User talk:Geologian

Hello
Welcome to Wikipedia. I am your Wikipedia Campus Ambassador,Dumpling. If you have any questions, feel free to post on my discussion page or send me a quick e-mail. I'm usually always online. It'll be fun working with you.  --만두 (talk) 17:35, 22 September 2011 (UTC) Hello John, or Geologian,

I am an online ambassador for your plate tectonics class. I will assist you in your Wikipedia writings. You can send me an email Graeme Bartlett or use my talk page if you want my attention. It looks as if you will enjoy yourself while editing Wikipedia! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:27, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Geologian, If you propose a topic I will make some comments on it! If you have no idea what to do, can I suggest Zone (geology) as an article that needs writing! Or you can see a list of topics at User:Graeme Bartlett/plate tectonics. There is also a list of requested articles at Requested_articles/Natural_sciences. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:35, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Hello, In Wikipedia we don't use other Wikipedia pages as references. Instead the idea is to use a reference that is more authoritative. For your comparison of feldspar and quartz, you could use a textbook or review article. But actually that is not a controversial statment. The bit about "quartz as a thermometer" should have a reference. In Wikipedia we don't need to credit people like Hirth and Tullis unless they themselves have made some very important finding that deserves mention, and it is enough to refer to their research in a reference. In Wikipedia this is a bit of a different style to an essay. In Wikipedia try to cover all the relevant or important facts. But no need to try to interpret the significance of the references. I myself have trouble with this as I can only read a few papers to summarize in an article, and not every thing on the topic. If you can get review articles or articles that have been widely referenced by others then they are good ones to go with. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:53, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi,

good progress on your draft article! For your pictures of quartz it would be good to get some more explanation of the images. Are they all thin sections? If so how prepared, are they taken through crossed polarization filters? Are there other minerals besides quartz in the image? Do the different colours have any significance? What does the variations in banding within the mineral crystals mean? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 03:02, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Dynamic quartz recrystallization
Hello! Your submission of Dynamic quartz recrystallization at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Silver seren C 18:46, 22 November 2011 (UTC)