Talk:Galena

what are the uses for this mineral?

Should this be merged with Lead sulphide?

Lead sulphide doesn't seem to say anything about Galena but since Lead Sulfide is just the new spelling of Lead Sulphide they must be the same thing. So should they be merged? I don't know how to merge articles btw.

No, galena is the mineral form of the chemical lead sulfide. This is a mineral article whereas lead sulfide is about the chemical uses of the chemical lead sulfide. Lead sulfide is the correct IUPAC spelling and is the spelling used in chemical and science articles on Wikipedia. -Vsmith 22:21, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No to merge, again

This article is about the mineral galena - the major ore of lead. It is not about the chemical lead sulfide. It does need to be expanded with more geologic and mineralogic info. Vsmith 12:10, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the guy that did the latest merge request. You're the geology person, so I'll go along with your strategy. Since we agree the article needs expansion, I'm going to label it a stub. I'm also going to revise the link to lead sulfide in a way that indices that Galena and lead sulfide are just two names for the same thing. If you think I'm overstating the case, feel free to revise my text, but if you do so, you should describe exactly how Galena rocks lying on the ground differ from lead sulfide on the laboratory shelf.---Isaac R 16:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Need Source or Deleate

"In ancient Israel it was used to colour eyes blue.[citation needed]" Am I to undestand that they actually colored there eyed blue with this mineral. It seems far more likey it was used as a cosmedic in some way on eyelids or somthing.