Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
As submicrometer-sized crystals in shock-induced melt veins in the Tenham meteorite.
Major constituent of the lower mantle
- Type locality
- Tenham meteorite
- Tenham Station
- Windorah
- Barcoo Shire
- Queensland
- Australia
-25.7333°, 142.9500°
5recorded occurrences
Crystallography
- Space group
- Pnma
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.02(3) Å · b = 6.90(3) Å · c = 4.81(2) Å
- Ratio a:b:c
- 1 : 1.375 : 0.958
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Bridgmaniet
- IMA2014-017
- Silicate-perovskite
- UM1997-53-SiO:FeMg
In other languages
- French
- bridgmanite
- German
- Bridgmanit · Silikat-Perowskit
- Spanish
- Bridgmanita
- Italian
- Bridgmanite
- Portuguese
- bridgmanite
- Japanese
- ケイ酸塩ペロブスカイト · ブリッジマナイト
- Arabic
- بريدجمانيت
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.H0
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.HUnclassified silicatesDivision
- 9.H0— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 9.H0BridgmaniteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- —Fu, S., Chariton, S., Zhang, Y., Okuchi, T., Prakapenka, V.B., Lin, J.-Fu (2023): Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction on the Structure of (Al,Fe)-bearing Bridgmanite in the Lower Mantle. American Mineralogist, 108, (in press).
- 2012Murakami, Motohiko, Ohishi, Yasuo, Hirao, Naohisa, Hirose, Kei (2012) A perovskitic lower mantle inferred from high-pressure, high-temperature sound velocity data. Nature, 485 (7396). 90-94 doi:10.1038/nature11004DOI: 10.1038/nature11004
- 2014Ma, C., Tschauner, O. (2014) Earth-building Bridgemanite, Caltech Press release, Katie Neith, http://www.caltech.edu/content/earth-building-bridgmanite.
- 2014Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2014) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2014, CNMNC Newsletter No 21. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (4) 797-804 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.4.03DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2014.078.4.03
- 2014Tschauner, Oliver, Ma, Chi, Beckett, John R., Prescher, Clemens, Prakapenka, Vitali B., Rossman, George R. (2014) Discovery of bridgmanite, the most abundant mineral in Earth, in a shocked meteorite. Science, 346 (6213). 1100-1102 doi:10.1126/science.1259369DOI: 10.1126/science.1259369
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Bridgmanite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/bridgmanite-45900},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}