calcium silicate

The mineral, calcium silicate perovskite, matches what previous researchers have been able to synthesize in labs.

Most experimental efforts to create the mineral came up with “nearly pure calcium silicate perovskite,” Shim says.

Although it’s a calcium silicate mineral, davemaoite is also host to a rogue’s gallery of different elements that sneak into its crystal structure.

The phosphorus vapor escapes at P and is condensed under water, while the calcium silicate is tapped off as a liquid at S.