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This [[WikiPedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]]'s goal is to improve and maintain the quality of the articles, lists, templates, and categories within its scope, including rocks, rock units, minerals, mineral groups, gemstones, and related topics.

Specific goals:
* Bring every article and list in [[:Category:WikiProject Rocks and minerals]] as close to [[Wikipedia:Featured Article|Featured Article]] or [[Wikipedia:Featured List|Featured List]] status as possible:
:* Make sure all articles are properly [[WP:CITE|referenced]].
:* Maximize compliance with the  [[WP:MoS|Wikipedia manual of style]].
:* Clean up tagged articles.
* Make sure every article about a rock, mineral, or mineral subgroup/series has an infobox (see below)
* Standardize the formatting of [[Template:Infobox rock|Infobox rock]] and [[Template:Infobox mineral|Infobox mineral]] and make sure all relevant parameters are included.
* Make sure all rock and mineral-related talk pages are tagged with both <nowiki>{{Category:WikiProject Rocks and minerals}} and {{Category:Geology}}</nowiki>
* Keep the WikiProject Rocks and Minerals community active, growing, and well-supported.
* Discuss the content of Rock and Mineral articles on Wikipedia and the direction that WikiProject Rocks and Minerals should take (see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rocks and minerals|talk page]]).
* Define a standard [[Wikipedia:infobox|infobox]] for use in rock and mineral entries (goal completed in late 2000s)
[[File:Vista-messenger.png|20px]] ''If you would like to help, please add yourself to the list of participants below!''

== Related Wikiprojects ==
=== Parentage ===
*[[:Category:WikiProjects|WikiProjects]]
::*[[:Category:WikiProject Geology|WikiProject Geology]]
:::*[[:Category:WikiProject Rocks and minerals|WikiProject Rocks and minerals]]

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

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== Participants ==
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*[[User:Carbonite09|Carbonite09]] - Well,Carbon is my thing
*[[User:ebe123|ebe123]]
*[[User:elf|elf]]
*[[User:Hadal|Hadal]] - naturally.
*[[User:Bug2266|puggo]] ([[User talk:Bug2266|talk]]) 15:21, 22 March 2019 (UTC), as I learn
*[[User:Ktsquare]] (Chemist in the making and amateur geologist)
*[[User:Vsmith|Vsmith]] 01:40, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC) I have been working on mineral, rock & geology entries. Just found this project. Geologist and chemistry teacher.
*[[User:Ixfd64|Ixfd64]] - as noted on my user page, geology has always been one of my interests, so count me in! (on hiatus)
*{{User|LadyofShalott}} - 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:tharikrish]] Geologist
*[[User:Presidentman]]
*[[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:Reconrabbit]] - there's a lot of overlap in [[mineralogy]] and [[inorganic chemistry]]!
*[[User:I2Overcome|<span style="font-family:Segoe Print;font-size:medium"><b style="color:#00386c">I<sub>2</sub></b><b style="color:#fed41d">Overcome</b></span>]] [[User talk:I2Overcome|<i style="color:#666666"><sup>talk</sup></i>]] — My initial focus will be on bringing this mostly defunct project up to date, improving the formatting and implementation of [[Template:Infobox mineral]], cleaning up the articles for [[silicate minerals]], and writing new content in some needy areas.
=== Inactive ===
*[[User:Chris857]] - writing and expanding mineral articles
*[[User:Vivian S Zitek]] - Mindat.org contributor and mineralogy enthusiast. Will primarily focus on mineral species, filling in missing data and carrying out maintenance. [[User:Vivian S Zitek|<span style="font-family:DejaVu Serif; background-image:linear-gradient(90deg, #B109AE, #FF6B92, #F7B11E); color:transparent; background-clip:text; -webkit-background-clip:text;">'''Vivian S Zitek'''</span>]] 00:21, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
*[[User:Tobias1984|Tobias1984]] Currently working with metamorphic and igneous rocks and will help out where I can. --[[User:Tobias1984|Tobias1984]] ([[User talk:Tobias1984|talk]]) 15:09, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
*[[User:Qfl247]] - Sed geo who considers himself very well rounded...
*[[User:Abridged]] Physician, I like rocks!  [[User:Abridged|Abridged]] <sup>[[User_talk:Abridged|talk]]</sup> 20:49, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
*[[User:Belovedfreak|Belovedfreak]]and adam really like chicken
*[[User:AstroHurricane001|AstroHurricane001]] - I'll try working on pages related to rocks and minerals, etc.
*[[User:Riffsyphon1024|Riffsyphon1024]], geology student, also working on [[:Category:Geologic formations|geologic formations]] and [[planetary geology]] articles.
*[[User:DanielCD|DanielCD]]
*[[User:Jll|Jll]], periodically
*[[User:A.Grace|A.Grace]] - Amature collector
*[[User:Maveric149|mav]] (amateur geologist)
*[[User:Greudin|Greudin]], sporadically.
*[[User:Chd|chd]], most of the time at the german wikipedia.
*[[User:Fiveless|fiveless]] Sometimes, when I'm not doing something else on Wikipedia.
*[[User:Ballista|Ballista]] I enjoy adding geological info to articles and editing geological articles, so I join here, despite lack of time and special expertise.
*[[User:Afrotrance|Afrotrance]]
*[[User:Iothiania|- Iotha]], sporadically
*[[User:Linnell|Linnell]], geology student
*[[User:Jmpenzone]], geoscientist/geologist
*[[User:fossiliferous]] Geochemist
*[[User:AlexNebraska|AlexNebraska]] ([[User talk: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]]
*[[User:FinkyOfNalanja]] vague interest in obscure mineralogy
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== Discussions and worklists ==
''Please do not use the below subpages for new discussion posts. Instead, please use the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Rocks and minerals|talk page]].
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Taxobox discussion|/Infobox discussion]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Worklist|/Worklist]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Draft on mineral notability|/Draft on mineral notability]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Main page archive|/Main page archive]]

==Current templates==
===Infoboxes===
{{maincat|Geology infobox templates}}

For minerals, mineral groups, and mineral varieties: 
* [[Template:Infobox mineral|Infobox mineral]]

For all rocks: 
* [[Template:Infobox rock|Infobox rock]]

For rock units:
* [[Template talk:Infobox rockunit|Infobox rockunit]]

===Stub tags===
{{maincat|Geology stub templates}}
{{maincat|Mineral stub templates}}

===Navigational boxes===
{{maincat|Geology navigational boxes}}
{{maincat|Mineral navigational boxes}}

===Sidebar templates===
{{maincat|Geology sidebar templates}}
{{maincat|Mineral sidebar templates}}

===Barnstar===
For recognition of contributions to the Rocks and Minerals Wikiproject, place {{tlsx|The Mineralogy Barnstar|message|&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;}} on the recipient's talk page.  It should look like this:
{{The Mineralogy Barnstar|message <small>name (talk) date/time</small>}}

== Pages needing attention ==
{{update section|date=March 2025}}
{{maincat|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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller%27s_earth] discusses only the cosmetic product. I don't have the expertise to edit this, but perhaps the British Geological Survey article at [http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=FE] 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 '''<nowiki>{{reqphoto|mineralogy}}</nowiki>''' 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. --[[User:Chris.urs-o|Chris.urs-o]] ([[User talk:Chris.urs-o|talk]]) 07:36, 13 August 2016 (UTC)
*[[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences/Environment and geology#Minerals]]

== Assessment ==
Please refer to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Assessment|assessment subpage]] for information on how to assess an article or list within the scope of this project.

== Statistics ==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and minerals/Articles by quality statistics}}

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