agate

Summary

agate is a mineral variety^[1]. agate ranks in the top 7% of mineral_variety entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,803 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• agate's image is recorded as Achat Mineral aus Brasilien.jpg^[3].
• agate's instance of is recorded as mineral variety^[4].
• Dirillo is named after agate^[5].
• agate's GND ID is recorded as 4206226-3^[6].
• agate's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85002057^[7].
• agate's chemical formula is recorded as SiO₂^[8].
• agate's subclass of is recorded as quartz^[9].
• agate's subclass of is recorded as gemstone^[10].
• agate's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01166276^[11].
• agate's Commons category is recorded as Agate^[12].
• agate's streak color is recorded as white^[13].
• agate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qjx^[14].
• agate's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph618947^[15].
• agate's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011135^[16].
• agate's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6.75'}^[17].
• agate's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+7'}^[18].
• agate's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1121214^[19].
• agate's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0075651^[20].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature^[21].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[22].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[24].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[25].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal^[26].
• agate's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for agate include fordite^[28]; Dirillo^[29], a river^[30], in Italy^[31]; Fusinus agatha^[32], a taxon^[33]; and Agate Peak^[34], a mountain^[35].

Why It Matters

agate ranks in the top 7% of mineral_variety entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,803 views/month).^[2] agate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] agate is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for agate include fordite^[28]; Dirillo^[29], a river^[30], in Italy^[31]; Fusinus agatha^[32], a taxon^[33]; and Agate Peak^[34], a mountain^[35].