PENTAX Optio 50 used with mindat.org

Mindat.org contributors over the years have used a large number of different camera and scanning devices to create the images now shared within the site. Here is information on this particular device and examples of the images created with it.

Hematite, Quartz, Agate

Las Choyas, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

Jasper

Cave Creek Mining District, Palo Verde Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA

Labradorite

Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Chert

Payson, Payson Mining District, Mazatzal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Turquoise

Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Phlogopite, Spinel

Luc Yen Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam

Obsidian, Apache Tears

Superior Obsidian locality, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Snowflake Obsidian, Cristobalite

Black Spring, Black Rock Desert, Millard County, Utah, USA

Jasper

Joseph City, Navajo County, Arizona, USA

Travertine

Casting Copper Mine, Ludwig, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA

Fire Agate

Round Mountain, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA

Labradorite

Norcross labradorite quarry, Bokonaky Ambony, Maniry, Ampanihy District, Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Nitrocalcite

Gila River, Winkelman area, Gila & Pinal Cos., Arizona, USA

Carnelian, Agate

Pearce, Pearce Mining District, Pearce Hills, Sulphur Springs Valley, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Tiger's Eye

Neixiang County, Nanyang, Henan, China

Mozarkite

Lincoln, Benton County, Missouri, USA

Fire Agate

Black Hills Rockhound Area, Black Hills, Graham County, Arizona, USA

Boulder Opal

Quilpie, Quilpie Shire, Queensland, Australia

Jasper

New South Wales, Australia

Beryl, Quartz

Willow Spring Ranch, Oracle, Oracle Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Boulder Opal

Winton, Winton Shire, Queensland, Australia

Seraphinite

Korshunovskoye iron deposit, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Nizhneilimsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Vanadinite, Calcite

Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Kyanite

Bluebird Kyanite Mine, Vitrefrax Hill, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho Mining District, Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County, California, USA

Blue Chalcedony

Payson Mining District, Mazatzal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA

Quartz

Buick Mine, Bixby, Iron County, Missouri, USA

Baryte, Cerussite, Galena

Les Dalles Mine, Mibladen, Aït Oufella Caïdat, Midelt Cercle, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Descloizite, Vanadinite

J.C. Holmes Mine, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Petrified Wood

Holbrook Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA

Calcite

Ouargla Province, Algeria

Tiger Iron

Brockman Tiger eye mine, Mount Brockman, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Molybdenite, Rhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite

Four Metals Mine, Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Petrified Wood

Hay Hollow, Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA

Jasper

Greasewood Draw Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USA

Texas Canyon, AZ

Texas Canyon area, Dragoon, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Brecciated Agate

Rockhound State Park, Little Florida Mountains Mining District, Little Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Heulandite Subgroup, Calcite, Celadonite

North railway cut, Malpais Hill, Dudleyville, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Jasper

Candy Rock strip mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

Fluorite

Black Dike Mine, Papago Mining District, Sierrita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA

Rose Quartz

Minerals Processing Company Mine No. 8, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, USA

Satin Spar Gypsum

Benson Deposit, Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Epidote

Ray Mica Mine, Hurricane Mountain, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA

Marcasite

V intrusive, Lake Catherine, Garland County, Arkansas, USA

Calcite

Kansas Mine, Washington Gulch, Nash Mines group, Duquesne-Washington Camp, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

Phlogopite, Spinel

Luc Yen Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam

Petrified Wood

Denver County, Colorado, USA

Gypsum

Saint David area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Specularite

Peppersauce Canyon, San Pedro Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Agate

Big Digging Mines, Burdick-Bisbee Hills, Burdick-Bisbee Mining District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Chrysocolla, Quartz

Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA