wavellite

aluminium phosphate basic hydrate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q420505
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wavellite

Summary

wavellite is a mineral species[1]. wavellite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • wavellite's image is recorded as Wavellit-Quarz-Limonit, Ansicht 2.jpg[3].
  • wavellite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • William Wavell is named after wavellite[5].
  • wavellite's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85145788[6].
  • wavellite's chemical formula is recorded as Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O[7].
  • wavellite's subclass of is recorded as phosphate mineral[8].
  • wavellite's Commons category is recorded as Wavellite[9].
  • wavellite's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1971 s.p.[10].
  • wavellite's streak color is recorded as white[11].
  • wavellite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[12].
  • wavellite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[13].
  • wavellite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/067jjm[14].
  • wavellite's space group is recorded as space group 62[15].
  • wavellite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VII/D.06[16].
  • wavellite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 8.DC.50[17].
  • wavellite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 8.DC.50[18].
  • wavellite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 42.10.2.1[19].
  • wavellite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0151341[20].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as An Account of Some Analytical Experiments on a Mineral Production from Devonshire Consisting Principally of Alumine and Water[21].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • wavellite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26].
  • wavellite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/wavellite[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for wavellite include fluorwavellite[28], a mineral species[29].

Why It Matters

wavellite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] wavellite has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] wavellite is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for wavellite include fluorwavellite[28], a mineral species[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] . handbookofmineralogy.org. handbookofmineralogy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Q43473845. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . International Mineralogical Association (1971): Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 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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