The perovskite structure is adopted at high pressure by bridgmanite, a silicate with the chemical formula , which is the most common mineral in the Earth's mantle. As pressure increases, the SiO tetrahedral units in the dominant silica-bearing minerals become unstable compared with SiO octahedral units. At the pressure and temperature conditions of the lower mantle, the second most abundant material is likely the rocksalt-structured  oxide, periclase.
At the high pressure conditions of the Earths lower mantle, the pyroxene enstatite, MgSiO, transforms into a denser perovskite-structured polymorph; this phase may be the most common mineral in the Earth. This phase has the orthorhombically distorted perovskite structure (GdFeO-type structure) that is stable at pressures from ~24 GPa to ~110 GPa. However, it cannot be transported from depths of several hundred km to the Earths surface without transforming back into less dense materials. At higher pressures, MgSiO perovskite, commonly known as silicate perovskite, transforms to post-perovskite.