - Knife Blade
Luminescence:
None.
Luster:
Sub Metallic
Streak:
grayish white
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