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rock containing one or more valuable minerals, mined for metals but also non-metals that can be extracted from the minerals; metal ores usually contain the metals as parts of compounds with other elements
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ore

Summary

ore ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ore is a type of mineral resource[2].
  • ore is a type of rock[3].
  • ore's Commons category is recorded as Ores[4].
  • ore's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12548738[5].
  • ore's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ores[6].
  • ore's Commons gallery is recorded as Ore[7].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[8].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • ore's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[16].
  • ore's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ores[17].
  • ore's different from is recorded as or[18].
  • ore's different from is recorded as red hair[19].
  • ore's different from is recorded as Ruda[20].
  • ore's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000094[21].
  • ore's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • ore's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Geology[23].
  • ore's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mining[24].
  • ore's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Rocks and minerals[25].
  • ore's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Materials[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mineral resource[2] and rock[3].

Influence

Things named for ore include Ore Mountains[27], a low mountain range[28], in Germany[29] and aurichalcite[30], a mineral species[31].

Why It Matters

ore ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (489 views/month).[1] ore has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] ore is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for ore include Ore Mountains[27], a low mountain range[28], in Germany[29] and aurichalcite[30], a mineral species[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  20. [21] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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
  2. [30] ↑ . 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. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q12548738
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Ores
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Geology, WikiProject Mining, WikiProject Rocks and minerals +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1315, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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