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Definition of Perovskite

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perovskite

Literary usage of Perovskite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"perovskite may be supposed to be produced by the simple breaking up of titanite, ... perovskite. occurrence.—perovskite occurs as an original constituent in ..."

2. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"... perovskite formed instead of titanite (Bourgeois.) It has been formed in graphite crucibles by melting its constituents with charcoal at 1200° C. ..."

3. Petrographic Methods: The Authorized English Translation of Part I by Ernst Weinschenk, Robert Watson Clark (1912)
"Fig. 225 shows the forms of the cross sections of minerals in the cubic system as well as the principal kinds of cleavage. perovskite (1) ..."

4. Papers and Notes on the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond by Henry Carvill Lewis (1897)
"perovskite also occurs in the Kimberley peridotite in aggregates of ... Often an octahedron or cube of perovskite will have a black grain in the very centre ..."

5. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"perovskite, see below; cleavable, but generally in good crystals. 4. Not belonging to the foregoing divisions. a. In distinct crystals. ..."

6. Rock Minerals, Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1906)
"If the solution was low in silica, perovskite formed instead of titanite (Bourgeois). It has been formed in graphite crucibles by melting its ..."

7. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1922)
"Geometrically considered, perovskite conforms to the isometric system; optically, ... Near perovskite but contains cerium. In black isometric crystals. ..."

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