cinnabar

Summary

cinnabar is a mineral species^[1]. cinnabar ranks in the top 0.42% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,892 views/month, #6 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• cinnabar's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[3].
• cinnabar's chemical formula is recorded as HgS^[4].
• cinnabar is a type of cinnabar mineral group^[5].
• cinnabar is a type of sulfide class of minerals^[6].
• cinnabar's Commons category is recorded as Cinnabar^[7].
• cinnabar comprises mercury(II) sulfide^[8].
• cinnabar's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system^[9].
• cinnabar's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[10].
• cinnabar's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/B.14^[11].
• cinnabar's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.CD.15a^[12].
• cinnabar's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 2.CD.15a^[13].
• cinnabar's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+2.3'}^[14].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as On Stones^[16].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Meteorology^[17].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[21].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• cinnabar's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[23].
• cinnabar's different from is recorded as Cynober^[24].
• cinnabar's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+8.10'}^[25].
• cinnabar's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Cin^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for cinnabar include minium^[27], a mineral species^[28] and metacinnabar^[29], a mineral species^[30].

Why It Matters

cinnabar ranks in the top 0.42% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,892 views/month, #6 of 1,431).^[2] cinnabar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] cinnabar is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for cinnabar include minium^[27], a mineral species^[28] and metacinnabar^[29], a mineral species^[30].