molybdenite

molybdenum sulfide mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q382994
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molybdenite

Summary

molybdenite is a mineral species[1]. molybdenite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • molybdenite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • lead is named after molybdenite[4].
  • molybdenite's chemical formula is recorded as MoS₂[5].
  • molybdenite is a type of molybdenite mineral group[6].
  • molybdenite's Commons category is recorded as Molybdenite[7].
  • molybdenite comprises molybdenum disulfide[8].
  • molybdenite's streak color is recorded as blue-gray[9].
  • molybdenite's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[10].
  • molybdenite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[11].
  • molybdenite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/C.10[12].
  • molybdenite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.EA.30[13].
  • molybdenite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 2.EA.30[14].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Elements of Mineralogy[16].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Versuche mit Wasserbley; Molybdaena[17].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23].
  • molybdenite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[24].
  • molybdenite's MCN code is recorded as 2613.10.10[25].
  • molybdenite's MCN code is recorded as 2613.90.10[26].
  • molybdenite's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Mol[27].

Why It Matters

molybdenite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month).[2] molybdenite has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] molybdenite is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (March 2019). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Kivet. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). 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] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. 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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