sepiolite

soft and porous white magnesium silicate clay mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q414096
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sepiolite

Summary

sepiolite is a mineral species[1]. sepiolite ranks in the top 5% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sepiolite's image is recorded as Sepiyolit.jpg[3].
  • sepiolite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Sepiida is named after sepiolite[5].
  • stone is named after sepiolite[6].
  • sepiolite's GND ID is recorded as 4169260-3[7].
  • sepiolite's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 63800-37-3[8].
  • sepiolite's EC number is recorded as 264-465-3[9].
  • sepiolite's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083264[10].
  • sepiolite's chemical formula is recorded as Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O[11].
  • sepiolite's subclass of is recorded as sepiolite group[12].
  • sepiolite's subclass of is recorded as palygorskite[13].
  • sepiolite's has use is recorded as food additive[14].
  • sepiolite's Commons category is recorded as Sepiolite[15].
  • sepiolite's said to be the same as is recorded as meerschaum[16].
  • sepiolite's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 51469[17].
  • sepiolite's streak color is recorded as white[18].
  • sepiolite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[19].
  • sepiolite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[20].
  • sepiolite's E number is recorded as E562[21].
  • sepiolite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07s2l4[22].
  • sepiolite's ZVG number is recorded as 150328[23].
  • sepiolite's ChEBI ID is recorded as 82533[24].
  • sepiolite's space group is recorded as space group 52[25].
  • sepiolite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/E.13b[26].
  • sepiolite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.EE.25[27].

Why It Matters

sepiolite ranks in the top 5% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month).[2] sepiolite has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] sepiolite is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ChEBI release 2019-10-02. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). 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.

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