User talk:Bakerme2/Garnet

Image: The image is great; glad you got permission from the artist!

Text: 1.	Etymology: The Latin origin is already mentioned in the etymology section of the existing page. This may have been added by someone else since the last time you worked on it. 2.	Physical properties: these are all good edits. I imagine you could probably use a single source, like a mineralogy textbook, for these citations. It would also be helpful to add links to other Wikipedia pages for words like birefringence because the average reader probably doesn’t know what all the jargon means. 3.	End Members: I agree with all these edits. 4.	Geologic Significance: a.	 “Most natural garnets are compositionally zoned and contain inclusions.” I would add to this sentence to make it clear what inclusions mean in this context by adding “of other minerals, fluids, etc.” or something along those lines. b.	I would add page links to these terms if they exist: geobarometers and geothermometers. c.	In general I think simplifying some of the language in this section is probably a good idea given it’s for a general audience. 5.	Gore Mountain Garnet: I like the addition of a specific example. If you wanted to get fancy you could add something about how it’s mined but this article is already pretty long and in-depth. BZenith (talk) 20:06, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

-- Nice job overall! You have laid out a clear and concise roadmap for how you're going to improve the page and I'm excited to see the final product. Here are a few thoughts I wrote down while going through your sandbox: -Re your point about the ugrandite group birefringence / low order colors is interesting- are there any characteristic patterns/differences for the pyralspite group as well? -Is the AB v. XY system distinction in the physical properties section well established? I.e. is it something the average garnet wikipedia page peruser would know? I may just have to plead ignorance here if it is! (I tried looking up related pages on wikipedia that you could link to and all I got was a page on anti-lock breaks, so you may have a better idea about where to look than I do). -When you talk about geothermobarometry (and this is purely stylistic so feel free to take it or leave it), I would consider rewording the sentence on PT paths (ex. something to the extent of "...which determines the Pressure-Temperature Path (also sometimes written as "P-T Paths") that a rock can take after burial") -The Gore Mountain Garnet application sounds interesting. Is there a page you can link it to? What are some of the applications of the product? -I'm a fan of the image- I think it adds a nice visual component to the article. Tmahseredjian (talk) 19:49, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

-- This looks like a solid set of improvements to the garnet wikipedia article! I'd suggest that a good set of next steps would be drafting the specific sentences you're planning to add to the end member species sections, finding citations for those details, and adding links to other pages, where appropriate. I agree with Taleen that I'd suggest working on the wording of the first sentence on geothermobarometry for clarity. That also seems like it might be a good place to start a new paragraph. The image is awesome and I think it will be a really useful addition to the page. Ltrower (talk) 22:25, 1 April 2020 (UTC)Lizzy