SONY DSC-W5 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.

Jadeite

Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA

Jadeite Jade

Hpakant, Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township, Mohnyin District, Kachin State, Myanmar

Hypersthene

Wilson Lake, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Nephrite

Jade Creek, Hokitika, Westland District, West Coast Region, New Zealand

Nephrite

Sakha, Russia

Nephrite

Greenbay deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Lapis lazuli, Pyrite

Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e-Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Variscite, Crandallite, Wardite

Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA

Flint

Śródborze, Ożarów, Opatów, Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

Larimar

Filipinas Larimar Mine, Los Checheses, Sierra de Baoruco, Barahona Province, Dominican Republic

Jasper

Biggs, Sherman County, Oregon, USA

Lapis lazuli

Cazadero river, Ovalle, Limarí Province, Coquimbo, Chile

Rhodochrosite

Hotazel Mine, Hotazel, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Brochantite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Opal

Owyhee Dam, Lake Owyhee State Park, Malheur County, Oregon, USA

Seraphinite

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

Picture Jasper

Jackpot, Elko County, Nevada, USA

Fuchsite

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Jasper

Espiritu Santo Mine, Tlalpujahua, San Pedro y San Pablo de Tlalpujahua District, Tlalpujahua Municipality, Michoacan, Mexico

Malachite

Kolwezi Mine, Kolwezi, Mutshatsha, Lualaba, DR Congo

Jasper

Amboasary Sud District, Anosy, Madagascar

Seraphinite

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

Epidote, Albite

Icicle Creek Roadcuts, Leavenworth Mining District, Chelan County, Washington, USA

Serpentine Subgroup

Applegate Lake, Applegate Mining District, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Mascagnite

The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA

Adularia, Chlorite Group, Calcite

Habach valley, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Nephrite

Greenbay deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Quartz

Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA

Asbestos

Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Iridescent Hematite

Cumbria, England, UK

Meionite

McGill Scapolite Prospect, Pointe-au-Chêne, Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Edenite

Vakinankaratra, Madagascar

Scapolite

Bear Lake, Litchfield, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Talc

Wenatchee Ridge, Lake Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, USA

Malachite

Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo

Heulandite-Ca

Milepost 7, Crowfoot Road, Lost Creek Reservoir, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Amber

Bamako Capital District, Mali

Lepidolite

Piteia Pegmatite, Piteia-Nahia-Mirrucue group, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique

Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sphalerite

Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma Mining District, Park County, Colorado, USA

Topaz

O’Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia

Dynamite shack

Calumet Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA

Baryte, Quartz

Heiniudong Cu deposit, Xundian County, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Brochantite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia

Variscite

Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Sunshine Mining District, Utah County, Utah, USA

Shattuckite

Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Stilbite-Ca

Crowfoot Road, Lost Creek Reservoir, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Nephrite

Applegate Mining District, Jackson County, Oregon, USA

Ruby, Zoisite, Pargasite

Mundarara Mine, Longido District, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Mine shaft

Calumet Mine, Turret Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA

Gypsum

Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, USA