cristobalite

silica mineral, polymorph of quartz
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q422075
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cristobalite

Summary

cristobalite is a mineral species[1]. cristobalite ranks in the top 6% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cristobalite's image is recorded as Cristobalite-Fayalite-40048.jpg[3].
  • cristobalite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Mount San Cristóbal is named after cristobalite[5].
  • cristobalite's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 14464-46-1[6].
  • cristobalite's EC number is recorded as 238-455-4[7].
  • cristobalite's chemical formula is recorded as SiO₂[8].
  • cristobalite's subclass of is recorded as dioxosilicate minerals (silica family)[9].
  • cristobalite's subclass of is recorded as cristobalite structural group[10].
  • cristobalite's Commons category is recorded as Cristobalite[11].
  • cristobalite's has part is recorded as silicon dioxide[12].
  • cristobalite's streak color is recorded as white[13].
  • cristobalite's crystal system is recorded as tetragonal crystal system[14].
  • cristobalite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[15].
  • cristobalite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02p2p1[16].
  • cristobalite's ZVG number is recorded as 570103[17].
  • cristobalite's space group is recorded as space group P4₁2₁2[18].
  • cristobalite's space group is recorded as space group P4₃2₁2[19].
  • cristobalite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as IV/D.01a[20].
  • cristobalite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 4.DA.15[21].
  • cristobalite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 4.DA.15[22].
  • cristobalite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 75.1.1.1[23].
  • cristobalite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380284[24].
  • cristobalite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0095015[25].
  • cristobalite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[26].
  • cristobalite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27].

Why It Matters

cristobalite ranks in the top 6% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2] cristobalite has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cristobalite is known by 8 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 (September 2019). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . rruff. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q15221937. 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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