smithsonite

carbonate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q152400
smithsonite
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smithsonite

Summary

smithsonite is a mineral species[1]. smithsonite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • smithsonite's image is recorded as Smithsonite - USGS Mineral Specimens 016.jpg[3].
  • smithsonite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • James Smithson is named after smithsonite[5].
  • smithsonite's GND ID is recorded as 7849085-6[6].
  • smithsonite's chemical formula is recorded as ZnCO₃[7].
  • smithsonite's subclass of is recorded as calcite group[8].
  • smithsonite's Commons category is recorded as Smithsonite[9].
  • smithsonite's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 21830[10].
  • smithsonite's streak color is recorded as white[11].
  • smithsonite's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[12].
  • smithsonite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[13].
  • smithsonite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034ht8[14].
  • smithsonite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as Vb/A.02[15].
  • smithsonite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 5.AB.05[16].
  • smithsonite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 5.AB.05[17].
  • smithsonite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300395586[18].
  • smithsonite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[19].
  • smithsonite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • smithsonite's described by source is recorded as Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie[21].
  • smithsonite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • smithsonite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/smithsonite[23].
  • smithsonite's NALT ID is recorded as 225289[24].
  • smithsonite's solid solution series with is recorded as siderite[25].
  • smithsonite's CosIng number is recorded as 58702[26].
  • smithsonite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as smithsonitt[27].

Why It Matters

smithsonite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month).[2] smithsonite has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] smithsonite is known by 35 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] . Handbook of Mineralogy. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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] . Q15221937. 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] . Q15221937. 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.

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