NIKON D3100 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.

Epidote-glaucophane schist

Porh Morvil creek, Primiture, Groix, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Mottramite, Calcite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Ménec Stones Alignments

Carnac, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Elbaite

Edoukou Mine, Ilorin, Oyo, Nigeria

Epidote

Rusted Revolver Prospect, Orogrande, Orogrande Mining District, Otero County, New Mexico, USA

Smithsonite, Descloizite

Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Heavy Sands Swash Zone

Plougasnou beach alluvials, Plougasnou, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France

Mysterious Summit of the Volcano

Madeleine-Soufrière volcanic massif, Vieux-Habitants, Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France

Chrysocolla, Quartz

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

Heavy sands "Abstract Painting"

Plougasnou beach alluvials, Plougasnou, Morlaix, Finistère, Brittany, France

Copper, Quartz

Ahmeek Mine, Ahmeek, Allouez Township, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA

Calcite, Duftite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Copper

Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA

Brucite, Hydromagnesite

Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan

Amethyst

Anahi Mine, La Gaiba mining district, Ángel Sandoval Province, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Calcite, Quartz

Borieva Mine, Madan Municipality, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria

Heulandite-Ca, Mordenite

Rat's Nest claim, Challis, Bay Horse Mining District, Custer County, Idaho, USA

Meteoritic Iron, Forsterite

Seymchan meteorite, Srednekansky District, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Grossular, Quartz

Sierra de Cruces, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico

Fluorite

Spar Mountain, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA

Fluorapatite, Actinolite

Ganadao, Warsak Intrusions, Mohmand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

Smithsonite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia

Gold, Quartz

Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA

Opal

South Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Lab-grown quartz

Amethyst, Epidote

Veracruz, Mexico

Topaz

Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Tourmaline, Quartz

Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande Mining District, San Diego County, California, USA

Porphyritic granite

Brignogan-Plages, Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France

nogo suwi jasper

Anorthoclase

Stettin pluton, Wausau Intrusive Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA

Elbaite

Barra do Salinas District, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Alkali-beryl, Quartz, Tourmaline

Deo Darrah, Kuran Wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Blueschist

Porh Morvil creek, Primiture, Groix, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Stibnite, Quartz

Giro, Ouche mines, Massiac, Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Hemimorphite, Smithsonite, Willemite

Altenberg mine, Kelmis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Staurolite

Baud, Pontivy, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Open Pit

Pimorent mine, Porté-Puymorens, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

Halotrichite, Coquimbite

Javier Mine, Huac-huas District, Lucanas Province, Ayacucho, Peru

Fossey Prester

Prester, Fossey mine, Astenet, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Almandine

Tanyareda, Puig Neulos, Sorède, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

Sand-Calcite

Torfou, Étampes, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France

Big Stone at Pointe de la Croix

Pointe de la Croix, Primiture, Groix, Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France

Obsidian

Les Gardes, Saint-Jacques-des-Blats, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Andradite-Grossular Series

Roca Gelera, Reynès, Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

A 30 meter shaft of the Pandour mine

Pandour mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Opal, Phlogopite

La Aljorra Quarries, La Aljorra, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain

Celestine

Tăul Lung Hill, Tăul Lung-Călina deposit, Caraş-Severin County, Romania

Almandine

Caladroy, Bélesta, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

Kersantite

Kerzanton, Loperhet, Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France