Wikipedia:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry/Culture and Society

This page is a subtopic of Wikipedia:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry, and is designed to enable the expansion and improvement of Gemology and Jewelry related articles.

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Tagging and categorising articles

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Main page categories

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The Gemology and Jewelry category structure is:

  1. Clear crystals
  2. Translucent crystals
  3. Colored stones
  4. Man-made gems
  5. Physical characteristics of gems
  6. Metaphysical characteristics of gems
    1. Pranic and Vedic meanings
    2. Modern metaphysics

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Articles related to Gemology and Jewelry should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry}}

For full details about using this talk page template see Template:WP Gemology and Jewelry.

Categorizing

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  • Articles related specifically to Jewelry should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|jewelry=yes}}
  • Articles related specifically to Gemstones should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|gemstones=yes}}
  • Articles related specifically to Gemology should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|gemology=yes}}
  • Articles related specifically to the business aspects of gems and jewelry, should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|business=yes}}
  • Articles related specifically to people involved in gemology or jewelry, should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|people=yes}}

Rating Articles

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When tagging articles, the articles class and importance can be rated. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry/Assessment for details on assessment guidelines.

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Resources

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Many of the article headings listed below, were drawn from WinJewel dictionary online and Jewelry Glossary - Definition of Jewelry Terms
For gemstone misnomers
Gemology Dictionary
World of gemstones


Article List

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General

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Gemstones

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Gemstone Lore
Ancient uses of gemstones (including medicinal)
Gems in different cultures (from Talismanic use in native cultures to Moguls in India)

Jewelry

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Jewelry in History (including archeology)
Fashion over the centuries
Jewelry Types
Named jewelry ??? does this exist ???
Jewelry in different cultures