aegirine

Summary

aegirine is a mineral species^[1]. aegirine ranks in the top 10% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• aegirine's image is recorded as Aegirine-Orthoclase-114177.jpg^[3].
• aegirine's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[4].
• Ægir is named after aegirine^[5].
• aegirine's chemical formula is recorded as NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆^[6].
• aegirine's subclass of is recorded as pyroxene^[7].
• aegirine's Commons category is recorded as Aegirine^[8].
• aegirine's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1998 s.p.^[9].
• aegirine's crystal system is recorded as monoclinic crystal system^[10].
• aegirine's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)^[11].
• aegirine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06hx5z^[12].
• aegirine's space group is recorded as space group C2/c^[13].
• aegirine's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/D.01c^[14].
• aegirine's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.DA.25^[15].
• aegirine's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.DA.25^[16].
• aegirine's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 65.1.3c.2^[17].
• aegirine's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6.3'}^[18].
• aegirine's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0100392^[19].
• aegirine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[20].
• aegirine's described by source is recorded as untitled note on aegirine^[21].
• aegirine's described by source is recorded as The crystal chemistry of aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec^[22].
• aegirine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• aegirine's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[24].
• aegirine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/aegirine^[25].
• aegirine's type locality is recorded as Låven island^[26].
• aegirine's type locality is recorded as Øvre Eiker^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for aegirine include aegirine-augite^[28], a mineral species^[29].

Why It Matters

aegirine ranks in the top 10% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).^[2] aegirine has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] aegirine is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for aegirine include aegirine-augite^[28], a mineral species^[29].