Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Pyrite from Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain 2.jpg

Pyrite

 * Reason:Yes, it is more silvery than gold. These are fairly large crystals. I'm told that the sample is worth about $AUD500. The surface was highly reflective, hence the near white section.
 * Articles this image appears in:Pyrite
 * Creator:Noodle snacks


 * Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 01:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak support The mineral itself looks great, the EV is high and the overexposed face isn't a problem. However, the background is very blah, and the shadow to the bottom left is a bit distracting - is it possible to whitewash the whole background to be uniform? Maybe that would look better. Also, I think a much tighter crop would be better. Stevage 01:51, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Annoyingly the reflective faces on the pyrite are causing the uneven background. I could probably make it a uniform grey, which would contrast better than white with the reflective faces. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - This is really a beauty. I am not so concerned with the background of the image, I don't think it is too important in this case. Actually, a coin placed for scale would be nice. Milen (talk) 06:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Time3000 (talk) 09:16, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support Good work --Fir0002 10:24, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support I've come here to see if I should nominate this emerald, but this one looks great, too. If we go for a geology/mineral image, I don't think that we need to bother with nominating another one. Zara1709 (talk) 17:42, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The emerald probably wouldn't pass for image quality reasons. No reason why there can't be many mineral images. Noodle snacks (talk) 09:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice but please do something to the background such that the right side of the mineral does not blend into the background. Nergaal (talk) 04:42, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Support - Outstanding, this one's rare. - ☩  Damërung   ☩   .  -- 09:34, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

-- wadester 16  16:11, 21 July 2009 (UTC)