beryl

Summary

beryl is a mineral species^[1]. beryl ranks in the top 0.77% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month, #11 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• beryl's image is recorded as Beryl-0128-01a.jpg^[3].
• beryl's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[4].
• Beryllos 3 (Pauly-Wissowa) is named after beryl^[5].
• beryl's GND ID is recorded as 4144822-4^[6].
• beryl's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85013402^[7].
• beryl's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12367213s^[8].
• beryl's chemical formula is recorded as Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈^[9].
• beryl's subclass of is recorded as beryl group^[10].
• beryl's subclass of is recorded as cyclosilicates^[11].
• beryl's Commons category is recorded as Beryl^[12].
• beryl's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 30891^[13].
• beryl's streak color is recorded as white^[14].
• beryl's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system^[15].
• beryl's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[16].
• beryl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01k3z^[17].
• beryl's space group is recorded as space group P6/mcc^[18].
• beryl's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/C.06a^[19].
• beryl's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.CJ.05^[20].
• beryl's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.CJ.05^[21].
• beryl's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 61.1.1.1^[22].
• beryl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beryl group^[23].
• beryl's Commons gallery is recorded as Beryl^[24].
• beryl's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011072^[25].
• beryl's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 549.64^[26].
• beryl's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for beryl include beryllium^[28], a chemical element^[29]; chrysoberyl^[30], a mineral species^[31]; Beryl^[32], an unincorporated community^[33], in United States^[34]; and Berill Mountain^[35], a mountain^[36], in Russia^[37].

Why It Matters

beryl ranks in the top 0.77% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month, #11 of 1,431).^[2] beryl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] beryl is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for beryl include beryllium^[28], a chemical element^[29]; chrysoberyl^[30], a mineral species^[31]; Beryl^[32], an unincorporated community^[33], in United States^[34]; and Berill Mountain^[35], a mountain^[36], in Russia^[37].