tausonite
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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.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Tausonite
- Mineral.image
- Tausonite.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.category
- Oxide mineral
- Mineral.formula
- SrTiO3
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Tau
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.CC.35
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pm3m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 3.9 Å; Z = 1
- Mineral.color
- Red, red-brown, orange, dark gray
- Mineral.habit
- Cubic and octahedral crystals, granular, massive
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 6-6.5
- Mineral.luster
- Adamantine
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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.
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