Mineralia
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Mineralia is the mineral kingdom in Carl Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae, encompassing all non-living, inorganic natural substances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mineralia canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2183834 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mineralia Context triple: [Systema Naturae, includesKingdom, Mineralia]
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A.
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie is a foundational early 19th-century textbook on mineralogy that helped systematize the classification and study of minerals.
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B.
Combarbalite
Combarbalite is a distinctive semi-precious ornamental stone, prized for its varied colors and patterns, that is uniquely found and traditionally worked in the Combarbalá area of Chile.
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C.
Selenites
Selenites are the fictional intelligent lunar inhabitants depicted in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon," characterized by their insect-like physiology and complex underground society.
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D.
Talx
Talx is a workforce solutions and employment verification company that operates as a subsidiary of the credit reporting agency Equifax.
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E.
Mineral del Monte
Mineral del Monte is a historic mining town in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, known for its silver mines, Cornish heritage, and distinctive architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mineralia Target entity description: Mineralia is the mineral kingdom in Carl Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae, encompassing all non-living, inorganic natural substances.
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A.
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie
Traité élémentaire de minéralogie is a foundational early 19th-century textbook on mineralogy that helped systematize the classification and study of minerals.
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B.
Combarbalite
Combarbalite is a distinctive semi-precious ornamental stone, prized for its varied colors and patterns, that is uniquely found and traditionally worked in the Combarbalá area of Chile.
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C.
Selenites
Selenites are the fictional intelligent lunar inhabitants depicted in H. G. Wells's science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon," characterized by their insect-like physiology and complex underground society.
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D.
Talx
Talx is a workforce solutions and employment verification company that operates as a subsidiary of the credit reporting agency Equifax.
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E.
Mineral del Monte
Mineral del Monte is a historic mining town in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, known for its silver mines, Cornish heritage, and distinctive architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in natural history
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kingdom in biological classification ⓘ taxonomic kingdom ⓘ |
| basisOfDistinction | presence or absence of life ⓘ |
| classificationSystem | three-kingdom system ⓘ |
| compositionCriterion | inorganic matter ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Regnum Animale
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Regnum Vegetabile ⓘ
linked to:
Plantae
|
| definedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedIn | Systema Naturae ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | organic nature ⓘ |
| documentedIn | historical taxonomy literature ⓘ |
| encompasses |
inorganic natural substances
ⓘ
non-living natural substances ⓘ |
| excludes | living organisms ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
18th-century natural history
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early taxonomy ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType | natural kingdom ⓘ |
| hasConceptualDomain |
geology
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mineralogy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | mineral kingdom ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | early attempt to systematize inorganic nature ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Mineralia ⓘ |
| hasName | Mineralia ⓘ |
| hasOriginalSpelling | Mineralia ⓘ |
| hasRank | kingdom ⓘ |
| hasStatus | obsolete in modern biology ⓘ |
| hasSuperclass | kingdom of nature ⓘ |
| hasTypeExample |
crystals
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earths ⓘ metals ⓘ salts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| includes |
fossils (as inorganic objects in Linnaean sense)
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minerals ⓘ rocks ⓘ |
| influenced | later mineral classification ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | three kingdoms of nature ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | non-living ⓘ |
| partOf | Systema Naturae ⓘ |
| replacedBy | geological and mineralogical classification systems ⓘ |
| taxonomicScope | global ⓘ |
| usedBy | Linnaean naturalists ⓘ |
| usedInEdition |
Systema Naturae, 10th edition
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linked to:
Systema Naturae
Systema Naturae, 12th edition ⓘ
linked to:
Systema Naturae
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mineralia Description of subject: Mineralia is the mineral kingdom in Carl Linnaeus’s Systema Naturae, encompassing all non-living, inorganic natural substances.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.