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The result was redirect to Mineralogy. (non-admin closure) Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 00:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I think it is dubious that this is notable branch of physics and chemistry. I couldn't find anything to satisfy WP:GNG. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of the geological sciences is the only source that appears, and here [1]. IRWolfie- (talk) 15:43, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:27, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep This seems to be a peer-reviewed paper about the topic. This seems to be another academic journal article about the topic. This turns up two possibly usable sources. That's just what a quick search turned up. I guess that more sources might exist. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:29, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If it is a branch of physics and chemistry the sources should be in the thousands, not in the 4's. There should be books about the topic, not people using the word "Quantum mineralogy" somewhere in the paper. For example with "Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics" I can find hundreds of books, thousands of articles, numerous dedicated journal etc etc. I'm not sure how reliable the Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Changchun College of Geology are. At the moment the word just seems to be a neologism that is used in some papers. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:42, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am not knowledgeable about this topic. You might be correct that it's only a very limited branch. Changed to merge below. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:56, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge into Mineralogy. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 16:56, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete or redirect as per Wolfie. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC).[reply]
• Redirect to Mineralogy. The term seems to be out there (possibly as a WP:NEO), but this article has only a doubtful definition (I've removed the reference, which was to a nonexistent page). I don't see anything here worth merging. However, a great article might be written on this topic one day. -- 202.124.72.217 (talk) 23:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Not a single paper on "a branch of physics and chemistry"? (HighBeam did not extract anything.) Delete, of course. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 15:28, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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