Talk:Nickel–Strunz classification

History of major changes in classification
I think could be interesting having an history of the most important changes in various editions of this mineral classification. --Sbisolo (talk) 16:26, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You need a source with an overview ;) --Chris.urs-o (talk) 19:16, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The story is complicated. As I understand, both, Strunz and Nickel were members of the IMA/CNMNC; so the story of the classification and the story of the IMA/CNMNC got entangled. You can see some notes here as well. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 18:26, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * And in a way, Theophrastus, Pliny the Elder, Georgius Agricola, August Breithaupt, Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs and James Dwight Dana were forerunners. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 18:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Theophrastite, Theophrastus (c. 371-286 BC), Greek philosopher and writer, disciple of Aristotle, author of On Stones (315 BC)
 * Pliny the Elder, author of Naturalis Historia (77 AD)
 * Agricola, Georgius (1556), De Re Metallica, translated by H C Hoover and L H Hoover (1950)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Dana, Strunz, IMA foundation, mindat.org/internet are parts of the history of mineralogy. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 02:10, 4 April 2012 (UTC)