Bridgmanite

Bridgmanite is a natural, accepted name for silicate perovskite mineral, presumably the most common on Earth. It was discovered in Tenham chondrite meteorite, where it associates with another polymorph of MgSiO3 substance - akimotoite.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Tschauner, O., Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V.B, and Rossman, G.R., 2014. Discovery of bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in Earth, in a shocked meteorite. Science 346(6213), 1100-1102, DOI: 10.1126/science.1259369, http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6213/1100
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