PEROVSKITE


Meaning of PEROVSKITE in English

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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