chalcedony

microcrystalline varieties of silica, may contain moganite as well
ChemicalSubstance mineral_variety Q170448
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chalcedony

Summary

chalcedony is a mineral variety[1]. chalcedony draws 2,077 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_variety category, ranking #10 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • chalcedony's instance of is recorded as mineral variety[3].
  • chalcedony is a type of quartz[4].
  • chalcedony's Commons category is recorded as Chalcedony[5].
  • chalcedony's streak color is recorded as white[6].
  • chalcedony's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[7].
  • chalcedony's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chalcedony[8].
  • chalcedony's Commons gallery is recorded as Chalcedony[9].
  • chalcedony's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+7.0'}[10].
  • chalcedony's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • chalcedony's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • chalcedony's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • chalcedony's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • chalcedony's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl[15].
  • chalcedony's different from is recorded as Chalcedon[16].

Why It Matters

chalcedony draws 2,077 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_variety category, ranking #10 of 73).[2] chalcedony has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] chalcedony is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Ossistyl · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Chalcedon
    Subclass of
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    De agostini id calcedònio
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6706]]: calcedònio"
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