talc

hydrous magnesium phyllosilicate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q134583
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talc

Summary

talc is a mineral species[1]. talc ranks in the top 1% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,275 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • talc's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • talc is a type of talc mineral group[4].
  • talc is a type of phyllosilicates[5].
  • talc's Commons category is recorded as Talc[6].
  • talc comprises talc[7].
  • talc's streak color is recorded as white[8].
  • talc's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[9].
  • talc's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[10].
  • talc's space group is recorded as space group C2/c[11].
  • talc's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/E.04[12].
  • talc's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.EC.05[13].
  • talc's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.EC.05[14].
  • talc's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[15].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as De ortu et causis subterraneorum[16].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • talc's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[21].
  • talc's different from is recorded as Talk[22].
  • talc's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.75'}[23].
  • talc's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • talc's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Tlc[25].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for talc include hydrotalcite[26], a mineral species[27].

Why It Matters

talc ranks in the top 1% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,275 views/month).[2] talc has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] talc is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for talc include hydrotalcite[26], a mineral species[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . rruff. 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] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Streak color white
    Space group space group C2/c
    Density {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2.75'}
    Instance of mineral species
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4524, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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