File:Seer stone (Latter Day Saints).jpg

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The seer stone Joseph Smith used in the Book of Mormon translation effort.

Author or
copyright owner

Welden C. Andersen and Richard E. Turley Jr.

Source (WP:NFCC#4)

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2015/10/joseph-the-seer?lang=eng

Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)

Seer stone (Latter Day Saints)

Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)

For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work.

Not replaceable with
free media because (WP:NFCC#1)

Not replaceable. The stone is kept in a church vault not accessible to the public.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)

Used as a historical image of the topic.

Respect for
commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)

n.a.

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Fair use

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Licensing

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:27, 12 December 2017		387 × 258 (18 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	06:17, 6 August 2015	No thumbnail	450 × 300 (30 KB)	Seanhyte (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

File:Seer stone (Latter Day Saints).jpg

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