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Rutile in quarz

Original - Rutile is a mineral in high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic rocks and in igneous rocks. In groups of acicular crystals it is frequently seen penetrating quartz as in the "fléches d'amour" from Grisons, Switzerland.

Reason

EV, high resolution and qood quality

Articles this image appears in

Rutile

Creator

Mbz1

• Support as nominator --Mbz1 (talk) 23:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
• Comment I like it. Would you clone stamp out the specks at lower right? Durova^Charge! 00:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

  Done! Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

• Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 23:59, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose I would have liked to see a more uniformly lit image. The left third is simply too dark to distinguish any detail, and the left side of the stone is too blurry. A black background is not ideal for this type of image, IMO. -- mcshadypl ^TC 18:50, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose per mcshadypl. Makeemlighter (talk) 04:32, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
• Support — Jake Wartenberg 14:17, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 02:48, 21 February 2009 (UTC)