wurtzite

sulfide mineral; polytypes: 2H, 4H, 6H, 10H, 15R
ChemicalSubstance mineral_species Q421115
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wurtzite

Summary

wurtzite is a mineral species[1]. wurtzite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • wurtzite's image is recorded as Wurtzite6779.jpg[3].
  • wurtzite's instance of is recorded as mineral species[4].
  • Q366051 is named after wurtzite[5].
  • wurtzite's chemical formula is recorded as ZnS[6].
  • wurtzite's subclass of is recorded as wurtzite mineral group[7].
  • wurtzite's Commons category is recorded as Wurtzite[8].
  • wurtzite's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38852[9].
  • wurtzite's streak color is recorded as brown[10].
  • wurtzite's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[11].
  • wurtzite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)[12].
  • wurtzite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0476jx[13].
  • wurtzite's space group is recorded as space group P6₃mc[14].
  • wurtzite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/B.06[15].
  • wurtzite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.CB.45[16].
  • wurtzite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 2.CB.45[17].
  • wurtzite's Dana 8th edition is recorded as 2.8.7.1[18].
  • wurtzite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0151385[19].
  • wurtzite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • wurtzite's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[21].
  • wurtzite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/wurtzite[22].
  • wurtzite's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as wurtzite[23].
  • wurtzite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as wurtzitt[24].
  • wurtzite's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Mineral", "Wurtzite"][25].
  • wurtzite's Mindat mineral ID is recorded as 4318[26].
  • wurtzite's Kivid.info ID is recorded as 274[27].

Why It Matters

wurtzite ranks in the top 9% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2] wurtzite has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] wurtzite is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species 2014. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (March 2007). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mineralogische Tabellen : Eine Klassifizierung der Mineralien auf kristallchemischer Grundlage, mit einer Einfuhrung in die Kristallchemie (1982). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . mineralienatlas.de. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q15221937. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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