rutile

oxide mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q320603
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rutile

Summary

rutile is a mineral species[1]. rutile ranks in the top 2% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,999 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • rutile's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • red is named after rutile[4].
  • rutile's chemical formula is recorded as TiO₂[5].
  • rutile is a type of rutile mineral group[6].
  • rutile's Commons category is recorded as Rutile[7].
  • rutile comprises titanium dioxide[8].
  • rutile's crystal system is recorded as tetragonal crystal system[9].
  • rutile's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[10].
  • rutile's space group is recorded as space group P4₂/mnm[11].
  • rutile's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as IV/D.02[12].
  • rutile's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 4.DB.05[13].
  • rutile's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 4.DB.05[14].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Noch ein Paar Bemertungen über den Uran- und Titangehalt einiger Fossilien. Der rothe Schörl (Rutil, nach Herrn Bergrath Werner)[17].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Handbuch der Mineralogie nach A. G. Werner[18].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[21].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • rutile's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[23].
  • rutile's type locality is recorded as Horcajuelo de la Sierra[24].
  • rutile's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Rt[25].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for rutile include pseudorutile[26], a mineral species[27].

Why It Matters

rutile ranks in the top 2% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,999 views/month).[2] rutile has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] rutile is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for rutile include pseudorutile[26], a mineral species[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . mineralienatlas.de. mineralienatlas.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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  1. 3d ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shear modulus +47350000000.0
    Poisson's ratio +0.382
    Cod id 1557789
    Bulk modulus +184247000000.0
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  2. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Named after red
    Has part(s) titanium dioxide
    Subclass of
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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