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staurolite

nesosilicate mineral
Class type of: staurolite mineral group, cyclosilicates Q413380

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
staurolite mineral group, cyclosilicates
Chemical formula
Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)[5]
Crystal system
monoclinic crystal system[7]
Described by source
Sciagraphia Regni Mineralis, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12][13]
IMA Mineral Symbol
St[14]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
Named after
cross[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.AF.30[11]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.AF.30[10]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/A’.03[9]
Twinning
penetration twin[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en cross stone en staurolite cs Staurolit de Basler Taufstein de Lusakit de Staurolith es estaurolita fa استورولیت fi Stauroliitti fr Pierre de croix fr Granatite fr Lusakite fr Schorl cruciforme fr Staurotide he סטאורוליט ja 十字石 ko 십자석 nl stauroliet pt estaurolite ru люсакит
🔖 Identifiers · 17
GND ID
4261536-7
OpenAlex ID
C2779362224
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Staurolite-37001.jpg ↗
Elhuyar ZTH ID
007749
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/staurolite
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
staurotide
Freebase ID
/m/02mdqw
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
staurolitt
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4162090
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
staurolite
KBpedia ID
Staurolite
Kivid.info ID
509
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779362224
Mindat mineral ID
37k (18k–37k, n=6)
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
mineral/staurolite
Museum-digital tag ID
55527, 55892
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1031039

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🔗 Connections
Crystal system 1
monoclinic crystal system
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
cross
Named after 1
magnesiostaurolite
Subclass of 1
cyclosilicates
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Summary

staurolite is a mineral species[1]. staurolite is a type of staurolite mineral group[2] and cyclosilicates[3].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for staurolite include magnesiostaurolite[15], a mineral species[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for staurolite include magnesiostaurolite[15], a mineral species[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . webmineral.com. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . The IMA List of Minerals (May 2021). wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · İmmortalance · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    IMA status and/or rank → grandfathered mineral (G)
    Crystal system → monoclinic crystal system
    Instance of → mineral species
    Twinning → penetration twin
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Added [tr] label: Stavrolit, #temporary_batch_1793542231800"
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