fayalite

olivine, nesosilicate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q411130
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fayalite

Summary

fayalite is a mineral species[1]. fayalite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fayalite's image is recorded as FayaliteUSA.jpg[3].
  • fayalite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Faial Island is named after fayalite[5].
  • fayalite's chemical formula is recorded as Fe²⁺₂SiO₄[6].
  • fayalite's subclass of is recorded as olivine[7].
  • fayalite's Commons category is recorded as Fayalite[8].
  • fayalite's streak color is recorded as white[9].
  • fayalite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[10].
  • fayalite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[11].
  • fayalite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lsnl[12].
  • fayalite's space group is recorded as space group Pbnm[13].
  • fayalite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/A.03[14].
  • fayalite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.AC.05[15].
  • fayalite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.AC.05[16].
  • fayalite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 51.3.1.1[17].
  • fayalite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380515[18].
  • fayalite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/fayalite[19].
  • fayalite's solid solution series with is recorded as forsterite[20].
  • fayalite's solid solution series with is recorded as tephroite[21].
  • fayalite's type locality is recorded as Faial Island[22].
  • fayalite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as fayalitt[23].
  • fayalite's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 023978[24].
  • fayalite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 14116[25].
  • fayalite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 1458[26].
  • fayalite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778189432[27].

Why It Matters

fayalite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] fayalite has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] fayalite is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2009). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q15221937. 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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