lapis lazuli

Summary

lapis lazuli ranks in the top 0.24% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,740 views/month, #183 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• lapis lazuli's image is recorded as 2 lapis lazuli.jpg^[2].
• lapis lazuli's image is recorded as 1Lapis lazuli.jpeg^[3].
• lapis lazuli's image is recorded as Lapis lazuli block.jpg^[4].
• lapis lazuli's image is recorded as Raflinoer32-Museum Geologi-Lapis Lazuli.jpg^[5].
• stone is named after lapis lazuli^[6].
• sky is named after lapis lazuli^[7].
• lapis lazuli's GND ID is recorded as 4247510-7^[8].
• lapis lazuli's subclass of is recorded as metamorphic rock^[9].
• lapis lazuli's subclass of is recorded as sapphire^[10].
• lapis lazuli's Commons category is recorded as Lapis lazuli^[11].
• lapis lazuli's color is recorded as blue^[12].
• lapis lazuli's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c51n^[13].
• lapis lazuli's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lapis lazuli^[14].
• lapis lazuli's Commons gallery is recorded as Lapis Lazuli (minerals)^[15].
• lapis lazuli's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011122^[16].
• lapis lazuli's product or material produced is recorded as ultramarine^[17].
• lapis lazuli's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+5.5'}^[18].
• lapis lazuli's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0118877^[19].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[20].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• lapis lazuli's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/lapis-lazuli^[23].
• lapis lazuli's different from is recorded as lazulite^[24].
• lapis lazuli's different from is recorded as lazurite^[25].
• lapis lazuli's EAGLE id is recorded as material/lod/93^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for lapis lazuli include azure^[27], a web color^[28]; Android 18^[29], a fictional human^[30]; Android 17^[31], a fictional human^[32]; Lapis Lazuli corridor^[33], a trade route^[34], in Afghanistan^[35]; and Lazuli Space Observatory^[36], a space telescope^[37].

Why It Matters

lapis lazuli ranks in the top 0.24% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,740 views/month, #183 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include azure^[27], a web color^[28]; Android 18^[29], a fictional human^[30]; Android 17^[31], a fictional human^[32]; Lapis Lazuli corridor^[33], a trade route^[34], in Afghanistan^[35]; and Lazuli Space Observatory^[36], a space telescope^[37].