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Crystal healing[edit]

Hello.

I added a little bit about the crystal healing properties of Howlite, and it was reverted for being unencyclopedic.

I was just wondering how it could be, considering the topic of crystal healing is not in itself inherently unencyclopedic.

Thanks.

Benjamin (talk) 02:30, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

For such an extraordinary claim you would need a very good source. Mikenorton (talk) 10:25, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not claiming that Howlite has healing properties, which would be an extraordinary claim, but merely that it is believed to have healing properties, which is not an extraordinary claim. Mikenorton

Benjamin (talk) 07:47, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but your believed to have healing properties is pseudoscience nonsense and very poorly sourced. A commercial website and book on the lore of gemstones rather fail as references for a scientific article. Vsmith (talk) 00:31, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Does the article necessarily have to be completely scientific, if the subject is notable outside of the field of science? Benjamin (talk) 00:34, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mineral articles are based on the science of mineralogy and crystallography - see the headers above. Pseudoscience cruft and mythology rather don't fit. "Notable"? Please explain how some commercial website and a mention in some crystal healing book are "notable" for a science based article. If you wish to expand the crystal healing article ... your book ref "might" be applicable - but not here. Vsmith (talk) 01:53, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]