variscite

hydrous aluminium phosphate
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q415544
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variscite

Summary

variscite is a mineral species[1]. variscite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • variscite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[3].
  • Vogtland is named after variscite[4].
  • variscite's chemical formula is recorded as Al(PO₄)·2H₂O[5].
  • variscite is a type of scorodite mineral group[6].
  • variscite's Commons category is recorded as Variscite[7].
  • variscite's streak color is recorded as white[8].
  • variscite's crystal system is recorded as orthorhombic crystal system[9].
  • variscite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[10].
  • variscite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as VII/C.05b[11].
  • variscite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 8.CD.10[12].
  • variscite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 8.CD.10[13].
  • variscite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • variscite's IMA Mineral Symbol is recorded as Var[15].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for variscite include metavariscite[16], a mineral species[17].

Why It Matters

variscite ranks in the top 8% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).[2] variscite has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] variscite is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for variscite include metavariscite[16], a mineral species[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . The IMA List of Minerals (November 2018). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . rruff. 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] . The IMA List of Minerals (February 2013). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . 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. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Subclass of scorodite mineral group
    Named after
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