spinel

Summary

spinel is a mineral species^[1]. spinel ranks in the top 0.91% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,435 views/month, #13 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• spinel's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[3].
• spinose structure is named after spinel^[4].
• spinel's chemical formula is recorded as MgAl₂O₄^[5].
• spinel is a type of oxyspinel group^[6].
• spinel's Commons category is recorded as Spinel^[7].
• spinel's streak color is recorded as white^[8].
• spinel's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system^[9].
• spinel's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[10].
• spinel's space group is recorded as space group Fd-3m^[11].
• spinel's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as IV/B.01a^[12].
• spinel's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 4.BB.05^[13].
• spinel's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 4.BB.05^[14].
• spinel's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}^[15].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[18].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[19].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as De Natura Fossilium^[21].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Untersuchung des Spinells^[22].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Gemmarum et lapidum historia^[23].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Mineralia^[24].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• spinel's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for spinel include ulvöspinel^[28], a mineral species^[29].

Why It Matters

spinel ranks in the top 0.91% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,435 views/month, #13 of 1,431).^[2] spinel has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] spinel is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for spinel include ulvöspinel^[28], a mineral species^[29].