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

{{top2}} bridgmanite ferropericase garnet majorite {{mid2}} olivine pyroxene ringwoodite wadsleyite {{bottom}}

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 + russian mineralogist l. a. perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.refrichard v. gaines, h. catherine w. skinner, eugene e. foord, brian mason, and abraham rosenzweig: emdana's new mineralogy/em, john wiley & sons, 1997/ref/">ite. named for russian mineralogist l. a. perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.richard v. gaines, h. catherine w. skinner, eugene e. foord, brian mason, and abraham rosenzweig: dana's new mineralogy, john wiley & sons, 1997