pyrrhotite

magnetic iron sulfide mineral deficient in Fe(II)
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q421944
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pyrrhotite

Summary

pyrrhotite is a mineral species[1]. pyrrhotite ranks in the top 6% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • pyrrhotite's image is recorded as Muséum de Nantes - 023 - Pyrrhotite (Russie).jpg[3].
  • pyrrhotite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • fire is named after pyrrhotite[5].
  • pyrrhotite's chemical formula is recorded as Fe₇S₈[6].
  • pyrrhotite's subclass of is recorded as pyrrhotite mineral group[7].
  • pyrrhotite's subclass of is recorded as nickeline mineral group[8].
  • pyrrhotite's subclass of is recorded as sulfide class of minerals[9].
  • pyrrhotite's subclass of is recorded as intermediate good[10].
  • pyrrhotite's Commons category is recorded as Pyrrhotite[11].
  • pyrrhotite's color is recorded as bronze[12].
  • pyrrhotite's color is recorded as brown[13].
  • pyrrhotite's has part is recorded as sulphur[14].
  • pyrrhotite's has part is recorded as iron[15].
  • pyrrhotite's streak color is recorded as black[16].
  • pyrrhotite's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[17].
  • pyrrhotite's crystal system is recorded as monoclinic crystal system[18].
  • pyrrhotite's crystal habit is recorded as tabular[19].
  • pyrrhotite's crystal habit is recorded as prismatic[20].
  • pyrrhotite's crystal habit is recorded as pseudo-hexagonal[21].
  • pyrrhotite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[22].
  • pyrrhotite's point group is recorded as dihexagonal-dipyramidal[23].
  • pyrrhotite's point group is recorded as monoclinic-prismatic[24].
  • pyrrhotite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045g0n[25].
  • pyrrhotite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/B.09a[26].
  • pyrrhotite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.CC.10[27].

Why It Matters

pyrrhotite ranks in the top 6% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (127 views/month).[2] pyrrhotite has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] pyrrhotite is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Kivet. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . rruff. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . mindat.org. mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . mindat.org. mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Strunz Mineralogical Tables: Chemical-Structural mineral classification system. 9th edition. 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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