ultramarine

blue pigment originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder
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ultramarine

Summary

ultramarine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ultramarine is credited with the discovery of Jean-Baptiste Guimet[2].
  • ultramarine's canonical SMILES is recorded as [O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Na+].[Al+3].[Al+3].[Al+3].[Al+3].[Al+3].[Al+3].[S-]S[S-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[O-]Si([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+]">[3].
  • ultramarine's chemical formula is recorded as Al₆Na₈O₂₄S₃Si₆[4].
  • ultramarine is a type of blue pigment[5].
  • ultramarine's Commons category is recorded as Ultramarine[6].
  • ultramarine's color is recorded as ultramarine[7].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[8].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • ultramarine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • ultramarine's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+993.463'}[14].
  • ultramarine's name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ultramarinviolett'}[15].
  • ultramarine's name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ultramarin'}[16].
  • ultramarine's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ultramarine blue'}[17].

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Definition and Type

ultramarine is a type of blue pigment[5].

Why It Matters

ultramarine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,526 views/month).[1] ultramarine has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] ultramarine is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Q24499814. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Q24499814. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → blue pigment
    Discoverer or inventor → Jean-Baptiste Guimet
    Color → ultramarine
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    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560830005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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