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R ocks and minerals
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infobox for using in rock and mineral entries. Eventually, after general agreement, project's focus will change to facilitating the conversion of the existing
rock and
mineral articles to the agreed upon format discussed in
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rocks and minerals .
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Hadal - naturally.
I'll start notifying people...
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Vsmith 01:40, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC) I have been working on mineral, rock & geology entries. Just found this project. Geologist and chemistry teacher.
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User:Razorflame I love rocks and minerals and will help write and/or help any articles that need to be created or helped.
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Quartz
General
Category
Mineral
Chemical formula (or Composition)
Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2 )
Identification
Color
Clear (if no impurities); also see Varieties
Crystal habit
6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical)
Crystal system
Trigonal
Cleavage
None
Fracture
Conchoidal
Mohs Scale hardness
7 - lower in impure varieties
Luster
Vitreous
Refractive index
1.544-1.553 - DR +0.009 (B-G interval)
Pleochroism
Most varieties weak; definite in smoky quartz
Streak
White
Specific gravity
2.65 constant; variable in impure varieties
Melting point
Solubility
Major varieties (or Related minerals )
One way to do it:
Chalcedony ,
Agate ,
Onyx ,
Jasper ,
Aventurine ,
Tiger's eye , Rock Crystal,
Amethyst ,
Citrine ,
Rose quartz ,
Milk quartz (or snow quartz),
Carnelian
Another way to do it (preferences?):
Chalcedony
Any cryptocrystalline quartz, although generally only used for white or lightly coloured material. Otherwise more specific names are used.
Agate
Banded Chalcedony, translucent
Onyx
Agate where the bands are staight, parallel and consistent in size.
Jasper
Opaque chalcedony, impure
Aventurine
Translucent chalcedony with small inclusions (usually mica) that shimmer.
Tiger's eye
Fibrous quartz, exhibiting
chatoyancy .
Rock Crystal
Clear, colourless
Amethyst
Purple, transparent
Citrine
Yellow to reddish orange, greenish yellow
Rose quartz
Pink, translucent, may display
diasterism
Milk quartz , or snow quartz
White, translucent to opaque, may display diasterism
Carnelian
Reddish orange chalcedony, translucent
I based the content of this table on information found in various places:
I based the format in part on the table used for chemical
compounds such as:
Explanations
There's much discussion about colors in the infobox discussion. I don't see that, in this topic, more than one color adds any significant or obvious information. (E.g., we could do one for metamorphic rocks, one for sedimentary rocks, etc., but I don't know that it's particularly useful to do so.)
Elf
The compounds table doesn't have a title with the name of the compound; instead it's listed as a small item under General. I think it's clearer to have the name at the top, as with animals and several other table categories.
Elf
Good choice of colour. It really stands out. Is it possible to condense it a bit? Maybe this should be moved to a Project space .
mydogategodshat 09:45, 3 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Here are possible rock infobox templates.
Igneous rock template
Metamorphic rock template
Sedimentary rock template
infobox template
International template below.
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Quartz
Photo of quartz
General
Category
Mineral
Chemical formula (or Composition)
Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2 )
Crystal system
Trigonal
Crystal class
?
Color
Clear (if no impurities); also see Varieties
Streak
White
Mohs Scale hardness
7 - lower in impure varieties
Specific gravity
2.65 constant; variable in impure varieties
Luster
Vitreous
Opacity
?
Fracture
Conchoidal
Cleavage
None
Crystal habit
6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical)
common
Crystal face
?
Twinning
yes
Crystall optics
Refractive index
1.544-1.553 - DR +0.009 (B-G interval)
Birefringence
?
Pleochroism
Most varieties weak; definite in smoky quartz
Optic orientation
?
Angle of the optic axis
?
further characteristics
chemical behavior
?
Magnetism
?
Melting point
1600°C
Solubility
?
special characteristics
?
Major varieties (or Related minerals )
Chalcedony ,
Agate ,
Onyx ,
Jasper ,
Aventurine ,
Tiger's eye , Rock Crystal,
Amethyst ,
Citrine ,
Rose quartz ,
Milk quartz (or snow quartz),
Carnelian
This would be my suggestion. There are two reasons:
1. common characteristics into more details
2. it will be easier if to translate if its the same in all languages, as there are already some in German.
In the German project there are there missing:
I hope the translation is correct. Please have a look at it. For example:
Crystal class: is a classification by
Carl Hermann und
Charles-Victor Mauguin (
Hermann–Mauguin notation ) or
Arthur Schoenflies (
Schoenflies notation ).
Gaucho 15:57, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)
(Discussion moved to talk page.
Elf 18:28, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC))
Category:Rocks and minerals articles needing attention
University of Houston, Department of Geosciences, 'adopt-a-mineral' term paper for the course Geology 3370 - Introduction to Mineralogy, prof. Jonathan E. Snow, instructor
Fall 2007:
pabstite ,
atheneite ,
lawsonite ,
tschermakite ,
covellite ,
moissanite ,
wadsleyite ,
afwillite ,
wollastonite ,
iddingsite ,
penroseite ,
scheelite ,
sperrylite ,
santabarbaraite ,
celsian ,
julgoldite ,
krutovite ,
jerrygibbsite
Fall 2009:
chambersite ,
alacránite ,
coyoteite ,
balangeroite ,
calumetite ,
bursaite ,
cleusonite ,
colimaite ,
creedite ,
clearcreekite ,
campigliaite ,
changbaiite ,
cesanite ,
cervandonite ,
coconinoite ,
boleite ,
chaidamuite ,
ashburtonite ,
bilinite ,
baotite ,
bararite ,
athabascaite ,
coloradoite ,
bonaccordite ,
bystrite ,
bastnäsite ,
chamosite ,
bukovite ,
beraunite ,
ashoverite ,
bityite ,
cyrilovite ,
bergenite
Fall 2011:
garnierite ,
perhamite ,
geigerite ,
partheite ,
chrisstanleyite ,
schreyerite ,
carnallite ,
ullmannite ,
jarosewichite ,
murdochite ,
delafossite ,
maricite ,
lorandite ,
warikahnite ,
donnayite-(Y) ,
satterlyite ,
dollaseite-(Ce) ,
baddeleyite ,
alforsite ,
bornite ,
perovskite ,
coffinite ,
dickite ,
zanazziite ,
hübnerite ,
penikisite ,
braggite ,
huttonite ?,
kankite ?
Fall 2013:
brazilianite ,
chalveticeite ,
hidalgoite ,
natromontebrasite ,
guyanaite ,
eveslogite ,
ephesite ,
hubeite ,
hiärneite ,
gordaite ,
greifensteinite ,
gugiaite ,
farneseite ,
ferrogedrite ,
ferronigerite-2N1S ,
franklinphilite ,
chatkalite ,
bicchulite
Univ. Houston, Earth Materials, Mrs. Catlos:
eveite (Fall 2010)
Newbies:
User talk:Tony00345 (
pseudowollastonite , 2009),
User talk:Friedshrimp007 (
ericssonite , 2010),
User talk:Rshah1018 (
raspite and
roselite , 2010),
User talk:Jburke430 (
chesterite , 2010),
User talk:Kelhansard (
cymrite , 2010),
User talk:Molyru (
grandreefite , 2010),
User talk:Skibo112 (
schäferite , 2010)
July 2014: The entry for Fullers Earth
[1] discusses only the cosmetic product. I don't have the expertise to edit this, but perhaps the British Geological Survey article at
[2] is a good start if somebody has the time and inclination
October 2020:
Category talk:Bismuth minerals ,
Category:Radioactive minerals - a comment is needed about the radioactivity of bismuth minerals (to prevent edition warring)
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