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gneiss

common and widely distributed type of rock
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Summary

gneiss ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,456 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Rock of the Year[2]
  • Subclass of: foliated metamorphic rock[3]
  • Commons category: Gneiss[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gneiss[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[6], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], New International Encyclopedia[12], Mala hirnycha encyclopædia[13]
  • Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Gneiss[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
  • P14541: ZIqVQ[16]

Why It Matters

gneiss has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] gneiss is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

FAQs

What awards did gneiss receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year[2].

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Balkan Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains Mount Elbrus Rhodope Mountains Stanovoy Range

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → foliated metamorphic rock
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: foliated metamorphic rock"
  2. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Gneiss
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Gneiss"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ZIqVQ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0441303-ruly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0441303-ruly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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