Constituent
- Name
- Perovskite
- IMA name
- Perovskite
- Class
- non-silicate mineral
- Compound type
- oxide-hydroxide
- Relevance
- main - major
- Arrangement
- single phase
- Mass fraction
- 1.0
- Formula
- CaTiO$_{3}$
- Chemical formula
- CaTiO3
- Elemental formula
- Ca Ti O3
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Composition comments
- Common impurities: Fe, Nb, Ce, La, RE, Mn, Na, K, Al
- Oxides
-
Formula $CaO$ $TiO_{2}$ Mass fraction (%) 41.25 58.75
Strunz
- Class
- oxides - hydroxides - arsenites (04)
- Division
- metal:oxygen = 2:3, 3:5, and similar (04.C)
- Family
- with large and medium-sized cations (04.CC)
- Code
- 04.CC.30
Dana
- Major class
- oxides and hydroxides (III)
- Class
- simple oxides (04)
- Type
- with a cation charge of 3+ (A+++2O3) (04.03)
- Group
- Perovskite group (04.03.03)
- Code
- 04.03.03.01
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- orthorhombic
- Crystal class
- dipyramidal
- Crystal class symbol
- mmm (D2h)
- Crystal spacegroup
- Pnma
- Texture
- monocrystalline
- Molar mass
- 135.96 $g/mol$
- Density
- 3.98 - 4.26 $g/cm^3$
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refringence sign
- positive
- Birefringence
- 0.080
- Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$
- 2.30
- Refraction index $n_{\beta}$
- 2.34
- Refraction index $n_{\gamma}$
- 2.38
- Color
- pale yellow, yellowish orange, reddish brown, dark brown, black
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to opaque
- Luster
- submetallic