Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals

WikiProject Rocks and minerals

This WikiProject's goal is to define a standard 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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Parentage

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• WikiProject Geology

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Other

• WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry is closely related.
• Other related WikiProjects are WikiProject Elements, WikiProject Chemicals, and its Chemical infobox discussion.
• Also see the various discussions on infoboxes, currently broken into at least two areas: infobox and the infobox talk page.

Mineralogy task force

Wikidata Mineralogy Task Force

Barnstar

For recognition of contributions to the Rocks and Minerals Wikiproject, place {{subst:The Mineralogy Barnstar|message|~~~~}} on the recipient's talk page. It should look like this:

		The Mineralogy Barnstar
		message name (talk) date/time

Participants

Carbonite09 - Well,Carbon is my thing ebe123 elf Hadal - naturally. I'll start notifying people... Elf 17:46, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC) puggo (talk) 15:21, 22 March 2019 (UTC), as I learn User:Ktsquare (Chemist in the making and amateur geologist) Jll, periodically Vsmith 01:40, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC) I have been working on mineral, rock & geology entries. Just found this project. Geologist and chemistry teacher. DanielCD Riffsyphon1024, geology student, also working on geologic formations and planetary geology articles. Ixfd64 - as noted on my user page, geology has always been one of my interests, so count me in! (on hiatus) Belovedfreakand adam really like chicken AstroHurricane001 - I'll try working on pages related to rocks and minerals, etc. LadyofShalott (talk · contribs) - particularly interested in igneous & metmorphic rocks User:GeoWriter User:Kevmin A contributer to Mindat.org from a number of years and a mineral collector User:Abridged Physician, I like rocks! Abridged talk 20:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC) User:tharikrish Geologist User:Qfl247 - Sed geo who considers himself very well rounded... User:Presidentman Tobias1984 Currently working with metamorphic and igneous rocks and will help out where I can. --Tobias1984 (talk) 15:09, 18 May 2012 (UTC) User:Chris857 - writing and expanding mineral articles User:Utopes - Will help primarily with the igneous rocks and crystals. user:Licks-rocks - grad student earth science, for now mostly working on fixing errors in articles. User:Epsilon.Prota - Working mainly in mineralogy, with some focus on structural geology User:Vivian S Zitek - Mindat.org contributor and mineralogy enthusiast. Will primarily focus on mineral species, filling in missing data and carrying out maintenance. Vivian S Zitek 00:21, 10 November 2023 (UTC) User:Reconrabbit - there's a lot of overlap in mineralogy and inorganic chemistry! Inactive A.Grace - Amature collector mav (amateur geologist) Greudin, sporadically. chd, most of the time at the german wikipedia. fiveless Sometimes, when I'm not doing something else on Wikipedia. Ballista I enjoy adding geological info to articles and editing geological articles, so I join here, despite lack of time and special expertise. Afrotrance - Iotha, sporadically Linnell, geology student User:Jmpenzone, geoscientist/geologist User:fossiliferous Geochemist AlexNebraska (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC) User:Razorflame I love rocks and minerals and will help write and/or help any articles that need to be created or helped. User:MED usgswrd -(MEDegnan) Geologist by training, interested in sedimentary and hydrothermal minerals User:John Mortimore User:Duanuys

General Strategy and Discussion forum

• /General
• /Infobox discussion (AKA /Taxobox discussion...seem to be discussions going on here AND on talk page. Hmmm.)
• /Worklist
• /Draft on mineral notability
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Assessment

Template

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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:

• Rocks and Minerals:
  • quartz
  • quartzite
  • graphite

I based the format in part on the table used for chemical compounds such as:

• silicon dioxide

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

Comment history from original location

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)

Examples: rock templates

Here are possible rock infobox templates.

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Igneous rock template

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Metamorphic rock template

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Sedimentary rock template

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infobox template

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International template below.

Template (international)

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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:

• Pleochroism
• Melting point
• Solubility

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))

Pages needing attention

• 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
    • Wikipedia:School and university projects/2003-2008 past projects#University of Houston, Houston, TX – Mineralogy Project (Fall 2007)
  • 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
    • Wikipedia:School and university projects/2009 past projects#University of Houston, Houston, TX – Mineralogy Project (Fall 2009)
  • 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?
    • Wikipedia:School and university projects/2011 past projects#University of Houston, Houston, TX – Mineralogy Project (Fall 2011)
  • 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)

Requests

Request picture

• Add {{reqphoto|mineralogy}} to the talk-page of articles that require a picture. View the requests: Category:Wikipedia requested images of mineralogy

Requested articles

• Note, critical mineral raw materials: most important mineral groups were known at the end of the XIX Century. Many U and uranyl minerals came later with the nuclear technology. Monazite, bastnäsite and loparite-(Ce) became important REE sources with the widespread use of electronics (monazite is not used because of the production of thorium waste as by-product). Rhodium and titanium is important too. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 07:36, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
• Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Environment and geology#Minerals

Statistics

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Rocks and minerals articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 2 3 5 GA 1 4 27 32 B 2 8 18 30 58 C 5 20 60 146 1 232 Start 26 139 645 2 812 Stub 1 30 1,086 1,117 List 1 1 24 23 1 50 NA 1 11 693 705 Assessed 9 56 278 1,971 693 4 3,011 Unassessed 7 7 Total 9 56 278 1,971 693 11 3,018 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 11,928 Ω = 5.29

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