alunite

alunite supergroup, sulfate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q338106
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alunite

Summary

alunite is a mineral species[1]. alunite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alunite's image is recorded as Mineraly.sk - alunit m.jpg[3].
  • alunite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • alum is named after alunite[5].
  • alunite's GND ID is recorded as 4308717-6[6].
  • alunite's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85004051[7].
  • alunite's chemical formula is recorded as KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆[8].
  • alunite's subclass of is recorded as alunite mineral group[9].
  • alunite's subclass of is recorded as sulfate mineral[10].
  • alunite's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567957[11].
  • alunite's Commons category is recorded as Alunite[12].
  • alunite's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1987 s.p.[13].
  • alunite's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 22574[14].
  • alunite's streak color is recorded as white[15].
  • alunite's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[16].
  • alunite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as redefined mineral (Rd)[17].
  • alunite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gkmn[18].
  • alunite's space group is recorded as space group R-3m[19].
  • alunite's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1228689[20].
  • alunite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VI/B.03a[21].
  • alunite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 7.BC.10[22].
  • alunite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 7.BC.10[23].
  • alunite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 30.2.4.1[24].
  • alunite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alunite[25].
  • alunite's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 549.755[26].
  • alunite's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for alunite include natroalunite[28], a mineral species[29].

Why It Matters

alunite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2] alunite has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] alunite is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for alunite include natroalunite[28], a mineral species[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (March 2019). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2022). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2015). wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Alunite supergroup: recommended nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q15221937. Retrieved . mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . mineralienatlas.de. Retrieved . mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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