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vaesite

sulfide mineral
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vaesite
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Summary

vaesite is a mineral species[1]. vaesite draws 73 Wikipedia views per month (mineral species category, ranking #169 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Johannes Vaes[3]
  • Chemical formula: NiS₂[4]
  • Subclass of: pyrite mineral group[5], pyrite structural group[6]
  • Commons category: Vaesite[7]
  • Crystal system: cubic crystal system[8]
  • IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)[9]
  • Point group: cubic-diploidal[10]
  • Space group: space group Pa-3[11]
  • Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): II/C.05[12]
  • Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 2.EB.05a[13]
  • Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 2.EB.05a[14]
  • Described by source: Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo[15]
  • Type locality (geology): Kasompi mine[16]
  • IMA Mineral Symbol: Va[17]

Why It Matters

vaesite has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] vaesite is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . rruff. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Mineral", "Vaesite"]
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'n
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Mineral", "Vaesite"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53876975|vaesite (#53876975)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  2. 7w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → cubic-diploidal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: cubic-diploidal, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269343|batch #269343]]"
  3. 8w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → cubic crystal system
    Named after → —
    Described by source → Cattierite and vaesite: New Co-Ni minerals from the Belgian Congo
    Subclass of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Cod id: 9007683, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269100|batch #269100]]"
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