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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Topaz:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * All of the content is relevant to the topic. Some information could be expanded on more and there is some information, like topaz's relevance today, that is not included.
 * The article is written neutrally. There are no opinions voiced. However, the writing style in some paragraphs is choppy and doesn't flow.
 * Most claims have citations however there are quite a few statements that remain citation-less. Mostly the basic information about the mineral, however, still important for there to be a citation.
 * Some of the citations come from notable sources, like universities and journals, however, there are a couple from less reputable sources which could be swapped out.
 * This article does not cover any of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * The talk page for this article does not have much activity and all activities are spaced out over the interval of years. So this article has not been tended to recently.
 * Sources
 * Donald M. Burt, Michael F. Sheridan, James V. Bikun, Eric H. Christiansen; Topaz rhyolites; distribution, origin, and significance for exploration. Economic Geology 1982;; 77 (8): 1818–1836. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.77.8.1818
 * Chen, S.,  Cai, N.,  Wang, S.,  Qi, X., &  Li, B. (2022).  Implications of sound velocities of natural topaz on the seismic L-discontinuity. Geophysical Research Letters,  49, e2021GL095107. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095107
 * Huang, Shijie, Jingui Xu, Chunfa Chen, Bo Li, Zhilin Ye, Wei Chen, Yunqian Kuang, Dawei Fan, Wenge Zhou, and Maining Ma. 2020. "Topaz, a Potential Volatile-Carrier in Cold Subduction Zone: Constraint from Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy at High Temperature and High Pressure" Minerals 10, no. 9: 780. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10090780
 * Huang, Shijie, Jingui Xu, Chunfa Chen, Bo Li, Zhilin Ye, Wei Chen, Yunqian Kuang, Dawei Fan, Wenge Zhou, and Maining Ma. 2020. "Topaz, a Potential Volatile-Carrier in Cold Subduction Zone: Constraint from Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy at High Temperature and High Pressure" Minerals 10, no. 9: 780. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10090780

Option 2

 * Article title: Corundum:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * All of the content is relevant to the topic. Some information could be expanded on more and there is some information, like corundums ancient uses/history, that is not included.
 * The article is written neutrally. There are no opinions voiced. The writing style is neat and flows nicely.
 * Most claims have citations however there are quite a few statements that remain citation-less. Mostly the basic information about the mineral, however, still important for there to be a citation.
 * Some of the citations come from notable sources, like scientific journals, however, there are a couple from less reputable sources which could be swapped out.
 * This article does not cover any of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * The talk page for this article does not have much recent activity and all activities are spaced out over the interval of years. So this article has not been tended to recently. But the conversations that did appear were productive and useful for the article.
 * Sources
 * Dubinsky, Emily V., Jennifer Stone-Sundberg, and John L. Emmett. "A quantitative description of the causes of color in corundum." Gems Gemol 56.1 (2020): 1-27.
 * Keulen, Nynke, et al. "Formation, origin and geographic typing of corundum (ruby and pink sapphire) from the Fiskenæsset complex, Greenland." Lithos 366 (2020): 105536.
 * Jeršek, Miha, et al. "Intriguing minerals: corundum in the world of rubies and sapphires with special attention to Macedonian rubies." ChemTexts 7.3 (2021): 19.
 * Jeršek, Miha, et al. "Intriguing minerals: corundum in the world of rubies and sapphires with special attention to Macedonian rubies." ChemTexts 7.3 (2021): 19.

Option 3

 * Article title: Spinel:
 * Article Evaluation:
 * All of the content is relevant to the topic. Some information could be expanded on more and there is some information, like spinel's composition and what it means for the colour, that is not included.
 * The article is written neutrally. There are no opinions voiced. The writing style choppy at times, repeating words and not the best flow within sentences.
 * All claims have citations attached to them to validate their content.
 * All citations seem to come from notable sources including scientific journals.
 * This article does not cover any of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * There are some conversations on the talk page that  appear to be productive and useful for the article. All users on the talk page agree that this page needs to have more content added to it.


 * Sources
 * Huang, Yimeng, et al. "Lithium manganese spinel cathodes for lithium‐ion batteries." Advanced Energy Materials 11.2 (2021): 2000997.
 * Wang, Chaoran, et al. "Review and perspectives of mercury removal by spinel compounds." Energy & Fuels 37.14 (2023): 10023-10044.
 * Xie, Huixian, et al. "Revealing the role of spinel phase on Li-rich layered oxides: A review." Chemical Engineering Journal427 (2022): 131978.