spinel

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ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q191310
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spinel

Summary

spinel is a mineral species[1]. spinel ranks in the top 0.91% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,102 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 (3,102 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].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . De Natura Fossilium. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Spinels Renaissance: The past, present, and future of those ubiquitous minerals and materials. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → Q13359931
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  2. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shear modulus → +98235000000.0
    Poisson's ratio → +0.272
    Cod id → 9002044
    Bulk modulus → +182861000000.0
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → spinose structure
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+8'}
    Subclass of → —
    Named after → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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