Talk:Crystal

On title

Current title is Crystal (geology). But, are there other possible meanings for crystal? And, aren't crystals about physics as well? I suggest to switch the title to simply Crystal, but some native English speaker should check out this before. --Nereo Preto 02:04, 7 February 2008 (CST)

Check the disambig page for Crystal; I think there are other uses which justify the naming of the article this way. --Robert W King 09:11, 7 February 2008 (CST)

The disambiguation page only shows this meaning of crystal and the glassware meaning. Aside from "crystal meth" and "Crystal" as a brand name, I can't think of other uses, and I think this use is far more prevalent - enough that we should have crystal (disambiguation) for other uses, with the link to the disambig page at the top of this article. Anthony Argyriou 09:54, 7 February 2008 (CST)

Gallery

Anthony, would it be possible to move the crystal structures over to the gallery page? It's true that crystalline structures are largely dependant on the molecular arrangement, but I don't think the article should be that sole focus. --Robert W King 12:40, 7 February 2008 (CST)

It would be possible. This article needs a *lot*, including a discussion of various types of crystal symmetry, a discussion of mineralogy, economic uses of crystalline materials, etc., etc.. At that point, the gallery of crystal structures won't dominate the page as it does now. (It may be worth importing all 200-some images from the crystal lattice page for a big gallery on a separate gallery page.) There should also be photos of actual crystals. I can try to provide a few, though I may just go to the Smithsonian website and grab a few (PD) images there. I'm trying really, really hard to not look at the Wikipedia page. Anthony Argyriou 12:54, 7 February 2008 (CST)