turquoise

opaque, blue-to-green mineral
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q165254
turquoise
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turquoise

Summary

turquoise is a mineral species[1]. turquoise ranks in the top 0.7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,010 views/month, #10 of 1,431).[2]

Key Facts

  • turquoise's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • Turkey is named after turquoise[4].
  • turquoise's chemical formula is recorded as CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O[5].
  • turquoise is a type of turquoise mineral group[6].
  • turquoise is a type of phosphate mineral[7].
  • turquoise's Commons category is recorded as Turquoise (mineral)[8].
  • turquoise's color is recorded as turquoise[9].
  • turquoise's crystal system is recorded as triclinic crystal system[10].
  • turquoise's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[11].
  • turquoise's space group is recorded as triclinic-pedial[12].
  • turquoise's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VII/D.08[13].
  • turquoise's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 8.DD.15[14].
  • turquoise's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 8.DD.15[15].
  • turquoise's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turquoise (mineral)[16].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl[21].
  • turquoise's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • turquoise's different from is recorded as turquoise[23].
  • turquoise's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Tqu[24].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for turquoise include turquoise[25], a color[26].

Why It Matters

turquoise ranks in the top 0.7% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,010 views/month, #10 of 1,431).[2] turquoise has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] turquoise is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for turquoise include turquoise[25], a color[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . steine-und-minerale.de. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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    Named after Turkey
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