General Information:
Chemical Formula:CaTiO3
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 135.96 gm)Calcium 29.48 %
CaTitanium 35.22 %
TiOxygen 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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