Liuite

FeTiO3
IMA status
  • Approved
  • Pending publication
IMA symbol
Liu
IMA approved
2018
Also known as
  • IMA2017-042a
  • Liuiet

Where it forms, where it's found

Type locality
Shergotty Martian meteorite
  1. Gaya District
  2. Bihar
  3. India

24.5500°, 84.8333°

1recorded occurrences
Source · OpenStreetMap

Crystallography

Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Space group
Pnma
Cell parameters
a = 5.32(1) Å · b = 6.840(5) Å · c = 5.037(3) Å
Ratio a:b:c
1 : 1.286 : 0.947
Crystal structure

Chemical composition

Constituent elements
Mass composition breakdown
ElementAtoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/molMass share
26FeIronIron155.84555.845
36.81%
8OOxygenOxygen315.99947.997
31.64%
22TiTitaniumTitanium147.86747.867
31.55%
Total151.709100.00%

Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100

From IMA formula

Synonyms

  • IMA2017-042a
  • Liuiet

In other languages

German
IMA 2017-042a · Liuit

Classification

Strunz
10th ed.

4.CB.85

  • 4OxidesClass
  • 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
  • 4.CBWith medium-sized cationsGroup
  • 4.CB.85LiuiteSpecies

Group, growth & confusion

Commonly confused with
2 minerals

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 2018Hålenius, Ulf, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2018) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 46. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30 (6) 1181-1189 doi:10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2819DOI: 10.1127/ejm/2018/0030-2819
  2. 2021Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Beckett, J.R., Prakapenka, V. (2021) Discovery of Feiite (Fe2+2(Fe2+Ti4+)O5) and Liuite (GdFeO3-Type FeTiO3), Two New Shock-Induced, High-Pressure Minerals in the Martian Meteorite Shergotty. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held virtually, 15-19 March, 2021. LPI Contribution No. 2548, id.1681.
  3. 2022(2022) Liuite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America
  4. 2023Liu, Lin-Gun (2023) The Anecdote of Liuite—In View of the Progress of Modern Technology, There Might Be No More New Minerals to Be Found on the Earth after another Half a Century. Advances in Anthropology, 13 (3) 245-252
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Liuite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/liuite-53253},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}