Tausonite
Tausonite | |
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General | |
Category | Oxide mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | SrTiO3 |
Strunz classification | 4.CC.35 |
Crystal system | Cubic |
Unit cell | a = 3.9 Å; Z = 1 |
Identification | |
Color | Red, red-brown, orange, dark gray |
Crystal habit | Cubic and octahedral crystals, granular, massive |
Crystal symmetry |
Isometric - hexoctahedral H-M symbol: (4/m32/m) Space group: P m3m |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Conchoidal |
Tenacity | Brittle |
Mohs scale hardness | 6-6.5 |
Luster | Adamantine |
Diaphaneity | Translucent to opaque |
Specific gravity | 4.88 |
Optical properties | Isotropic |
Refractive index | n = 2.40 |
References | [1][2][3] |
Tausonite is the rare naturally occurring mineral form of strontium titanate: chemical formula: SrTiO3. It occurs as red to orange brown cubic crystals and crystal masses.
It is a member of the perovskite group.
It was first described in 1982 for an occurrence in a syenite intrusive in Tausonite Hill, Murunskii Massif, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic, Yakutia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia.[1] It was named for Russian geochemist Lev Vladimirovich Tauson (1917–1989).[3] It has also been reported from a fenite dike associated with a carbonatite complex in Sarambi, Concepción Department, Paraguay.[2] and in high pressure metamorphic rocks along the Kotaki River area of Honshu Island, Japan.[1]
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