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sericite

fine grained muscovite (mainly) or paragonite (rarely) variety
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sericite

Summary

sericite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sericite is a type of muscovite[2].
  • sericite is a type of paragonite[3].
  • sericite's Commons category is recorded as Sericite[4].
  • sericite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • sericite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • sericite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include muscovite[2] and paragonite[3].

Why It Matters

sericite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[1] sericite has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] sericite is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'kk', 'k
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Sitelink count → 24
    Subclass of → muscovite, paragonite
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ko, fa */ import labels from sitelinks"
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