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rhyolite

igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic (silica-rich) composition
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rhyolite

Summary

rhyolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (416 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rhyolite received the Rock of the Year[2].
  • rhyolite's image is recorded as Feinporphyr alteriert OED-2 2.jpg[3].
  • rhyolite's subclass of is recorded as rhyolitoid[4].
  • rhyolite's Commons category is recorded as Rhyolite[5].
  • rhyolite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f4nd[6].
  • rhyolite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhyolite[7].
  • rhyolite's Commons gallery is recorded as Rhyolite[8].
  • rhyolite's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011211[9].
  • rhyolite's PSH ID is recorded as 4851[10].
  • rhyolite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0139650[11].
  • rhyolite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • rhyolite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • rhyolite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • rhyolite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[15].
  • rhyolite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/rhyolite-rock[16].
  • rhyolite's EAGLE id is recorded as material/lod/18[17].
  • rhyolite's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00067683n[18].
  • rhyolite's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as granites-et-rhyolites[19].
  • rhyolite's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as rhyolite[20].
  • rhyolite's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtXVZBob53by[21].
  • rhyolite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as rhyolitt[22].
  • rhyolite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 48451[23].
  • rhyolite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 25822816[24].
  • rhyolite's De Agostini ID is recorded as riolite[25].
  • rhyolite's Kivid.info ID is recorded as 987[26].

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Recognition

rhyolite received the Rock of the Year[2].

Why It Matters

rhyolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (416 views/month).[1] rhyolite has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] rhyolite is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did rhyolite receive?

Honors received include Rock of the Year[2].

Related Entities

Mount Elbrus

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → rhyolitoid
    Award received → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Rhyolite
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    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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