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nepheline

tectosilicate mineral
Class type of: nepheline mineral group, zeolite frameworks Q407339

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
nepheline mineral group, zeolite frameworks
Chemical formula
Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)[5]
Crystal system
hexagonal crystal system[7]
Described by source
New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Traité de Minéralogie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14][15][16][17][18]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Nph[20]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G), redefined mineral (Rd)[8]
Named after
cloud[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.FA.05[13]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.FA.05[12]
Point group
hexagonal-pyramidal[9]
Space group
space group P6₃[10]
Streak color
white[6]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/F.01[11]
Type locality (geology)
Mount Somma[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en nephelite en nepheline ar نيفليت ar نيفيلين cs Nefelín cs Nefelin de Fettstein de Eläolith de Nephelin el Νεφελίνης es nefelina fa نفلین fi Nefeliini fi Nefeliitti fr Na3KAl4Si4O16 fr néphéline fr néphélite he נפליט he נפלין it nepheline
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85090851
OpenAlex ID
C2779289598
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nepheline-Schorlomite-250211.jpg ↗
COD ID
1008753
Elhuyar ZTH ID
008055
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2XAuAp
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
55525
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/nepheline
Freebase ID
/m/0252l6
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
nefelin
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2263882
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
nefelin-c0a2ca
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA2018 s.p.
J9U entity ID
987007565635705171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
nephelite, nepheline
KBpedia ID
Nepheline
Kivid.info ID
617
Krugosvet article (archived)
Earth_sciences/geologiya/NEFELIN.html
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779289598
Mindat mineral ID
2880, 8927
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/nepheline
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1031058
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Nepheline"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14707365-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/0150d418-8156-419a-9f17-747fa8eaea05

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
cloud
Streak color 1
white
Type locality (geology) 1
Mount Somma
← Made from material 1
chibinite
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Summary

nepheline is a mineral species[1]. nepheline is a type of nepheline mineral group[2] and zeolite frameworks[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Traité de Minéralogie. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . crystallography.net. Retrieved . crystallography.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . crystallography.net. Retrieved . crystallography.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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. 12d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [tr] label: Nefelin, batch #292984"
  2. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point group → hexagonal-pyramidal
    "Created claim: Point group: hexagonal-pyramidal, batch #269342"
  3. 12w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Crystal system → hexagonal crystal system
    COD ID → 1008753
    Space group → space group P6₃
    "Created claim: COD ID: 1008753, batch #269093"
  4. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2XAuAp
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37444: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)) 2"
  5. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → nepheline mineral group, zeolite frameworks
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2263882
    Streak color → white
    Chemical formula → Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007565635705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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