witherite

carbonate mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q419260
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witherite

Summary

witherite is a mineral species[1]. witherite draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_species category, ranking #148 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • witherite's image is recorded as Witherite-4aa2b.jpg[3].
  • witherite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • William Withering is named after witherite[5].
  • witherite's chemical formula is recorded as BaCO₃[6].
  • witherite's subclass of is recorded as aragonite mineral group[7].
  • witherite's Commons category is recorded as Witherite[8].
  • witherite's streak color is recorded as white[9].
  • witherite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[10].
  • witherite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[11].
  • witherite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0450p1[12].
  • witherite's space group is recorded as space group Pmcn[13].
  • witherite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as Vb/A.04[14].
  • witherite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 5.AB.15[15].
  • witherite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 5.AB.15[16].
  • witherite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 14.1.3.2[17].
  • witherite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300266846[18].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Experiments and Observations on the Terra Ponderosa, &c. By William Withering, M. D.; Communicated by Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S[20].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann[21].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[23].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • witherite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • witherite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/witherite[26].
  • witherite's type locality is recorded as Brownley Hill mine[27].

Why It Matters

witherite draws 26 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_species category, ranking #148 of 1,431).[2] witherite has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] witherite is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[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] . Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q24365650. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 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] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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