sillimanite

nesosilicate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q119632
sillimanite
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sillimanite

Summary

sillimanite is a mineral species[1]. sillimanite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sillimanite's image is recorded as SillimaniteUSGS.jpg[3].
  • sillimanite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Benjamin Silliman Sr. is named after sillimanite[5].
  • sillimanite's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 12141-45-6[6].
  • sillimanite's chemical formula is recorded as Al₂OSiO₄[7].
  • sillimanite's subclass of is recorded as andalusite mineral group[8].
  • sillimanite's subclass of is recorded as cyclosilicates[9].
  • sillimanite's Commons category is recorded as Sillimanite[10].
  • sillimanite's streak color is recorded as white[11].
  • sillimanite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[12].
  • sillimanite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[13].
  • sillimanite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019wmz[14].
  • sillimanite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/A’.02[15].
  • sillimanite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.AF.05[16].
  • sillimanite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.AF.05[17].
  • sillimanite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+7'}[18].
  • sillimanite's described by source is recorded as Description and analysis of sillimanite, a new mineral[19].
  • sillimanite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • sillimanite's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • sillimanite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sillimanite[22].
  • sillimanite's CosIng number is recorded as 86989[23].
  • sillimanite's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as sillimanite[24].
  • sillimanite's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sillimanite[25].
  • sillimanite's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as sillimanite[26].
  • sillimanite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sillimanitt[27].

Why It Matters

sillimanite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[2] sillimanite has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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] . Description and analysis of sillimanite, a new mineral. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. 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.

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