beryl

gemstone: cyclosilicate
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q103480
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beryl

Summary

beryl is a mineral species[1]. beryl ranks in the top 0.77% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,688 views/month, #11 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • beryl's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • Beryllos 3 (Pauly-Wissowa) is named after beryl[4].
  • beryl's chemical formula is recorded as Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈[5].
  • beryl is a type of beryl group[6].
  • beryl is a type of cyclosilicates[7].
  • beryl's Commons category is recorded as Beryl[8].
  • beryl's streak color is recorded as white[9].
  • beryl's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[10].
  • beryl's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[11].
  • beryl's space group is recorded as space group P6/mcc[12].
  • beryl's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VIII/C.06a[13].
  • beryl's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 9.CJ.05[14].
  • beryl's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 9.CJ.05[15].
  • beryl's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beryl group[16].
  • beryl's Commons gallery is recorded as Beryl[17].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[18].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[20].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Sur une nouvell terre tirée de l´aigue marine, ou beril[24].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as The Natural History: The Natural History of Precious Stones[25].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • beryl's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for beryl include beryllium[28], a chemical element[29]; chrysoberyl[30], a mineral species[31]; Beryl[32], an unincorporated community[33], in United States[34]; and Berill Mountain[35], a mountain[36], in Russia[37].

Why It Matters

beryl ranks in the top 0.77% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,688 views/month, #11 of 1,431).[2] beryl has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] beryl is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for beryl include beryllium[28], a chemical element[29]; chrysoberyl[30], a mineral species[31]; Beryl[32], an unincorporated community[33], in United States[34]; and Berill Mountain[35], a mountain[36], in Russia[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2017). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . 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] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rruff. 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
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Space group space group P6/mcc
    Subclass of
    Crystal system hexagonal crystal system
    Type locality (geology) Indian subcontinent, Mons Smaragdus
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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