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Contents 1 Tagging and Categorising Articles 1.1 Main page categories 1.2 Project Banner for article Talk pages 1.2.1 Categorizing 1.2.2 Rating Articles 1.2.2.1 Class 1.2.2.2 Importance 2 Resources 3 Article List 3.1 General 3.2 Gemstones 3.3 Jewelry

[edit] Tagging and Categorising Articles

[edit] Main page categories

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

   A.  Pranic and Vedic meanings
   B.  Modern metaphysics

[edit] Project Banner for article Talk pages

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.

[edit] Categorizing

• 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 invloved in gemology or jewelry, should be tagged on the Talk page with {{WP Gemology and Jewelry|people=yes}}

[edit] Rating Articles

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

|class= |importance=

[edit] Class

The following values may be used for the class parameter:

• FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Gemology and Jewelry pages)

[edit] Importance

The following values may be used for the importance parameter:

• Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Gemology and Jewelry articles)
• The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA

[edit] Resources

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

[edit] Article List

[edit] General

• Anniversary Gifts
• Anniversary
• Birthstone
• Birthstones

[edit] Gemstones

Gemstone Lore

Ancient uses of gemstones (including medicinal)

Gems in different cultures (from Talismanic use in native cultures to Moguls in India)

[edit] Jewelry

Jewelry in History (including archeology)

Fashion over the centuries

Jewelry Types

Named jewelry ??? does this exist ???

Jewelry in different cultures