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When I first saw the name of this article, I thought it was vandalism. This has to be one of the most poorly named minerals ever. - Lucky13pjn 02:29, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
I have to disagree. Cummingtonite is surely one of the best-named minerals ever.
As of this moment, it's near the top of the Museum of Hoaxes' [1] front page, albeit as a 'strange but true' story. - Ashley Pomeroy 13:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
My mineralogy professor used to joke that if he ever discovered a new mineral he would name it nottonite :). That being said when I was browsing through here I found some vandalism on the page which I fixed. People need to grow up and get a life. -Amunchie I'll add some more info about the mineral soon.
I also thought this was a joke -- very bizarre, but funny! toki ( talk) 09:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Could somebody add a section (or sentence or two) on the origin of the name, please.
Could someone please point out this is the ONLY mineralogy joke TrinityDejavu ( talk) 23:46, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
"So named because it's found in Cummington, Massachusetts." [3]
I don't understand why the article doesn't mention the look-a-like innuendo "coming tonight". This matters. As long as the article doesn't mention this particular property of the name of this thing, a lot of people might believe the article is just a joke. 86.69.152.50 ( talk) 04:08, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
I would argue these "and it is from this town that the mineral takes its name.[1][2]" are redundant. Mantion ( talk) 09:23, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
best name 💯 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.191.105.110 ( talk) 07:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)
updated the optical properties based on a newer version of the same book the original author referenced. Amunchie 22:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
The part which says amosite is mined only in the Transvaal Province of South Africa should be changed to was mined because is it not mined anymore. The last mine closed in the 90s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mccririck ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
I disagree with the fomula af Cummingtonite which states it's (Fe,Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2. The website http://webmineral.com/data/Cummingtonite.shtml states that the empirical formula of the mineral Cummingtonite is Mg7Si8O22(OH)2. If you read futher down in Cummingtonite Classification, it states that the name of (Fe,Mg)7Si8O22(OH)2 is Magnesiocummingtonite. Can any approve or deny this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.238.16.52 ( talk) 23:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
Is the closing bracket after 5 not surplus? EnglishWoodsman ( talk) 17:53, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
should be mentioned — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.72.85.226 ( talk) 17:25, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
nice. Meekohi ( talk) 21:06, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
This article, with humorous commentary, is currently a big hit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sortabad/status/689135584569233409. -- 99.26.130.45 ( talk) 21:41, 19 January 2016 (UTC)