quartz

Summary

quartz is a mineral species^[1]. quartz ranks in the top 0.14% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,018 views/month, #2 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• quartz's image is recorded as Quartz Brésil.jpg^[3].
• quartz's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[4].
• cross vein is named after quartz^[5].
• quartz's GND ID is recorded as 4048011-2^[6].
• quartz's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 14808-60-7^[7].
• quartz's EC number is recorded as 238-878-4^[8].
• quartz's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85109732^[9].
• quartz's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119654906^[10].
• quartz's chemical formula is recorded as SiO₂^[11].
• quartz's subclass of is recorded as dioxosilicate minerals (silica family)^[12].
• quartz's subclass of is recorded as tectosilicates^[13].
• quartz's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00570564^[14].
• quartz's part of is recorded as sand^[15].
• quartz's Commons category is recorded as Quartz^[16].
• quartz's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1967 s.p.^[17].
• quartz's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011791^[18].
• quartz's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 25500^[19].
• quartz's has part is recorded as silicon dioxide^[20].
• quartz's streak color is recorded as black^[21].
• quartz's mineral fracture is recorded as conchoidal fracture^[22].
• quartz's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system^[23].
• quartz's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)^[24].
• quartz's point group is recorded as trigonal-trapezoidal^[25].
• quartz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069p0^[26].
• quartz's KEGG ID is recorded as C16459^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for quartz include CLC^[28], a girl group^[29], founded in 2015^[30] and Mount Suishō^[31], a mountain^[32], in Japan^[33].

Why It Matters

quartz ranks in the top 0.14% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,018 views/month, #2 of 1,431).^[2] quartz has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] quartz is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for quartz include CLC^[28], a girl group^[29], founded in 2015^[30] and Mount Suishō^[31], a mountain^[32], in Japan^[33].