tetrataenite

Tetrathenite is a native alloy of iron and nickel. Along with kamacite, tenite and antitenite, it is one of the four constituent minerals of iron meteorites, also present in siderolites and chondrites. They are also very rare in terrestrial rocks.
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q3985309
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tetrataenite

Summary

tetrataenite is a mineral species[1]. tetrataenite draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_species category, ranking #146 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • tetrataenite's image is recorded as Tetrataenite-138026.jpg[3].
  • tetrataenite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • tetragonal crystal system is named after tetrataenite[5].
  • taenite is named after tetrataenite[6].
  • tetrataenite's chemical formula is recorded as FeNi[7].
  • tetrataenite's subclass of is recorded as native element mineral[8].
  • tetrataenite's subclass of is recorded as iron-nickel alloy[9].
  • tetrataenite's Commons category is recorded as Tetrataenite[10].
  • tetrataenite's IMA Number, broad sense is recorded as IMA1979-076[11].
  • tetrataenite's crystal system is recorded as monoclinic crystal system[12].
  • tetrataenite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[13].
  • tetrataenite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pc3fkb[14].
  • tetrataenite's space group is recorded as space group Pm[15].
  • tetrataenite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 1.AE.10[16].
  • tetrataenite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 1.AE.10[17].
  • tetrataenite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/tetrataenite[18].
  • tetrataenite's type locality is recorded as Estherville[19].
  • tetrataenite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 3927[20].
  • tetrataenite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778007584[21].
  • tetrataenite's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Ttae[22].

Why It Matters

tetrataenite draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (mineral_species category, ranking #146 of 1,431).[2] tetrataenite has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . webmineral.com. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . webmineral.com. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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