diopside

pyroxene mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q316671
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diopside

Summary

diopside is a mineral species[1]. diopside ranks in the top 5% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • diopside's image is recorded as Diopside Aoste.jpg[3].
  • diopside's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • seeing is named after diopside[5].
  • dyad is named after diopside[6].
  • diopside's chemical formula is recorded as CaMgSi₂O₆[7].
  • diopside's subclass of is recorded as pyroxene[8].
  • diopside's Commons category is recorded as Diopside[9].
  • diopside's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1988 s.p.[10].
  • diopside's streak color is recorded as white[11].
  • diopside's crystal system is recorded as monoclinic crystal system[12].
  • diopside's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[13].
  • diopside's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_5hf[14].
  • diopside's space group is recorded as space group C2/c[15].
  • diopside's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/D.01b[16].
  • diopside's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.DA.15[17].
  • diopside's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.DA.15[18].
  • diopside's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 65.1.3a.1[19].
  • diopside's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380508[20].
  • diopside's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[21].
  • diopside's described by source is recorded as Note sur le Diopside, espèce nouvelle établie par M. Haüy, comprenent deux variétés trouvées dans les Alps piémontaises, par M. Bonvoisin, et désignées dans le Journal de Physique (mai 1806) sous le nom de Mussite et d’Alalite[22].
  • diopside's described by source is recorded as Der eigenschaften und kennzeichen einiger neuen fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen nebst einigen chemischen bemerkungen ueber dieselben[23].
  • diopside's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • diopside's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • diopside's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/diopside[26].
  • diopside's solid solution series with is recorded as hedenbergite[27].

Why It Matters

diopside ranks in the top 5% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (140 views/month).[2] diopside has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] diopside is known by 24 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 (March 2019). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . rruff. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2022). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q15221937. 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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