turquoise

opaque, blue-to-green mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q165254
turquoise
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turquoise

Summary

turquoise is a mineral species[1]. turquoise ranks in the top 0.7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,164 views/month, #10 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • turquoise's image is recorded as Turquoise with quartz.jpg[3].
  • turquoise's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Turkey is named after turquoise[5].
  • turquoise's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85138950[6].
  • turquoise's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125484872[7].
  • turquoise's chemical formula is recorded as CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O[8].
  • turquoise's subclass of is recorded as turquoise mineral group[9].
  • turquoise's subclass of is recorded as phosphate mineral[10].
  • turquoise's Commons category is recorded as Turquoise (mineral)[11].
  • turquoise's color is recorded as turquoise[12].
  • turquoise's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1967 s.p.[13].
  • turquoise's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 39064[14].
  • turquoise's crystal system is recorded as triclinic crystal system[15].
  • turquoise's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[16].
  • turquoise's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fgkh[17].
  • turquoise's space group is recorded as triclinic-pedial[18].
  • turquoise's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VII/D.08[19].
  • turquoise's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 8.DD.15[20].
  • turquoise's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 8.DD.15[21].
  • turquoise's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 42.9.3.1[22].
  • turquoise's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turquoise (mineral)[23].
  • turquoise's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011164[24].
  • turquoise's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 553.87[25].
  • turquoise's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 437839[26].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for turquoise include turquoise[28], a color[29].

Why It Matters

turquoise ranks in the top 0.7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,164 views/month, #10 of 1,431).[2] turquoise has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] turquoise is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for turquoise include turquoise[28], a color[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . steine-und-minerale.de. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . International Mineralogical Association (1967): Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). 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] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . 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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