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the chemical element cobalt

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Original - Cobalt, atomic number 27. One of the third (fourth) magnetic metals. Typical view of electrolytically refined material. Cobalt-based colors and pigments have been used since ancient times for jewelry and paints, and miners have long used the name kobold ore for some minerals.

Reason: nice metalic view
Articles in which this image appears: Cobalt
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science
Creator: Alchemist-hp

Support as nominator --Alchemist-hp (talk) 19:49, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jealous of the 5D mark II. NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 02:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. J Milburn (talk) 16:49, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support damn good and jealous :)--Talktome^(Intelati) 18:12, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I'm not a photo nut and even I'm jealous of that camera. --Golbez (talk) 19:12, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support we want more! Nergaal (talk) 02:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But it needs a better caption. Nergaal (talk) 02:44, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to change or complete it. I'm only a "basic level of English" speaker. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 12:59, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support I am starting to think these are computer generated graphics. But I will start complaining when you come with elements with more than a hundred protons. :p Foldedwater (talk) 17:07, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support, but I agree with Nergaal about the caption. I consider myself an enthusiastic amateur on the topic of elemental physics, I read the article on Cobalt, and I'm still not sure what "third (fourth) magnetic metals" means. Perhaps a brief mention of the historical use of cobalt compounds as pigments would be more appropriate? Xtifr _tälk 19:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps it means "One of the three (four) ferromagnetic elements". Just my guess. --Priest zadok (talk) 12:19, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More simple: magnetic metals. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 17:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Kobalt electrolytic and 1cm3 cube.jpg —Maedin\^talk 19:57, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]