tridymite

Silica mineral, polymorph of quartz
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q410893
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tridymite

Summary

tridymite is a mineral species[1]. tridymite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tridymite's image is recorded as Tridymite tabulars - Ochtendung, Eifel, Germany.jpg[3].
  • tridymite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • twin is named after tridymite[5].
  • tridymite's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 15468-32-3[6].
  • tridymite's EC number is recorded as 239-487-1[7].
  • tridymite's chemical formula is recorded as SiO₂[8].
  • tridymite's subclass of is recorded as dioxosilicate minerals (silica family)[9].
  • tridymite's subclass of is recorded as tectosilicates[10].
  • tridymite's Commons category is recorded as Tridymite[11].
  • tridymite's has part is recorded as silicon dioxide[12].
  • tridymite's streak color is recorded as white[13].
  • tridymite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[14].
  • tridymite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[15].
  • tridymite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0450qj[16].
  • tridymite's ZVG number is recorded as 570262[17].
  • tridymite's space group is recorded as space group C222₁[18].
  • tridymite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as IV/D.01a[19].
  • tridymite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 4.DA.10[20].
  • tridymite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 4.DA.10[21].
  • tridymite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 75.1.2.1[22].
  • tridymite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0148165[23].
  • tridymite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • tridymite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • tridymite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/tridymite[26].
  • tridymite's ECHA Substance Infocard ID is recorded as 100.035.882[27].

Why It Matters

tridymite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2] tridymite has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] tridymite is known by 12 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] . mineralienatlas.de. mineralienatlas.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ChemIDplus. chem.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . 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] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ECHA Substance Infocard database. Retrieved . 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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