Talk:Cummingtonite

Article/mineral name
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' front page, albeit as a 'strange but true' story. -Ashley Pomeroy 13:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Here's a permalink for the Museum of Hoaxes' article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.226.132.69 (talk) 23:46, 29 October 2012 (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." 
 * Perhaps an article is due for the metamorphosed variant, Nysundtite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.183.201 (talk) 13:05, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Bravo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.102.69 (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Seconded 81.23.57.228 (talk) 21:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

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)
 * See What Wikipedia is not --Bejnar (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * "Cummingtonite in popular culture" doesn't seem so far-fetched to me. There are T-shirts for this meme. - Soulkeeper (talk) 06:17, 16 October 2012 (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)
 * Not necessarily redundant, but I'm changing the phrasing to be more concise. 8ty3hree (talk) 00:07, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

best name 💯 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.191.105.110 (talk) 07:54, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

optical properties
updated the optical properties based on a newer version of the same book the original author referenced. Amunchie 22:48, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Locales
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)

Formula
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)


 * Don't disagree, however valid refs perhaps do. Don't recall for sure, but seems the formula used was from the 1985, Manual of Mineralogy ref and it does state that. Also see the Handbook of Mineralogy ref for a different formula. Seems that was the formula used when the article was started way back in 04 and I used the Manual of Mineralogy ref in an expansion in Feb. 06. As most cummingtonite samples are not pure endmembers I'd be reluctant to ditch the intermedate form of the formula, perhaps just needs a bit o clarifying. Vsmith (talk) 02:28, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * and Mindat says magnesiocummingtonite is a synonym of cummingtonite. Perhaps the Chemistry section needs improvement for clarification. Vsmith (talk) 02:36, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Rruff/IMA states that the ideal chemical formula is: ☐Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2.(Rruff/IMA)
 * Mindat.org states that the chemical formula is: ☐{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2.(Mindat.com - Cummingtonite) and the chemical formula of manganocumingtonite is: ☐{Mn2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2.(Mindat.com - Manganocumingtonite)
 * Mineralienatlas states that the empirical chemical formula is: ☐(Mg,Fe2+,Mn2+)7Si8O22(OH)2.(Mineralienatlas - Cummingtonit)
 * The amphibole group got a revision. We stick to the CNMNC master list, 2012 version.
 * --Chris.urs-o (talk) 15:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Is the closing bracket after 5 not surplus? EnglishWoodsman (talk) 17:53, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

lol @ the name
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)

Twitter hit
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)