what are perovskites
Perovskite (pronunciation: /pÉËrÉvskaÉªt/) is a calcium titanium oxide mineral composed of calcium titanate, with the chemical formula Ca Ti O 3.he mineral was discovered in the Ural Mountains of Russia by Gustav Rose in 1839 and is named after Russian mineralogist Lev Perovski (1792â1856). It lends its name to the class of compounds which have the same type of crystal structure as CaTiO 3 (XII A 2+ VI B 4+ X 2â 3) known as the perovskite structure.