anorthite

Summary

anorthite is a mineral species^[1]. anorthite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• anorthite's image is recorded as Anorthite-rare08-38b.jpg^[3].
• anorthite's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[4].
• a- is named after anorthite^[5].
• orthogonality is named after anorthite^[6].
• anorthite's chemical formula is recorded as CaAl₂Si₂O₈^[7].
• anorthite's subclass of is recorded as plagioclase^[8].
• anorthite's Commons category is recorded as Anorthite^[9].
• anorthite's crystal system is recorded as triclinic crystal system^[10].
• anorthite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[11].
• anorthite's point group is recorded as triclinic-pinacoidal^[12].
• anorthite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019y5d^[13].
• anorthite's space group is recorded as triclinic-pedial^[14].
• anorthite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/F.03c^[15].
• anorthite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.FA.35^[16].
• anorthite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.FA.35^[17].
• anorthite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 76.1.3.6^[18].
• anorthite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300386564^[19].
• anorthite's described by source is recorded as Ueber den Feldspath, Albit, Labrador und Anorthit^[20].
• anorthite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[21].
• anorthite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• anorthite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[23].
• anorthite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/anorthite^[24].
• anorthite's solid solution series with is recorded as albite^[25].
• anorthite's type locality is recorded as Mount Somma^[26].
• anorthite's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 695387^[27].

Why It Matters

anorthite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).^[2] anorthite has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] anorthite is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]