kaolinite

layered aluminosilicate 1:1 clay mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q223197
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kaolinite

Summary

kaolinite is a mineral species[1]. kaolinite ranks in the top 1% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • kaolinite's image is recorded as Muséum de Nantes - 178 - Kaolinite (Nantes, France).jpg[3].
  • kaolinite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • kaolinite's GND ID is recorded as 4163233-3[5].
  • kaolinite's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 1318-74-7[6].
  • kaolinite's EC number is recorded as 215-286-4[7].
  • kaolinite's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16708810n[8].
  • kaolinite's chemical formula is recorded as Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄[9].
  • kaolinite's subclass of is recorded as kaolinite mineral subgroup[10].
  • kaolinite's Commons category is recorded as Kaolinite[11].
  • kaolinite's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1980 s.p.[12].
  • kaolinite's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 31552[13].
  • kaolinite's streak color is recorded as white[14].
  • kaolinite's crystal system is recorded as triclinic crystal system[15].
  • kaolinite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[16].
  • kaolinite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04b3x[17].
  • kaolinite's ChEBI ID is recorded as 140499[18].
  • kaolinite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/E.10a[19].
  • kaolinite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.ED.05[20].
  • kaolinite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.ED.05[21].
  • kaolinite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300209724[22].
  • kaolinite's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 549.67[23].
  • kaolinite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[24].
  • kaolinite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0088026[25].
  • kaolinite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • kaolinite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[27].

Why It Matters

kaolinite ranks in the top 1% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (822 views/month).[2] kaolinite has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] kaolinite is known by 16 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . rruff. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The IMA List of Minerals (September 2015). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The IMA List of Minerals (September 2015). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ChEBI release 2019-10-02. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . 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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