vaterite

carbonate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q421362
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vaterite

Summary

vaterite is a mineral species[1]. vaterite ranks in the top 10% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • vaterite's image is recorded as Vaterite2-San Vito, Monte Somma, Italy.tif[3].
  • vaterite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Heinrich Vater is named after vaterite[5].
  • vaterite's chemical formula is recorded as Ca(CO₃)[6].
  • vaterite's subclass of is recorded as carbonate and nitrate class of minerals[7].
  • vaterite's Commons category is recorded as Vaterite[8].
  • vaterite's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1962 s.p.[9].
  • vaterite's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[10].
  • vaterite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[11].
  • vaterite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048968[12].
  • vaterite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as Vb/A.02 – Anhang[13].
  • vaterite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 5.AB.20[14].
  • vaterite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 5.AB.20[15].
  • vaterite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300380334[16].
  • vaterite's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 134972[17].
  • vaterite's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as vaterit[18].
  • vaterite's Römpp online ID is recorded as RD-22-00191[19].
  • vaterite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777739990[20].
  • vaterite's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Vtr[21].
  • vaterite's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777739990[22].
  • vaterite's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 59650[23].

Why It Matters

vaterite ranks in the top 10% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2] vaterite has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] vaterite is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . rruff. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . International Mineralogical Association (1962): Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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