microcline

Summary

microcline is a mineral species^[1]. microcline ranks in the top 7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• microcline's image is recorded as Microcline-fel1c.jpg^[3].
• microcline's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[4].
• inclined plane is named after microcline^[5].
• micro- is named after microcline^[6].
• microcline's chemical formula is recorded as KAlSi₃O₈^[7].
• microcline's subclass of is recorded as alkali feldspar^[8].
• microcline's Commons category is recorded as Microcline^[9].
• microcline's twinning is recorded as Manebach twin^[10].
• microcline's crystal system is recorded as triclinic crystal system^[11].
• microcline's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[12].
• microcline's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c8yv^[13].
• microcline's space group is recorded as triclinic-pinacoidal^[14].
• microcline's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/F.03a^[15].
• microcline's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.FA.30^[16].
• microcline's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.FA.30^[17].
• microcline's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 76.1.1.5^[18].
• microcline's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011089^[19].
• microcline's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[20].
• microcline's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• microcline's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• microcline's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[23].
• microcline's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/microcline^[24].
• microcline's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2212537^[25].
• microcline's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as microcline^[26].
• microcline's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as mikroklin^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for microcline include rubicline^[28], a mineral species^[29].

Why It Matters

microcline ranks in the top 7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).^[2] microcline has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] microcline is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for microcline include rubicline^[28], a mineral species^[29].