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diabase

Summary

diabase ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • diabase received the Rock of the Year[2].
  • diabase is a type of subvolcanic rock[3].
  • diabase's Commons category is recorded as Diabase[4].
  • diabase's said to be the same as is recorded as dolerite[5].
  • diabase's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[6].
  • diabase's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • diabase's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • diabase's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[9].
  • diabase's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].

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Definition and Type

diabase is a type of subvolcanic rock[3].

Recognition

diabase received the Rock of the Year[2].

Why It Matters

diabase ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[1] diabase has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] diabase is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

FAQs

What awards did diabase receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . geoberuf.de. geoberuf.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → dolerite
    Subclass of → subvolcanic rock
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12823, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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