Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- California State Gem Mine
- Santa Rita Peak
- San Benito County
- California
- USA
36.3361°, -120.6053°
2recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- #19
- Cell parameters
- a = 3.9874 Å · b = 5.6751 Å · c = 5.6901 Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.423 : 1.427
- Type-locality form
Micro- to submicro-inclusions in a host of amorphous material contained within hollow, tublar inclusions in benitoite.
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Barioperovskiet
- Barioperovskit
- IMA2006-040
In other languages
- German
- Barioperowskit · IMA 2006-040
- Italian
- barioperovskite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.CC.30
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
- 4.CCWith large and medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.CC.30BarioperovskiteSpecies
Dana
8th ed.04.03.03.04
- 04Simple OxidesClass
- 04.03A2X3Type
- 04.03.03Perovskite GroupGroup
- 04.03.03.04BarioperovskiteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1962Megaw, H. D. (1962) Refinement of the structure of BaTiO3 and other ferroelectrics. Acta Crystallographica, 15 (10). 972-973 doi:10.1107/s0365110x62002571DOI: 10.1107/s0365110x62002571
- 1976Clarke, R. (1976) Phase transition studies of pure and flux-grown barium titanate crystals. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 9 (4) 335-338 doi:10.1107/s0021889876011436DOI: 10.1107/s0021889876011436
- 1983Beauger, A.; Mutin, J. C.; Niepce, J. C. (1983) Synthesis reaction of metatitanate BaTiO3. Part 1. Effect of the gaseous atmosphere upon the thermal evolution of the system BaCO3-TiO2. Journal of Materials Science, 18. 3041-3046 doi:10.1007/bf00700786DOI: 10.1007/bf00700786
- 1983Beauger, A.; Mutin, J. C.; Niepce, J. C. (1983) Synthesis reaction of metatitanate BaTiO3. Part 2. Study of solid-solid reaction interfaces. Journal of Materials Science, 18. 3543-3550 doi:10.1007/bf00540726DOI: 10.1007/bf00540726
- 1984Mutin, J. C., Niepce, J. C. (1984) About stoichiometry of polycrystalline BaTiO3 synthesized by solid-solid reaction. Journal of Materials Science Letters, 3 (7) 591-592 doi:10.1007/bf00719620DOI: 10.1007/bf00719620
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Barioperovskite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/barioperovskite-31404},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}