sapphire

Summary

sapphire is a mineral variety^[1]. sapphire ranks in the top 1% of mineral_variety entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,401 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• sapphire's image is recorded as Sapphire01.jpg^[3].
• sapphire's instance of is recorded as mineral variety^[4].
• sapphire's GND ID is recorded as 4179096-0^[5].
• sapphire's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 1317-82-4^[6].
• sapphire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85117457^[7].
• sapphire's subclass of is recorded as corundum^[8].
• sapphire's subclass of is recorded as gemstone^[9].
• sapphire's subclass of is recorded as material^[10].
• sapphire's subclass of is recorded as precious stone^[11].
• sapphire's Commons category is recorded as Sapphire^[12].
• sapphire's color is recorded as blue^[13].
• sapphire's color is recorded as pink^[14].
• sapphire's has part is recorded as aluminium oxide^[15].
• sapphire's crystal system is recorded as trigonal crystal system^[16].
• sapphire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0797j^[17].
• sapphire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sapphire^[18].
• sapphire's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300011083^[19].
• sapphire's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+9'}^[20].
• sapphire's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 526322^[21].
• sapphire's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0140606^[22].
• sapphire's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[23].
• sapphire's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• sapphire's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[25].
• sapphire's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[26].
• sapphire's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for sapphire include Saphira^[28], a dragon^[29]; sapphirine^[30], a mineral species^[31]; sapphire^[32], a color^[33]; Phailinsiam^[34], an exoplanet^[35]; and Saphir^[36], a nuclear-powered attack submarine^[37].

Why It Matters

sapphire ranks in the top 1% of mineral_variety entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,401 views/month).^[2] sapphire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] sapphire is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for sapphire include Saphira^[28], a dragon^[29]; sapphirine^[30], a mineral species^[31]; sapphire^[32], a color^[33]; Phailinsiam^[34], an exoplanet^[35]; and Saphir^[36], a nuclear-powered attack submarine^[37].