sanidine

feldspar, tectosilicate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q426723
sanidine
Val Collins · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

sanidine

Summary

sanidine is a mineral species[1]. sanidine ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sanidine's image is recorded as Sanidine-477065.jpg[3].
  • sanidine's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • plate is named after sanidine[5].
  • visual appearance is named after sanidine[6].
  • sanidine's chemical formula is recorded as KAlSi₃O₈[7].
  • sanidine's subclass of is recorded as alkali feldspar[8].
  • sanidine's Commons category is recorded as Sanidine[9].
  • sanidine's streak color is recorded as white[10].
  • sanidine's crystal system is recorded as monoclinic crystal system[11].
  • sanidine's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[12].
  • sanidine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025s38r[13].
  • sanidine's space group is recorded as space group C2/m[14].
  • sanidine's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/F.03a[15].
  • sanidine's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.FA.30[16].
  • sanidine's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.FA.30[17].
  • sanidine's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 76.1.1.2[18].
  • sanidine's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300210991[19].
  • sanidine's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[20].
  • sanidine's described by source is recorded as Mineralogische Studien über die Gebirge am Niederrhein: Sanidin[21].
  • sanidine's described by source is recorded as Chemische Untersuchung des glasigen Feldspaths vom Drachenfels[22].
  • sanidine's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/sanidine[23].
  • sanidine's type locality is recorded as Drachenfels[24].
  • sanidine's NE.se ID is recorded as sanidin[25].
  • sanidine's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sanidin[26].
  • sanidine's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 008180[27].

Why It Matters

sanidine ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2] sanidine has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] sanidine is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Chemische Untersuchung des glasigen Feldspaths vom Drachenfels. 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sanidine. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sanidine
MLA “sanidine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sanidine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sanidine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sanidine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sanidine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): sanidine — https://4ort.xyz/entity/sanidine (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sanidine · Last refreshed: