tourmalines

cyclosilicate mineral supergroup
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tourmalines

Summary

tourmalines is a mineral supergroup[1]. tourmalines draws 988 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_supergroup category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • tourmalines's instance of is recorded as mineral supergroup[3].
  • electricity is named after tourmalines[4].
  • tourmalines is a type of cyclosilicates[5].
  • tourmalines's Commons category is recorded as Tourmaline[6].
  • tourmalines's streak color is recorded as white[7].
  • tourmalines's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system[8].
  • tourmalines's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tourmalines[9].
  • tourmalines's Commons gallery is recorded as Tourmaline[10].
  • tourmalines's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • tourmalines's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • tourmalines's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • tourmalines's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • tourmalines's has characteristic is recorded as piezoelectricity[15].
  • tourmalines's different from is recorded as Tourmaline Prize[16].
  • tourmalines's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Tur[17].

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Definition and Type

tourmalines's instance of is recorded as mineral supergroup[3]. tourmalines is a type of cyclosilicates[5].

Origins

electricity is named after tourmalines[4].

Influence

Things named for tourmalines include Tourmaline Plateau[18], a plateau[19].

Why It Matters

tourmalines draws 988 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_supergroup category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] tourmalines has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] tourmalines is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for tourmalines include Tourmaline Plateau[18], a plateau[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . 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. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Different from Tourmaline Prize
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4211307
    Named after
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