Minerals of the Clear Clear Management Area

Perovskite

Found at:

Perovskite Peak
Windy Mountain Claim

Crystals of perovskite appear as cubes, but this is deceiving. Perovskite is actually psuedocubic (or "falsely shaped" in a loose translation from the Greek). It is really orthorhombic in symmetry, but its structure is very close to isometric.

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