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wittichenite

sulfosalt mineral
Class type of: sulfosalt subclass of minerals Q413648

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Subclass of
sulfosalt subclass of minerals
Chemical formula
Cu₃BiS₃[4]
Crystal system
orthorhombic crystal system[5]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Das Mohs'sche Mineralsystem, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12][13][14][15]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Wtc[17]
IMA status and/or rank
grandfathered mineral (G)[6]
Named after
Wittichen[3]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.GA.20[11]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.GA.20[10]
Point group
orthorhombic-disphenoidal[7]
Space group
space group P2₁2₁2₁[8]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/D.02[9]
Type locality (geology)
Wittichen[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en wittichenite de Wittichenit es Wittichenita fa ویتیکنیت nl Witticheniet ru виттихенит
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Wittichenite-370039.jpg ↗
COD ID
9007578
Dana 8th edition
3.4.8.1
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1234zf9n
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
wittichenitt
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
vittikhenit-04b4ce
Kivid.info ID
314
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Mineral", "Wittichenite"]

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Crystal system 1
orthorhombic crystal system
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Named after 1
Wittichen
Subclass of 1
sulfosalt subclass of minerals
Type locality (geology) 1
Wittichen
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Summary

wittichenite is a mineral species[1]. wittichenite is a type of sulfosalt subclass of minerals[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Mindat.org. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mineral species
    Point group → orthorhombic-disphenoidal
    Type locality (geology) → Wittichen
    IMA status and/or rank → grandfathered mineral (G)
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: orthorhombic-disphenoidal, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
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