Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Pyrite 3.jpg

Original - A mass of intergrown pyrite crystals. Pyrite is commonly known as fool's gold.

Alt - Greater magnification

Reason: I realise posting a billion alts at the start is looked down upon. But I can't really decide which one and I don't make a habit of it. They are from the same specimen. One is essentially zoomed in.
Articles this image appears in: Pyrite
Creator: Noodle snacks

Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 01:40, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment In my experience pyrite is usually much yellower than this - is the white balance off or is this just a particularly grey sample? Time3000 (talk) 08:22, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Grey. The white balance was referenced from the background. See http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_color_is_the_mineral_pyrite. Commons has many silvery examples eg File:Iron disulfide pyrite.jpg Noodle snacks (talk) 08:41, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Are they two photos of the same crystal? Because the first looks warmer than the second. Also I'd like to request a zoomed up version without the grey corner - IMO that corner is distracting. Move the frame left and up. --Fir0002 09:15, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Second could probably do with a little adjustment. I don't own the sample so it won't happen immediately if the consensus is for such a move. Noodle snacks (talk) 12:39, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - To get back to you again. I spoke to the owner of this sample, and he said that pyrite does vary in hue, as do most minerals. He said that this sample may be a little silvery due to a higher arsenic content, or some other impurity, but was not sure. He does have a number of very silvery pyrite samples, and a number of golden ones too. Noodle snacks (talk) 13:36, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted (Feel free to try again later, as this seems to have gotten sidetracked) --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:09, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]