mineral

naturally occurring usually inorganic substance that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and a crystal structure
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mineral

Summary

mineral ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,097 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mineral took place at subsurface[2].
  • mineral is a type of solid[3].
  • mineral is a type of substance[4].
  • mineral is a type of chemical substance[5].
  • mineral is a type of mineral substance[6].
  • mineral is part of rock[7].
  • mineral's Commons category is recorded as Minerals[8].
  • mineral is the opposite of nonmineral[9].
  • mineral's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minerals[10].
  • mineral's Commons gallery is recorded as Mineral[11].
  • mineral's described at URL is recorded as https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mineral[12].
  • mineral's described at URL is recorded as https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/mineral[13].
  • mineral's described at URL is recorded as https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/mineral_resources/student_materials/unit1reading.html[14].
  • mineral's described at URL is recorded as https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/mineral[15].
  • mineral's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Minerals[16].
  • mineral's facet of is recorded as mineralogy[17].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23].
  • mineral's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[24].
  • mineral's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox mineral[25].
  • mineral's topic has template is recorded as Template:Minerals[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include solid[3], substance[4], chemical substance[5], and mineral substance[6]. mineral is the opposite of nonmineral[9].

Use and Application

mineral is part of rock[7].

Influence

Things named for mineral include Mineral County[27], a county of West Virginia[28], in United States[29], founded in 1866[30].

Why It Matters

mineral ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,097 views/month).[1] mineral has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] mineral is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for mineral include Mineral County[27], a county of West Virginia[28], in United States[29], founded in 1866[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . macmillandictionary.com. macmillandictionary.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . dictionary.cambridge.org. dictionary.cambridge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . usgs.gov. usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag mineral
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: mineral, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943219|mineral (#289943219)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0001665-mineraly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001665-mineraly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image Améthystre sceptre2.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546675005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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