Talk:Halide mineral

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Have already started to improve this article (and even added a mineral and chemical that did not have an article before). Johnny Mineralogist (talk) 04:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

I've undone the recent unsourced rewrite. This is an article about the halide class of minerals and is focused on the mineralogical classification and use of the term. Vsmith (talk) 02:17, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

About the deletion/reversion of my effort, no problem - I understand your perspective. This group of minerals, with a few exceptions, seems trivial in a conventional sense, and perhaps that aspect should be made clear to readers, i.e. that the halide minerals are often (mostly) secondary or ephemeral and of little importance with a few key exceptions. There are many of these things (chlorides of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu ,...) from weathering, volcanic action, etc.--Smokefoot (talk) 12:36, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry if I was a bit terse, "jargon" kinda irritated. I agree that of the ~200 halides classified by Strunz I'm only familiar with about a dozen - the rest are quite rare, of interest to the specialist. And yes, they tend to be "ephemeral" as they are quite soluble. However, they are indicators of significant geologic environments and are important economic resources and indicators. You may note I've restored your "Commercially significant halide minerals" section and see potential for expansion. The very rare bararite didn't seem to need a position in the lead and the inclusion of it and its polymorph seem perhaps undue weight in the "representative listing of halides which originally were those significant enough for discussion in a standard mineralogy text. Vsmith (talk) 13:58, 28 November 2009 (UTC)