Talk:Crystals

Can anyone dig out that schoolkid ref re: the epsom salts stalagtite to add as a ref? Keep me in the  DARK 14:09, 9 August 2007 (CDT)
 * No, my google is too lazy (and doesn't want to go to AIG), but can I add a cool photo of my ultra-cool synthetic quartz crystal? human be in 19:16, 10 August 2007 (CDT)

Picture
'taint very pretty though, is it? Snowflake anyone? Keep»»» up »»» 12:22, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
 * I tried to get a good shot. It is very pretty in person, although in a rather unorthodoz way.  Check out all the "wavy" surfaces where it was growing, and the ordered facets at the "ends"!  Then think - this is quartz - you can't just dissolve it in water and hang a string in it!  I wonder what the conditions required to manufacture this were? PS, feelz free to add a snowflake.  It's August here, so I can't help. human be in 12:43, 12 August 2007 (CDT)




 * I don't know, I never really saw the hand of God in snow flakes, or even a competent designer. Yea each one is "unique" sort of, but I think other crystals are much nicer. 12:51, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
 * How about a "natural" quartz crystal (or cluster of them) to go with my beautiful, pure synthetic one? human be in 13:21, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

Anyone got a geode - ?Keep»»» up »»» 14:05, 12 August 2007 (CDT)


 * Wikimedia Commons does 15:16, 12 August 2007 (CDT)

Whaaa? Susan Jayne Garlick talk  21:03, 1 September 2007 (CDT) (for offeep)
 * I dunno, but those wikipoop village green pictures suckorz. None worth stealing. human be in 21:28, 1 September 2007 (CDT)

I am inspired to add a picture soon, if I remember. Gotta big hunk of granite the glaciers busted up and eroded, prolly four tons or so, but still shows the basic crystalline shape of the stuff. It's really fucking cool.  ħ uman  02:32, 21 April 2009 (EDT)

Psuedoscience Tag
I removed the psuedoscience tag from this article. While some people definitely attribute mystical properties to crystals, they are definitely real things. Furthermore, most of the properties the article highlights, like a regular atomic structure and optic properties, are things that crystals really do have and can be proven to have. Crystal healing and crystal power are woo, but I don't think that crystals themselves are. I'm new, so if I'm making some sort of grave error please tell me. --Paradox (talk) 04:31, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Works for me, and opens the door for crystal woo as an article. tmtoulouse 04:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the removal made sense, since the article is about "real" crystals and their nature. How come Chrystal Whoo is stilla red link!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh, and welcome back (?) Zeno's Playground.  04:57, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * As the article is now, most of the categories are wrong too. A proper "science" one and an "pseudo" one would work best I think as they're both topics we can go in-depth with. 11:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I think it's good to have this in the woo and NA cats - we're not saying crystals are woo or NA - we are listing this article on those cats so people can come read what crystals "really" are... 20:02, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The cats are fine, I just didn't want the big banner at the top saying that Crystals are psuedoscience. --Paradox (talk) 17:21, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No one's arguing to put the banner back, removing that was a good catch, thanks. 20:50, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Definitely not psuedoscience. (Whassat?)  20:53, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Orgone "Fun"
Orly? Srlsly? And yeah I see the fnord template, but at least put it in a different section yeah? WTF is the point of having a serious article and a fun article but then putting so-called lulz on the serious article? SuspectedReplicant (talk) 22:45, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome to RW. TheoryOfPractice (talk) 22:46, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * And we laughed and laughed and laughed. That's still not a reason to keep it in mainspace. SuspectedReplicant (talk) 23:08, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Having the orgone thing in that section IMHO subverts the purpose of the joke, to wit: crystals have many cool real properties that woomeisters ignore in an attempt to turn them into magic rocks. EVDebs (talk) 23:31, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Time crystals
See here. Any comments anyone? 82.198.250.67 (talk) 19:14, 25 January 2012 (UTC)