grossmanite
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Grossmanite is a very rare mineral of the pyroxene group, with formula CaTi3+AlSiO6. It is the titanium-dominant member. Grossmanite is unique in being a mineral with trivalent titanium, a feature shared with tistarite, Ti2O3. Titanium in minerals is almost exclusively tetravalent. Grossmanite stands for titanium-analogue of davisite, esseneite and kushiroite – other members of the pyroxene group. Both grossmanite and tistarite come from the famous Allende meteorite.
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It is catalogued under topics including Aluminium minerals, Calcium minerals and Clinopyroxene subgroup.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- pyroxene
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DA.15
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- type locality (geology)
- Allende meteorite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Gsm
- chemical formula
- Ca(Ti³⁺,Mg,Ti⁴⁺)AlSiO₆
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Grossmanite is a very rare mineral of the pyroxene group, with formula CaTi3+AlSiO6. It is the titanium-dominant member. Grossmanite is unique in being a mineral with trivalent titanium, a feature shared with tistarite, Ti2O3. Titanium in minerals is almost exclusively tetravalent. Grossmanite stands for titanium-analogue of davisite, esseneite and kushiroite – other members of the pyroxene group. Both grossmanite and tistarite come from the famous Allende meteorite.
==References==
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