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The chemical element zinc

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Original - Zinc also known as spelter, is a metallic chemical element; it has the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. The image shows at left: a crystaline fragment of an ingot, right: sublimed-dendritic, and a 1 cm3 cube for comparison.

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known and important metal

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Zinc

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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Materials science

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Alchemist-hp

• Support as nominator --Alchemist-hp (talk) 22:24, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support we want more! Nergaal (talk) 07:17, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Just a question: what is the blue on the right piece? If you know try to write it in German on Commons and somebody will translate it. Nergaal (talk) 18:25, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

I think the small blue area is also a thin oxide film layer, similar to the bismuth crystal: —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alchemist-hp (talk • contribs) 18:35, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Zinc compounds are colorless though. Nergaal (talk) 16:46, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it is right, but please read: Interference (wave propagation). It is a thin layer property, similar to the bismuth colors. --Alchemist-hp (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

• Support. J Milburn (talk) 12:18, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Wonderful, I love the color on the rightmost sample. Meniscus (talk) 13:38, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Per nom. Fletcher (talk) 23:15, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support --George Chernilevsky ^talk 10:42, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support per nom. --KFP (contact | edits) 17:51, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support Wackywace ^{converse | contribs} 15:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
• Support - wonderful! On a side note, I'd love to see how Alchemist might do one of the non-metallic elements, such as carbon or sulfur. Those ones definitely need better pictures. Ephemeronium (talk) 18:47, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
  • He's done bromine. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 20:10, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

• Also chlorine. Anyways, for those interested what elements need better pictures check Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/Pictures. Nergaal (talk) 20:20, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Promoted File:Zinc_fragment_sublimed_and_1cm3_cube.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)