brucite

hydroxide mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q419250
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brucite

Summary

brucite is a mineral species[1]. brucite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • brucite's image is recorded as Brucite-215491.jpg[3].
  • brucite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Archibald Bruce is named after brucite[5].
  • brucite's chemical formula is recorded as Mg(OH)₂[6].
  • brucite's subclass of is recorded as brucite mineral group[7].
  • brucite's subclass of is recorded as hydroxide minerals[8].
  • brucite's Commons category is recorded as Brucite[9].
  • brucite's streak color is recorded as white[10].
  • brucite's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[11].
  • brucite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[12].
  • brucite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rsg8[13].
  • brucite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as IV/F.03[14].
  • brucite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 4.FE.05[15].
  • brucite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 4.FE.05[16].
  • brucite's described by source is recorded as On native magnesia from New Jersey[17].
  • brucite's described by source is recorded as Scientific Intelligence. Brucite[18].
  • brucite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • brucite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/brucite[20].
  • brucite's type locality is recorded as Hoboken[21].
  • brucite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as brucitt[22].
  • brucite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 820[23].
  • brucite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 13025[24].
  • brucite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 13026[25].
  • brucite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777216531[26].
  • brucite's Kivid.info ID is recorded as 353[27].

Why It Matters

brucite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2] brucite has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] brucite is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2021). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Scientific Intelligence. Brucite. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . On native magnesia from New Jersey. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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