Definitions For Perovskite

Noun

PEROVSKITE (plural PEROVSKITEs) (mineral) A minor accessory mineral, calcium, catitanium, tioxygen, o3, occurring in basic rocks, as orthorhombic crystals.

Derived terms

fluoroperovskite post-perovskite silicate perovskite

See also

bridgmanite ferropericase garnet majorite olivine pyroxene ringwoodite wadsleyite

Translations

Catalan: perovskita, f Dutch: perovskiet, m Finnish: perovskiitti French: pérovskite, f German: Perowskit, m Italian: perovskite, f Portuguese: perovskita, f Spanish: perovskita, f

Etymology

perovski + ite. Named for russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.<ref>Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997</ref>