amber

Summary

amber ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,795 views/month, #232 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• ambergris is named after amber^[2].
• amber's chemical formula is recorded as C₁₂H₂₀O^[3].
• amber is a type of organic class of minerals^[4].
• amber is a type of organic gem^[5].
• amber is a type of fossil resin^[6].
• amber is used for jewelry^[7].
• amber is used for medication^[8].
• amber is used for perfume^[9].
• amber is used for teething^[10].
• amber is used for paleontology^[11].
• amber's Commons category is recorded as Amber^[12].
• amber's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amber^[13].
• amber's Commons gallery is recorded as Amber^[14].
• amber's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+2.3'}^[15].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[16].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[17].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[20].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[21].
• amber's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[25].
• amber's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include organic class of minerals^[4], organic gem^[5], and fossil resin^[6].

Origins

ambergris is named after amber^[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include jewelry^[7], medication^[8], perfume^[9], teething^[10], and paleontology^[11].

Influence

Things named for amber include electron^[27], a type of quantum particle^[28]; amber^[29], a color^[30]; Yantar^[31], a spy ship^[32], founded in 2010^[33]; Amber Coast^[34], a coast^[35], in Russia^[36]; and Yantar Shipyard^[37], a shipyard^[38], in Russia^[39], founded in 1945^[40], headquartered in Kaliningrad^[41].

Why It Matters

amber ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,795 views/month, #232 of 77,819).^[1] amber has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] amber is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for amber include electron^[27], a type of quantum particle^[28]; amber^[29], a color^[30]; Yantar^[31], a spy ship^[32], founded in 2010^[33]; Amber Coast^[34], a coast^[35], in Russia^[36]; and Yantar Shipyard^[37], a shipyard^[38], in Russia^[39], founded in 1945^[40], headquartered in Kaliningrad^[41].