Formula: SrTiO3
Origin of name: for Lev Vladimirovich Tauson (1917-1989), Russian geochemist and petrologist, director of the Geochemical Institute, Irkutsk, Russia
Crystal system: Cubic/Isometric
Crystal class: 4/m 3 2/m
Twinning:
Unit cell: a = 3.9048
Colour: Ruby red, brownish red, dark reddish brown, gray
Diaphaneity: Translucent to opaque
Luster: Adamantine
Habit: Crystals cubes and cubo-octahedral, to 2 mm, irregular grains 0.01 to 2 mm, massive
Hardness: 6 to 6.5
Specific gravity: 4.88
Cleavage: None
Tenacity: Brittle, conchoidal fracture
Streak: Brownish white
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