Loveringite Mineral Data

General Loveringite Information
Chemical Formula:	(Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe+++,Cr,Mg)21O38
Composition:	Molecular Weight = 1,678.43 gm
	Calcium 1.67 % Ca 2.34 % CaO
	Cerium 2.50 % Ce 2.93 % Ce₂O₃
	Magnesium 1.30 % Mg 2.16 % MgO
	Zirconium 3.26 % Zr 4.40 % ZrO₂
	Titanium 35.66 % Ti 59.49 % TiO₂
	Aluminum 0.64 % Al 1.21 % Al₂O₃
	Vanadium 0.61 % V 1.08 % V₂O₅
	Chromium 6.82 % Cr 8.91 % CrO
	Iron 11.31 % Fe 14.55 % FeO
	Oxygen 36.22 % O
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	100.00 % 97.09 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Empirical Formula:	Ca_0.7Ce_0.3Ti_12.5Fe²⁺_3.4Cr_2.2Mg_0.9Zr_0.6Al_0.4V⁵⁺_0.2O₃₈
Environment:	Late-stage mineral from residual intercumulus magma in the pyroxene, olivine-chromite, or plagioclase-rich layers of mafic intrusions.
IMA Status:	Approved IMA 1977
Locality:	Jimberlana intrusion, near Norseman, Western Australia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:	Named for John Francis Lovering (1930-), Australian geochemist, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australina, for his work on fission-track methods in geochemistry.
Name Pronunciation:	Loveringite + Pronunciation