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Mineral PhotographyBest photographs of specimens larger than 1cm
28th Mar 2013 11:11 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
The reason for this might be that people who specialize on micro photos are mostly real experts while photographs of larger specimens (measuring at least 1cm) are usually made by collectors like myself who are more interested in collecting than in photographing.
With this thread I want to invite all collectors to show her/his best photographs of specimens larger than 1cm. Everybody can show his own favorites side by side. These photos can be exchanged whenever somebody thinks she/he has new better ones.
The result might be a very nice collection if many follow my example. Please, don't let me stand alone with my pictures!
Rudolf
28th Mar 2013 11:16 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
28th Mar 2013 16:58 UTCSimone Citon Expert
Phenakite, Rio Piracicaba (Old Sรฃo Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 cm crystal group
Rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Pr., South Africa, 10x9 cm specimen
Rhodochrosite, Oppu mine, Nishimeya-mura, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan, 9 cm specimen
28th Mar 2013 22:02 UTCRonnie Van Dommelen ๐ Manager
28th Mar 2013 22:32 UTCRock Currier Expert
That's good stuff.
3rd Apr 2013 00:50 UTCTim Jokela Jr
3rd Apr 2013 02:19 UTCRonnie Van Dommelen ๐ Manager
Tim - yes that is a unique howlite. We've never found one so well exposed before.
What I don't understand is why more people haven't added their best pics. I was really looking forward to this thread growing quickly.
3rd Apr 2013 10:22 UTCSimone Citon Expert
3rd Apr 2013 11:55 UTCMaggie Wilson Expert
3rd Apr 2013 12:07 UTCBob Harman
3rd Apr 2013 14:05 UTCKeith A. Peregrine
That is one of the most amazing geodes I've seen. I want one too!
Cheers!
Keith
3rd Apr 2013 19:48 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
first of all I want to thank all of you who have already posted their best photographs. I hope that more and more will soon join in. Don't bother about any standards because you can update or exchange your photos whenever you have new better ones.
Cheerio!
Rudolf
8th Apr 2013 12:14 UTCSimone Citon Expert
Millerite in Siderite, Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany, 6x5 cm
Gypsum, Cabernardi mine, Sassoferrato, Marche, Italy, 4,5x4 cm twinned crystal on Aragonite and Sulphur
9th Apr 2013 01:43 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
15th Apr 2013 15:53 UTCKarsten Ivan
For start only three of my shots from Slovak minerals. Will be filled and changed soon :-)
16th Apr 2013 02:38 UTCPaul Brandes ๐ Manager
19th May 2013 08:48 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I can see some phantastic pictures already. I hope there are going to come more and more.
Regards,
Rudolf
19th May 2013 09:51 UTCJean Marie Laurent
Nice pictures indeed !
But... a question : do you use a stacking software (Helicon Focus, Combine Z, Zerene...) ?
Best regards
Jean-Marie
19th May 2013 10:04 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I think that most of us are using stacking softwares.
Best regards,
Rudolf
19th May 2013 11:28 UTCOivind Thoresen Expert
19th May 2013 13:02 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
great photograph!!!
If you upload it into Mindat database you can make it visible without having to click on the link.
Best regards,
Rudolf
25th May 2013 13:37 UTCRobert Brandstetter Expert
26th May 2013 10:14 UTCRock Currier Expert
Those are very good pictures and very fine specimens. These two attributed often do not go together in our image gallery, but here they do. They will be good additions to our best minerals articles.
26th May 2013 22:11 UTCRock Currier Expert
That's a good picture. On my monitor however the black in the crystals, especially on the left side seems to make the left side of the crystal disappear into the background. I took the picture into Photoshop and increased the dynamic range of the image, or lightened the shadows as they call it and the result is below.
I think it looks a lot better. Knowing how careful with color and light and your background as a color scientist I have to assume that the image you downloaded did not look like it appears on my monitor. My recent work on some of the Best Minerals articles, especially all those black schorl specimens makes me think that perhaps most images that are uploaded to mindat have their dynamic range downgraded automatically by the upload process and it might be a good idea to develop an algorithm to automatically increase the dynamic range of uploaded images when needed if that would be possible.
I would be interested in your thoughts on the matter.
26th May 2013 22:37 UTCRonald J. Pellar Expert
Playing in Photoshop can change a lot of things in an image, some for the better. Your manipulation is OK but the uploaded image is a JPEG and any manipulation of JPEGs can actually make it worse. An automatic enhancement as you suggest would not be good for a lot of the images. The enhancement that you did may look better to you, but it is not very representative of the specimen itself. Its kind of un-natural. The dynamic range in the original specimen as I look at under normal lighting is closer to what I have uploaded.
Ron
27th May 2013 01:46 UTCRock Currier Expert
27th May 2013 03:18 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Your monitor may not be displaying the full dynamic range of the image. Those $129 monitors from Costco donโt make it. A man of your means can surely afford a good one. :-D I think Ron has it right on. The left edge is just barely perceptible on my photo editing monitors, so the full range of dark to light is nicely reproduced. I find the photo to be very pleasing. Nice shot Ron!
Gene
27th May 2013 03:57 UTCPaul Brandes ๐ Manager
27th May 2013 10:46 UTCRock Currier Expert
27th May 2013 20:02 UTCRonald J. Pellar Expert
Maybe you would like this version better?
Or would you prefer a different color? :-D
27th May 2013 21:24 UTCRonald J. Pellar Expert
Manipulation of images is as old as photography. I remember before the digital age when I used dodging paddles to selectively adjust the exposure in certain areas of a photo. Some people took the adjustments too far and the result was more art than documentation. For minerals I think documentation is far more important than art and photoshopping should be restricted to improving the presentation without introducing any kind of distortion of reality concerning the specimen itself. Change the backgrounds all you want but try to present the mineral image honestly and as realistically as possible. I feel that "edge sharpening", e.g., "unsharp masking", "sharpen edges", etc., "shadow" and/or "highlight" adjustment, "color correction", etc. is sometimes overused to the point of making the mineral look "unnatural" even though the image is very impressive. Don't get me wrong some sharpening is definitely an improvement, it is only when carried a little beyond that it becomes too much.
Because of camera metamerism, white imbalance, etc., some "color correction" may be necessary, but if your monitor is not properly setup with a decent color profile, you could do more harm than good. It might look good on your monitor after your corrections but not on anyone else's monitor.
I am totally against any automatic processing by MinDat on upload (other than scaling of size). Let the photographer and/or uploader be responsible for their own photos. Any auto processing exposes MinDat to all sorts of complaints, criticism, etc. and should be avoided at all costs.
Ron
27th May 2013 22:28 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager
I always use either black or white paper (always paper!) for background, so one of each ;-)
Cheers,
Harjo
27th May 2013 23:44 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Harjo, I cannot stop admiring your Calcite! I wish you added some more.:)-D
Cheers
Rudolf
28th May 2013 08:45 UTCRock Currier Expert
2nd Jun 2013 16:01 UTCAccount Closed
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/supermacro/supermacro1141.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/supermacro/supermacro747.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/supermacro/supermacro890.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/supermacro/supermacro907.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/supermacro/supermacro860.jpg
3rd Jun 2013 02:19 UTCRock Currier Expert
3rd Jun 2013 20:09 UTCAccount Closed
4th Jun 2013 12:16 UTCSimon Baxter
https://m.ak.fbcdn.net/sphotos-a.ak/hphotos-ak-ash4/421209_10201247904817787_1944110444_n.jpg
Dioptase thumbnail from Tsumeb mine Namibia (15x10x8mm).
https://m.ak.fbcdn.net/sphotos-b.ak/hphotos-ak-prn2/971455_10201247904937790_635063226_n.jpg
Spessartine Garnet thumbnail from Tongbei , Fujian Province , China (25x20x13mm).
https://m.ak.fbcdn.net/sphotos-g.ak/hphotos-ak-ash3/576568_10201247904857788_1083886112_n.jpg
Rhodochrosite with pyrite thumbnail apparently out of the Sweet Home mine but I have my doubts (14x11x6mm).
8th Jul 2013 13:52 UTCMarkus Rosenkranz
location: oberzeiring styria
size: 135x125x85mm
max. diameter of the crystalsaggregates: 53mm !!!
Markus Rosenkranz collection (Stoafex78)
8th Jul 2013 14:03 UTCMarkus Rosenkranz
location: bleiberg rudolfshaft
Size: 240x150x90mm !!!
max. size of the galenacrystals 35mm !!!
weight: 3900g
In this size very hard to obtain!
Markus Rosenkranz collection (Stoafex78)
8th Jul 2013 14:08 UTCMarkus Rosenkranz
location: weiรeck salzburg
mineral: fluorite
size of the speciemen: 132x120x68mm
max. distance between two parallel surfaces: 125mm!!!
weight: 1200g
With backlight you can see a intense blue colour with daylight and a violett colour with artificial light!
The faces show a fine natural gloss and are not etched by water!
Markus Rosenkranz collection (Stoafex78)
22nd Jul 2013 19:18 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Rudolf
22nd Jul 2013 21:45 UTCBob Harman
21st Jan 2014 00:56 UTCJeff Krueger
22nd Jan 2014 19:27 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
It is a very nice collection. http://www.mindat.org/g/222
22nd Jan 2014 22:05 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager
Harjo, I cannot stop admiring your Calcite! I wish you added some more
My pleasure, Rudolf ;-)
Cheers,
Harjo
23rd Jan 2014 02:19 UTCMark Heintzelman ๐ Expert
I must agree, and as a fairly dedicated calcite collector myself, I too admire all these wonderful calcites you've recovered. That green calcite, the Landelies, 12cm in particular, is still one of my all time favorites here on mindat! Thanks again for sharing them all!
MRH
23rd Jan 2014 05:54 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
thank you for sharing these wonderful pics!
Rudolf:-)
23rd Jan 2014 06:47 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert
23rd Jan 2014 09:20 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I am looking forward to see some of your excellent photographs here in this thread.
Rudolf
23rd Jan 2014 10:39 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert
http://www.mindat.org/photo-236250.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-257641.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-543818.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-521625.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-521614.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-521613.html
http://www.mindat.org/photo-499106.html
and others are in my gallery
2nd Apr 2014 18:02 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
2nd Apr 2014 20:01 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert
2nd Apr 2014 20:17 UTCBob Harman
segment of an Indiana geode from Monroe County. Acquired 2012.
CHEERSโฆโฆBOB
3rd Apr 2014 02:17 UTCJohn R. Montgomery ๐ Expert
4th Apr 2014 00:32 UTCBob Harman
4th Apr 2014 02:17 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Diamond 1.5 cm, 37.16 ct (sphere), Saha Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Diamond, 1.4 cm, 18.10 ct (octahedron), Premier Mine, Cullinan, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Diamond, 1.3 cm, 7.04 ct (macle twin), Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Gene
4th Apr 2014 03:09 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
High Resolution Version
4th Apr 2014 07:01 UTCGerhard Brandstetter Expert
Lilien adit, St. Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Tyrol, Austria
Hope you like it too. What i have seen there is really high quality photography in this thread. Hope to see more!
4th Apr 2014 11:27 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager
4th Apr 2014 18:17 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Thanks, that was kind of you.
Gene
5th Apr 2014 04:57 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Galena, Double Rainbow Mine, Lawrence Co., S. Dakota 12x7.5x4 cm
Quartz, Trinity Range, Pershing Co., Nevada DT xl is 4 cm long.
Wulfenite, Glove Mine, Amado, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona 6x3.5x2.5 cm
Cheers!
Steve
5th Apr 2014 08:04 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Cheers,
Rudolf
5th Apr 2014 17:31 UTCJohan Kjellman Expert
Gene :)-D for your first diamond
cheers
5th Apr 2014 18:54 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Great Titanite, it pops right out at you and has such presence! It's hard to pick from all of these great shots... very nice work, everyone.
Gene
5th Apr 2014 22:21 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
thank you for your friendly comment and your wonderful pictures of diamonds!
If we started a voting for the best picture your first diamond would be one of the top favorites, I am sure.
Rudolf
5th Apr 2014 22:56 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Clear fluorite on fluorite cast after baryte, Boulder Hill Mine, Lyon Co., Nevada 6x3.5x2 cm.
Cheers!
Steve
6th Apr 2014 01:29 UTCJohn R. Montgomery ๐ Expert
6th Apr 2014 14:30 UTCJonathan Zvonko Levinger Expert
Now my question is; Should I go and re do all my photos or do my old photos provide the enough visual information about the specimens.
Anyone that has the time please look at some examples here;
https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.zvonko/media_set?set=a.10151820878048823.1073741873.757958822&type=3&uploaded=111
Part of this was taken with 4MP Nikon Coolpix 4500 and part with the Olympus C 8080. I still use both this Cameras despite the Nikon D90 that is sitting here unused.
6th Apr 2014 19:17 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I had a quick look at some of your pictures in facebook and I wish all my pictures were as good as yours. There is no need in my opinion to redo them. If I were you I only would take new pictures of those that I am not content with. That is what I often do with my older pics.
Regards,
Rudolf
6th Apr 2014 20:44 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Goethite from the Styrian Erzberg, Austria. Very hard to get a specimen from there, becaus the oxidation zone is carryed to end. 7 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm.
Magnesite from the Kaswassergraben, Styria. 2.7 x 1.8 cm.
7th Apr 2014 01:37 UTCRock Currier Expert
7th Apr 2014 16:59 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.
Gold, Colorado Quartz Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA.
Gene
7th Apr 2014 18:12 UTCHenri Koskinen Expert
A cavity in basalt with white/clear chabazite and golden flowers of thomsonite with golden mesolite needle sprays.
FOV about 20mm. Self-collected 2014.
8th Apr 2014 00:15 UTCGeoff Van Horn Expert
10th Apr 2014 00:14 UTCDebbie Woolf Manager
11th Apr 2014 18:20 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
12th Apr 2014 08:48 UTCGerhard Brandstetter Expert
Indeed most of the images here have a very high level. Pure fun to watch them!
I have tons of mineral photos...... hard to say what are my personal favourites.
I think this new shot could be one of my best:
Calcite - 58 mm. From Jalgaon, Maharasthra, India
12th Apr 2014 11:39 UTCUwe Ludwig
Rgds
Uwe Ludwig
12th Apr 2014 13:48 UTCTony Albini
12th Apr 2014 15:09 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
12th Apr 2014 16:51 UTCMarco Albertazzi
MINERALI DEL MARMO CARRARA ITALIA COLLEZIONE E FOTO MARCO ALBERTAZZI
12th Apr 2014 17:10 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Steve
13th Apr 2014 08:50 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
High Resolution Version
13th Apr 2014 13:12 UTCBob Harman
13th Apr 2014 21:26 UTCTony Albini
When my photographer gets back from vacation, I will try to have him show me how to post some of my favorites on this site. I have no knowledge to to do this myself. Hopefully, I will in the future.
Regards, Tony
13th Apr 2014 21:47 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Do you see the red tourmaline icon in the row. It is the one before the smiley. When you click it on the following line appears:<
All you have to do then is to click on the XXXX and fill in the mindat number of your photo there.
Good luck,
Rudolf
13th Apr 2014 22:08 UTCStephen Rose Expert
13th Apr 2014 22:19 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Wulfenite, Glove Mine, Amado, AZ. 5.5x3.5 cm. Crystals with matte surfaces.
Steve
13th Apr 2014 22:55 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Thanks for sharing.
Rudolf
14th Apr 2014 23:27 UTCStephen Rose Expert
A Bad Bleibird flew by and told me.
Steve
14th Apr 2014 23:58 UTCKelly Nash ๐ Expert
15th Apr 2014 02:21 UTCJohn R. Montgomery ๐ Expert
John
15th Apr 2014 11:22 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
Spessartine on smoky quartz, from the Wushan Spessartine Mine, China.
15th Apr 2014 14:25 UTCUwe Ludwig
Rgds.
Uwe Ludwig
15th Apr 2014 14:45 UTCTony Albini
Tessin habit quartz from Becker quarry, West Willington, CT, 5 cm tall.
Rudolf, thanks for the help. Tony
15th Apr 2014 14:53 UTCTony Albini
15th Apr 2014 14:57 UTCTony Albini
Pocket almandine crystal 3 x 3.5 x 2 cm with ankerite-magnesite crystals, Becker quarry, West Willington, CT. 9 x 10 x 6 cm.
15th Apr 2014 15:06 UTCTony Albini
Elbaite crystal, Schoonmaker mine, Portland, CT , 4 x 2 x 1.8 cm.
15th Apr 2014 18:12 UTCTony Albini
Gem heliodor crystal, Roebling mine, Upper Merryall, CT. 4 x 3 x 3.5 cm
15th Apr 2014 19:10 UTCScott Rider
Smoky Quartz on Aegerine: Mount Malosa, Domasi, , Zomba District, Malawi, 6.25 cm tall
15th Apr 2014 20:08 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
As Stephen is quite right with his guess that I like Wulfenites I post another one:
Tony, you are doing well now. If you want to have the pictures you post in the centre you just have to change the float from left to center. For doing this you click into the word "left" and then write "center" there.
Regards,
Rudolf
15th Apr 2014 21:26 UTCGerhard Brandstetter Expert
And a good photo too!
15th Apr 2014 21:43 UTCHarold Moritz ๐ Expert
A 3 cm tall columbite-(Fe), from Case Quarries, Portland, Conn., USA
A 2.1 cm wodginite from Strickland Quarry, Portland, Conn., USA
A 3.5 x 5 cm molybdenite from White Rocks, Middletown, Conn., USA
A 3 cm tall almandine from Nathan Hall Quarry, E. Hampton, Conn., USA
15th Apr 2014 23:06 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Here is a little franklinite from the Franklin Mining District, Franklin, New Jersey. Major crystal is 3x2.5x2.5 cm.
Cheers!
Steve
15th Apr 2014 23:45 UTCTony Albini
Water clear pocket golden beryl, 4.2 cm long, Slocum quarry, East Hampton, CT.
16th Apr 2014 17:47 UTCAdam Kelly
I need you to photograph my tessin habit piece from Becker Quarry
16th Apr 2014 20:36 UTCHarold Moritz ๐ Expert
A 13.2 cm elbaite from the Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Conn., USA
An 8 x 9.5 cm swirl of cleavelandite crystals from the Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Conn., USA.
16th Apr 2014 20:58 UTCTony Albini
All my photographs were done by Harold Moritz, a close friend of mine and a great photographer. I can only take credit for the specimens and thanks for the compliment :)
Tony
16th Apr 2014 21:05 UTCTony Albini
Eucryptite after spodumene fluorescing under SW UV light from the type locality, Fillow quarry, Branchville, CT, 9 x 3 x 6 cm.
16th Apr 2014 21:34 UTCTony Albini
Big, blocky tantalite-(Mn) crystal, 5 x 3.5 x3 cm, Strickland quarry, Portland, CT, collected in 1933 by Bob Brandenberger.
16th Apr 2014 21:43 UTCTony Albini
Danburite crystals on matrix, whole specimen is 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm, largest crystal is 3.2 cm long, Danbury, CT
16th Apr 2014 21:51 UTCTony Albini
Terminated samarskite-(Y) crystal, 4 x 2x 1.8 cm, Spinelli quarry, Glastonbury, CT, field collected by myself.
19th Apr 2014 21:36 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Steve
21st Apr 2014 06:29 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
21st Apr 2014 23:20 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Rhodochrosite, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Arsentsumebite, Mimetite
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Gene
22nd Apr 2014 12:25 UTCTony Albini
Two white-cap amazonite crystals, large xl on left specimen 6.5 cm long. Right crystal 4.5 cm long, Lake George, Park county, Colorado, USA.
22nd Apr 2014 13:20 UTCPetr Fuchs Expert
Natrolite with Analcime from Czech republic - 100x60mm
Zinwaldite with Fluorite from Krupka, Czech republic - 45x40mm
23rd Apr 2014 12:26 UTCTony Albini
Elbaite crystal 4 cm long with quartz, Dunton Gem Quarry, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA
25th Apr 2014 10:44 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
High Resolution Version
26th Apr 2014 00:20 UTCTony Albini
Rhodochrosite stalagtites, largest is 6 x 2 x 2 cm, Capillitas mine, Andalgala Department, Catamarca, Argentina
28th Apr 2014 03:53 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Scheelite, Baia Sprie (Felsรถbรกnya), Maramureศ Co., Romania
3 cm X 2 cm X 2 cm
This is an old Walt Lidstrom specimen, purchased in the mid '60s. It is of special significance for us, because Walt was our friend and mentor.
Gene
28th Apr 2014 12:30 UTCTony Albini
Rubidium rich beryl (originally thought to be phenakite). Crystal 2.3 cm long, Brack Gem Prospect, East Glastonbury, CT.
29th Apr 2014 04:29 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Shangulowรฉ Mine, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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29th Apr 2014 09:12 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
One more Wulfenite from Bad Bleiberg:
29th Apr 2014 16:40 UTCTony Albini
Nice montebrasite crystal, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, with faces showing typical tan surface alteration. Pollucite and elbaite not visible. This specimen was labeled as feldspar, identified as montebrasite by me by specific gravity and heating chip in small propane cylinder and getting red lithium flame and melting as described in Frederick Pough's A FIELD GIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS, walden Gem quarry, Portland, CT, USA.
29th Apr 2014 21:26 UTCMartin Gruell Expert
29th Apr 2014 21:26 UTCMartin Gruell Expert
30th Apr 2014 13:38 UTCTony Albini
30th Apr 2014 13:47 UTCTony Albini
Pink Elbaite in pollucite, 7 x 7 x 4.5 cm, longest crystal is 5 cm, collected by Richard Schooner, c. 1950, Strickland quarry, Portland, CT, USA
30th Apr 2014 16:21 UTCTony Albini
Tantalite-(Mn) crystal in matrix, crystal is 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.5 cm. Collected by Louis W. Little, old timer, Strickland quarry, Portland, CT, USA.
12th May 2014 05:41 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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Quartz with rutile from a small find found near the Rist Mine. 3.9 x 2.8 cm
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Back of specimen.
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12th May 2014 20:38 UTCVítฤzslav Snášel Expert
Dimensions: 47 mm x 34 mm x 25 mm
13th May 2014 19:13 UTCTony Albini
Microcline var. Amazonite crystal, 6 x 8.5 x 5 cm, field collected in 1985 with permission. Hewitt Gem quarry, AKA Sawmill quarry, Haddam, CT, USA
13th May 2014 23:41 UTCVincent Rigatti
15th May 2014 17:02 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
17th May 2014 23:02 UTCTony Albini
Gem beryl crystal, 7.4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Klein Spitkopje granite stock, Spitkopje Area, Karibib Disrtrict, Erongo Region, Namibia, one of my favorites.
18th May 2014 00:25 UTCEugene & Sharon Cisneros Expert
Phosphophyllite
Unificada Mine, Cerro de Potosรญ (Cerro Rico), Potosรญ City, Potosรญ Department, Bolivia
19th May 2014 03:52 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
24th May 2014 16:25 UTCTony Albini
Golden and orange beryl, 4 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28th May 2014 18:26 UTCTony Albini
Botryoidal rhodochrosite on matrix, 12 x 6.5 x 8 cm, Ushkatyn #3 deposit, Zhayrem, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
29th May 2014 02:03 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
7.0 x 7.8 cm
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30th May 2014 13:24 UTCTony Albini
Three spessartine crystals, largest is 3.5 x 2.5 x 2cm. Pictured in the Connecticut issue of Rocks & Minerals, December 1995, Volume 70, Number 6. Collected by Richard Schooner. Hollister #1 quarry, South Glastonbury, CT, USA
31st May 2014 20:01 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
31st May 2014 21:37 UTCHarold Moritz ๐ Expert
Unusual association of lavender fluorescing albite overgrowths on pale blue fluorescing microclines (partly etched) lying on cleavelandite crystals (reddish-magenta fluorescence), shown under SW UV illumination. Specimen is 5 x 7.5 cm. Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Connecticut, USA.
2.5 cm brookite from Taftan, Chagai, Balochistan, Pakistan (not mine, wish it was!).
1st Jun 2014 14:10 UTCTony Albini
Doubly terminated montebrasite crystal with lepidolite, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, field collected with permission, Howard-Collins quarry, Georgetown, Maine, USA
3rd Jun 2014 23:49 UTCTony Albini
Prismatic pink beryl overgrowth on green beryl core (visible on fractured upper left of crystal), 11 x 10 x 7 cm, Gillette quarry, Haddam Neck, Connecticut, USA
4th Jun 2014 02:36 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Inner Mongolia
6.7 x 6.5 cm
5th Jun 2014 00:18 UTCTony Albini
Doubly-terminated, parallel growth amethyst, 9 x 8 x 7 cm, former Charles and Marchelle Weber specimen, Route 11 Road cuts, Salem, Connecticut, USA
5th Jun 2014 21:03 UTCGerhard Brandstetter Expert
Tsumeb, Namibia
6th Jun 2014 01:11 UTCTony Albini
Closeup of a 2 x 2 cm apophyllite aggregate on datolite, Roncari quarry, East Granby, Connecticut, USA
6th Jun 2014 12:56 UTCTony Albini
Dunton Gem quarry, Newry, Maine, USA
23rd Jun 2014 08:53 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Lake Baikal area, Russia
7.2 x 7.3 cm
25th Jun 2014 15:52 UTCTony Albini
Doubly terminated foitite with blue elbaite overgrowth, former Bruce Jarnot specimen, Bruce had John Attard analyze this piece. Ex-Earle Sullivan collection, 1962. Strickland quarry, Portland, CT, USA
3rd Jul 2014 13:04 UTCTony Albini
Kyanite crystals in muscovite variety fuchsite, 10 x 4 x 4 cm. Former Chris Kellum specimen. Borisovskie Sopki, Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Russia
14th Jul 2014 04:57 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Banpo Mine, China
11.0 x 9.0 x 8.2 cm
High Resolution Version
2nd Aug 2014 00:24 UTCStephen Rose Expert
3rd Aug 2014 08:09 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Cleator Moor
5.4 x 3.2 cm
Pyrite Detail
3rd Aug 2014 16:04 UTCKelly Nash ๐ Expert
Stephanite, Fresnillo, Mexico
Sphalerite on Sphalerite, Mogul Mine, Ireland
Flourite, Auglaize Quarry, Ohio
8th Aug 2014 22:15 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Cheers!
Steve
11th Aug 2014 19:59 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Cheers!
Steve
11th Aug 2014 23:37 UTCVincent Rigatti
17th Aug 2014 00:53 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I am back with a lovely Rock Crystal from Goldberg group:
17th Aug 2014 14:27 UTCFrank Craig
Great Idea, but I have to agree with Maggie - the bar has been set very high (and I'm a photographer!) :-)
Impressive photos folks!
I will search my "archives" and hopefully find some pics that compare.
Regards
Frank
17th Aug 2014 22:41 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Thank you for your appreciation.
I am convinced that you can find many pictures that fit in here and I am looking forward to see them.
Best regards,
Rudolf :)-D
18th Aug 2014 01:25 UTCFrank Craig
Will have a few more in the near future.
Regards
Frank
18th Aug 2014 07:12 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Frank, you should upload the pictures to mindat's database first. Then you can easily use them here just by clicking on the red tourmalin icon and filling in the mindat numbers of your pictures.
Regards,
Rudolf
18th Aug 2014 23:20 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
19th Aug 2014 04:34 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Nice to hear from you. Anyway, my last post here was quite long ago, so here my next image:
Smoky Quartz with very intense colour from Brunn, Waldviertel, Lower Austria.
5 x 3.2 cm
19th Aug 2014 04:45 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Momeik Township, Myanmar
5.0 x 3.7 cm
19th Aug 2014 11:04 UTCFrank Craig
Rob/Rudolf:
Is there a "standard" format I should follow?
Regards
Frank
19th Aug 2014 15:47 UTCJelmer Hoeksma
6 by 5 by 5 cm
19th Aug 2014 17:41 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
19th Aug 2014 17:42 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
19th Aug 2014 17:45 UTCJelmer Hylke Hoeksma
Photos are already uploaded.
Well, so I thought.
Now they are.
19th Aug 2014 18:16 UTCJelmer Hylke Hoeksma
Amethyst, smoky quartz from Brandberg
67 by 43 by 28mm
19th Aug 2014 19:46 UTCRoger Lang Manager
i am in with a few :-)
Cheers
Roger
19th Aug 2014 22:25 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Here is a specimen that dates back to pre-1940 sometime. It measures about 17x12 cm.
And, because we can all appreciate a mature backside.....
Cheers!
Steve
22nd Aug 2014 19:24 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
When I started the thread I actually did not expect to get to see so many phantastic pictures.
As Wulfenite collector I particularly like Roger's Wulfi pic! Absolutely stunning!!
Regards,
Rudolf :-)
29th Aug 2014 21:53 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Cheers,
Rudolf
30th Aug 2014 15:11 UTCOlivier L.
(Xenomorphic Nepheline)
30th Aug 2014 16:20 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
30th Aug 2014 20:56 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
With size 12 you must be the winner.
Regards,
Rudolf
31st Aug 2014 05:34 UTCRock Currier Expert
31st Aug 2014 14:44 UTCHarold Moritz ๐ Expert
Great pix everyone!
Speaking of large crystals, here is a pic from the Palermo pegmatite mine in New Hampshire http://www.mindat.org/loc-3942.html of my wife Sheila with the remnants of a huge microcline that was exposed in the quartz core. This photo was taken in the 1990s, cant remember exactly what year, but the year before, my first trip there ever, this was an intact, euhedral crystal, the biggest I had ever seen, in a museum or in the field! (Hard to see the remnants just past each hand, the termination at upper left is more obvious). And I didnt have a camera!! So, sadly by the next year they had blasted most of it away and I got only the remnants...(this is a poor scan of a print, one day I'll make a better one and post it to the locality page).
Always bring a camera when collecting, there is only one opportunity to photograph minerals in-situ.
2nd Sep 2014 04:01 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Cheers!
Steve
2nd Sep 2014 12:32 UTCMaggie Wilson Expert
2nd Sep 2014 18:59 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
3rd Sep 2014 00:18 UTCRoger Lang Manager
Cheers, Roger
3rd Sep 2014 00:41 UTCJim Robison
I tried to comment yesterday, and got the 'hack' message mentioned on another thread.
Your photography no longer simply astounds me. It is beyond imagining. Wonderful amethyst.
Question on the top reflective face. What are the small regular geometric gray appearing images. Surface features, or a view into the crystal, or ??? Very interesting and intriguing
Thanks for your continued day brighteners
Jim
3rd Sep 2014 03:44 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Thanks for your nice comments. I am glad you like the piece. It really is quite a glassy jewel. The geometric forms in the reflection are surface features.
AM
3rd Sep 2014 13:39 UTCVincent Rigatti
4th Sep 2014 23:00 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Sceptre Quartz from Goldberg group in Carinthia:
Regards,
Rudolf
4th Sep 2014 23:04 UTCRoger Lang Manager
hard to catch all the features of alpine quartz in a pic (at least for me) ... congrats!
Kรคrnten ist immer gut :-)
Cheers
Roger
ok .. einen noch - one more
5th Sep 2014 02:28 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Glรผck Auf,
Rudolf
5th Sep 2014 05:19 UTCVolkmar Stingl
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> Ok, Rudolf asked for more ;-) ....
>
> Cheers, Roger
Fantastic pictures, but some information would be nice, Roger.
Thanks for all the great pics.
Volkmar
5th Sep 2014 07:27 UTCWayne Corwin
All the info is there if you click on the photos. ;-)
6th Sep 2014 20:52 UTCFrank Craig
Anthophyllite
Denisovite
Tremolite
Inesite
Foshagite
I almost got this figured out - thanks for the assistance!
Regards
Frank
9th Sep 2014 22:13 UTCRoger Lang Manager
cheers,
Roger
14th Sep 2014 15:33 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Here is one from the Austrian alps:
16th Sep 2014 06:45 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
7.0 x 7.4 cm
14th Oct 2014 23:11 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I hope and pray that there are still some who dare to post pictures after these gorgeous photos of AM. :-S
Regards,
Rudolf
16th Oct 2014 02:00 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
This one is definitely one of my favorites: Hemimorphite on a 5cm measuring Wulfenite crystal.
Regards,
Rudolf
22nd Oct 2014 20:05 UTCVítฤzslav Snášel Expert
loc. Morcรญnov, Liberec Region, Bohemia (Bรถhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
22nd Oct 2014 22:12 UTCZbynek Burival Expert
23rd Oct 2014 19:27 UTCAccount Closed
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro402.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro321.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro292.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro397.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro408.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro393.jpg
http://www.alpinismeetmineraux.fr/mineralogie/macro/newmacro/newmacro400.jpg
23rd Oct 2014 20:43 UTCRonald J. Pellar Expert
1st Nov 2014 21:34 UTCVítฤzslav Snášel Expert
Agate, Morcinov, Czech republic
2nd Nov 2014 16:26 UTCAccount Closed
10th Nov 2014 04:53 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
14th Nov 2014 22:04 UTCJelmer Hylke Hoeksma
Last week was the yearly show at Liege, Belgium. Nice show with a lot of good stuff for decent prices.
Among others I picked up a topaz from Itinga, Brazil. Two shades of blue and with typical etching for this location.
Measures 4 by 3 by 3 centimeter.
The first picture has a black, reflective background.
The second picture is taken with a metallic, reflective background which always leads to creative colour effects.
5th Dec 2014 08:36 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Larger Version Here
5th Dec 2014 12:35 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Another top photograph for the 'Best Minerals' section!
Thank you!
Regards,
Rudolf
6th Dec 2014 00:21 UTCStephen Rose Expert
6th Dec 2014 13:28 UTCPaul De Bondt Manager
Stephen, you are right about AM's pictures. I think nobody can get close to him in his pictures AND specimens.
On another topic on Mindat he is doing well too.
You probably noticed that another topic about " high end specimens " is going on for the moment. See here : http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,341350,341479#msg-341479
AM, every specimen you show is in my eyes a high end specimen combined with a high end picture.
Keep on the good work and thank you very much for sharing them with us.
May I encourrage you to write a little article on Mindat with title " how do they do it ".
Take care and best regards.
Paul.
7th Dec 2014 03:00 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Here's another from Iran. Wulfenite with quartz and other minerals. 3.2 x 2.7 cm.
16th Dec 2014 21:19 UTCMartin Rich Expert
17th Dec 2014 02:57 UTCBob Harman
17th Dec 2014 16:15 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
17th Dec 2014 16:53 UTCDennis McCoy
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> DENNIS, Nice specimen, but are you absolutely
> positively sure that is from Tennessee? It looks
> more like an Illinois - Kentucky fluorite district
> specimen. CHEERSโฆ..BOB
No Bob, I'm not positive. This is a purchase from an estate. Some of the labels were confused or missing.
17th Dec 2014 18:20 UTCBob Harman
I suggest putting your pix into the identification/locality thread and asking others their opinions. CHEERSโฆโฆ..BOB
17th Dec 2014 19:09 UTCDennis McCoy
18th Dec 2014 03:33 UTCMartin Rich Expert
I still have one: Almandine from the Windeckberg, Wachau area in Lower Austria. 1 cm diameter.
18th Dec 2014 05:38 UTCGerhard Brandstetter Expert
Kaiserer Quarry, Rauris, Salzburg, Austria
:)-D Just my 50 cents for this "Austrian week"..... Great photography all! From the past few photos i think i prefer the cute Carlsbad twin. :-)
Best regards, Gerhard
19th Dec 2014 04:29 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Continuing the "Austrian week": ;-)
Quartz from Nรถchling, Lower Austria.
20th Dec 2014 01:11 UTCStephen Rose Expert
The first picture shows three faces of a large, hexagonal dipyramid while the two additional photos show more numerous, complete, conical crystal terminations up to about 1 cm across their base.
Cheers!
Steve
20th Dec 2014 18:53 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
20th Dec 2014 20:33 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Thy will be done! Along with about 30 other picts I have been meaning to get into the DB.
Cheers!
Steve
20th Dec 2014 20:48 UTCRob Woodside ๐ Manager
20th Dec 2014 23:05 UTCRoger Lang Manager
adding one more since some time now - a new acquisition which i particularly like!
Fluorite, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 7.2 x 6.5 x 5 cm.
Cheers
Roger
21st Dec 2014 01:41 UTCturtledove thrushe
26th Dec 2014 01:22 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
Axinite (Mg) Merelani. 7.2 x 5.0 x .84 cm
26th Dec 2014 11:49 UTCRoger Lang Manager
equipment was a CANON 6D, ISO 800, f 11, 1/40th, Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di VC USD MACRO. LED lighting (5500 K). No stacking etc.
BTW the specimen has a repair (but not detracting IMHO).
Cheers and happy holidays!
Roger
To keep the pictures coming (f 14, 0.5 sec., ISO 640):
Beryl (var. Greenkop), Erongo, Namibia. 5.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm.
3rd Jan 2015 21:25 UTCAccount Closed
7th Jan 2015 02:36 UTCMartin Rich Expert
1st Feb 2015 21:28 UTCMartin Rich Expert
13th Mar 2015 20:18 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Cheers,
Rudolf
13th Mar 2015 21:45 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
14th Mar 2015 05:37 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
15th Mar 2015 16:41 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
15th Mar 2015 22:42 UTCMartin Rich Expert
24th Mar 2015 19:27 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Another specimen from my homeland, in this case my home village:
24th Mar 2015 23:18 UTCMartin Rich Expert
25th Mar 2015 04:55 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
25th Mar 2015 06:17 UTCVolkmar Stingl
25th Mar 2015 13:33 UTCBob Harman
25th Mar 2015 16:09 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
This is one we got several years ago and is one of my favorite combination pieces with the elongated wulfenite on the green mimetite with a bit of white calcite thrown in for contrast.
Love the thread and all the great specimens in peoples collections.
6th May 2015 11:25 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
20th May 2015 03:20 UTCKurt Story
Cinnabar-- Fenghuang Co., Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Dimensions: 21 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm
Crystal Size: 12 mm
31st May 2015 20:38 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Wulfenite from Iran:
Cheers,
Rudolf
1st Jun 2015 21:51 UTCDennis McCoy
2nd Jun 2015 11:13 UTCJay I. G. Roland
3rd Jun 2015 15:33 UTCJay I. G. Roland
I gave up on the idea of purchasing Elements after getting absolutely nowhere with a very basic 'photo manipulation program. Spent almost a whole day on the damned thing and all I could manage in the end was to create text on an image!
As I said, I must use the air spray before each and every image taking session so it becomes part of the routine.....so many images have been 'binned' due to unwanted 'pubes' and 'bogies' spoiling the shot ;-)
Regards,
Jay.
14th Jun 2015 09:09 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
14th Jun 2015 10:25 UTCOwen Melfyn Lewis
Found it - and definitely not at my end :-)
Grabbing the image from the forum results in it being transmitted by Mindat as marginally less that VGA standard (640x480 pixel). My small manipulation was of the .jpg file as sent from Mindat - a fraction of the standard of the standard of Jay's image on the forum (itself subject to the 1Mb limit on photo file sizes for publication on the forum.
Accordingly, the file I uploaded back to the forum was the same quality as that made available by Mindat ;-)
14th Jun 2015 15:04 UTCMatt Courville
17th Aug 2015 19:53 UTCMilan Lidmera
Milan
30th Aug 2015 21:42 UTCMartin Rich Expert
I love Austrian wulfenites. The following image is not perfect, because it is nearly impossible to show the perfect luster of these wulfenites. Anyway, I like it.
BTW Rudolf, exellent image of the quartz group. :)-D
3rd Sep 2015 14:17 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Congratulations for your photo and the wonderful Wulfi!!!!!
Rudolf
16th Sep 2015 03:31 UTCGreen Eyed Lady
16th Sep 2015 04:18 UTCDoug Daniels
16th Sep 2015 08:48 UTCWayne Corwin
Good photo, but you need to always add, what it is & where it comes from info :-S
4th Oct 2015 00:33 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
24th Oct 2015 23:24 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
This one has an interesting self collected story. It comes from an 1880's railroad bed near Fairbank Arizona, where old overburden from the early Bisbee mines was used to build the rail bed. The material came from near the old Holbrook Mine area of Bisbee. Not bad for lying in the ground for about 125 years.
18th Nov 2015 19:03 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
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24th Nov 2015 00:25 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
24th Nov 2015 14:50 UTCMatt Courville
3rd Feb 2016 20:05 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
3rd Feb 2016 21:03 UTCBob Harman
3rd Feb 2016 21:18 UTCMichael Wood
3rd Feb 2016 23:43 UTCJason Evans
Roselite
Aghbar mine, Bou Azer, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.
2.9 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm
5th Feb 2016 05:54 UTCMartin Rich Expert
I want to show two specimens from the Austrian Alps:
Adularia on pericline, scattered with chlorite. 6 x 6.5 cm.
Epidote with byssolithe from the famous Knappenwand. 6 x 2.5 cm.
Not perfect photographs, but I like it.
5th Feb 2016 13:09 UTCMatt Courville
12th Feb 2016 15:19 UTCBob Harman
14th Feb 2016 00:21 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
4th Apr 2016 14:06 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
4th Apr 2016 21:13 UTCStephen Rose Expert
Cheers!
Steve
4th Apr 2016 21:58 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
5th Apr 2016 02:16 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
This is a Bisbee Azurite we got at the Tucson show a couple of years ago. The interesting part was that it was purchased at a German dealers room. It had been over in Germany and we bought it. It was an old piece and since we live not too far from Bisbee, my wife took it along on a trip to Bisbee to visit our friend who runs the Bisbee mine tour. Mary's reason for taking it along was to complete the mineral specimens journey full circle coming from the Copper Queen at one time and now going back home again, at least for a visit.
The wonderful thing was turning the piece over and seeing the wonderful malachite on the opposite side.
Love seeing all the great minerals specimens people show on this thread.
Rolf Luecke
6th Apr 2016 01:44 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Two photos from me, which I think these are one of my favourites:
6th Apr 2016 11:48 UTCUlrich Ratlos
10th Apr 2016 01:14 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Regards,
Rudolf
11th May 2016 05:56 UTCMartin Rich Expert
One of my favourite mineral is calcite. Here a aesthetic specimen out of the collection of Oliver Konzcer:
11th May 2016 06:44 UTCBootboot
12th Aug 2016 21:02 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
6th Sep 2016 14:21 UTCMatt Courville
7th Sep 2016 05:38 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Sometimes it is not easy to get a good photo - more luck than competence.
30th Sep 2016 23:17 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
regards,
Rudolf
17th Dec 2016 21:27 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
A very merry Christmas to all of you!
18th Dec 2016 06:56 UTCVolkmar Stingl
10 x 6 x 6 cm.
30th Dec 2016 13:21 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
31st Dec 2016 09:03 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
The crystals of your Rowley Mine Wulfenite are quite similar to Bad Bleiberg Wulfenites from the 13th level of Mine Stefanie.
31st Dec 2016 11:40 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
7th Jan 2017 19:25 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
21st Jan 2017 05:27 UTCJessica Guichard (2)
21st Jan 2017 20:55 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
27th Jan 2017 00:04 UTCMartin Rich Expert
27th Jan 2017 06:45 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
27th Jan 2017 09:21 UTCDale Foster Manager
Siderite on Chlacedony from Penlee Quarry. Field of view is 45 mm.
Cassiterite veinlets in a partly decomposed clay-slate matrix. Specimen is 45 mm long.
31st Jan 2017 00:58 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Martin
6th Feb 2017 10:21 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
27th Feb 2017 12:53 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
27th Feb 2017 14:20 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
10th Mar 2017 00:24 UTCIsobel Wolfson
12th Mar 2017 11:19 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
Anyway, here is a Touissit azurite with nice transparency.
12th Mar 2017 17:40 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
I am only an amateur so I also cannot really tell you something that might solve all our problems. Just as you both said it is a matter of trying and trying to light the numerous faces of Wulfenite specimens. Sometimes I use up to eight lamps in different positions. I also use different diffusion filters to take out the burn outs. But all these efforts do not guarantee a really satisfying result. It always is a kind of challenge for me that does make photographing very interesting.
Regards,
Rudolf
Wulfenite from Ahmad Abad Mine:
21st Mar 2017 04:27 UTCMartin Rich Expert
My words, Rudolf. Sometimes it looks to my eyes different than to the sensor of my camera. Before I'm getting crazy, I'm trying some different.
Martin
13th Aug 2017 15:12 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
19th Aug 2017 02:51 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
One of my most favorite uglies: Birnessite replacing Serandite & Rhodochrosite with Natrolite, Calcite, Pectolite and Willemite. 14 x 7.5 x 5.9 cm.
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallรฉe-du-Richelieu RCM, Montรฉrรฉgie, Quรฉbec, Canada
20th Aug 2017 13:14 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
Another Tsumeb azurite, with a bit of history.
Label from the mineral dealership of the Freiberg Mining Academy
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
8th Sep 2017 13:16 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Another pic of my favourite Calcite from Bad Bleiberg for you, Martin:
17th Sep 2017 02:31 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Indeed an exeptional calcite crystal. Thanks for showing it again. In the last weeks, I had no time for making mineral photos. So I'm showing an "old" one: Calcite from the "sister lead deposit" Mezica, 11 x 7 cm tall.
21st Sep 2017 05:03 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
21st Oct 2017 16:35 UTCAlexander Ringel
24th Nov 2017 09:34 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
25th Nov 2017 04:00 UTCJon Aurich
25th Nov 2017 10:07 UTCLuís Martins ๐
25th Nov 2017 16:09 UTCJon Aurich
4th Dec 2017 03:07 UTCMartin Rich Expert
7th Dec 2017 00:53 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
Thanks. That one was pure luck. I shot it back in 2004 when I barely knew how to work a camera.
30th Dec 2017 23:37 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Congratulations also to Russ for his outstanding photo
Here is my new fluo from Fujian province:
31st Dec 2017 01:39 UTCJon Aurich
31st Dec 2017 05:15 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Thanks Rudolf!
Very nice fluorite, exellent quality (to be contrary to a lot of other technical stuff from China :)) and exellent photo.
I'm sure you are remember about the wulfi. We spoke about this specime in Munich on the booth of Robert & Oliver.
Here my next from Bleiberg:
A specimen from the Brennacher collection (sorry Rudolf, I could not resist!).
31st Dec 2017 05:37 UTCJon Aurich
6th Jan 2018 13:02 UTCJon Aurich
9th Jan 2018 11:29 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Here is a new photo of an old Carinthian 'masterpiece' with crystals up to 4 cm:
9th Jan 2018 15:30 UTCJon Aurich
10th Jan 2018 03:25 UTCMartin Rich Expert
Rudolf what a colour of the titanite!
Continuing the Carinthian week: a typical rock crystal from Auernig.
10th Jan 2018 03:37 UTCJon Aurich
24th Jan 2018 04:49 UTCJon Aurich
28th Jan 2018 16:27 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
28th Jan 2018 19:57 UTCJim Poteete
1st Feb 2018 19:30 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
Several wulfenites have already been shown in this topic, but not from Touissit. Here is one.
1st Feb 2018 23:06 UTCJon Aurich
2nd Feb 2018 01:30 UTCFrank Karasti ๐ Expert
2nd Feb 2018 02:20 UTCJon Aurich
8th Mar 2018 04:46 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
Here's one of my latest photos. 6 x 5 x 3 cm.
8th Mar 2018 05:55 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
8th Mar 2018 06:35 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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> Nice specimen and photography!
Thanks Kevin!
30th Mar 2018 08:17 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
31st Mar 2018 00:00 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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> I love the way you were able to capture
> reflections of the Siderite in the faces of
> theFluorite crystals.
Thanks Russ
1st Apr 2018 00:55 UTCStephen Rose Expert
3rd Apr 2018 20:57 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
18th Apr 2018 08:58 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
18th Apr 2018 09:16 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
Russ Rizzo
18th Apr 2018 18:56 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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> Nice specimen... I love the crenellated
> terminations on the larger crystals. And the
> detail of your photograph is sublime.
>
> Russ Rizzo
Thanks Russ
19th Apr 2018 01:34 UTCJon Aurich
19th Apr 2018 04:56 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
Looking at it reminds me of the bayou at night.
20th Apr 2018 05:11 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
30th Apr 2018 18:54 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
7th May 2018 16:05 UTCNick Gilly
I suspect it's from Jegdalek, Afghanistan.
4th Jun 2018 21:55 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
5th Jun 2018 02:26 UTCMartin Rich Expert
I have a pyrite in shape of pyritohedron (more or less) from this area and it seems octahedrons are not so common from there.
13th Jul 2018 12:28 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
Smoky Quartz on Albite var. Cleavelandite
Little Three Mine, Ramona, Ramona District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. John Sinkakas collection # QS6
14th Jul 2018 06:21 UTCJon Aurich
14th Aug 2018 20:00 UTCJon Aurich
14th Aug 2018 20:42 UTCJon Aurich
14th Aug 2018 20:53 UTCNiels Brouwer
Again, I don't mean to be too harsh, but I feel this topic should have a fairly high standard of quality - after all, that's what it was started for so that we can all admire the beautiful photography here on Mindat and learn from each other. For me, the photos of AM Mizunaka, Antoine Barthรฉlemy and so many others inspired me to continuously experiment with the lighting, composition, image processing, sharpening and so many other aspects that combine to produce a mineral photo. I genuinely hope it will inspire you too, your gold specimens are of a quality that deserves so much better photos, so they will look just as exciting on our computer screens on the other side of the world as they do when you hold them in your hand over in Nevada.
14th Aug 2018 21:23 UTCJon Aurich
14th Aug 2018 21:49 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
A digital camera would be a huge improvement for you. Even a refurbished older one. All of the photos that I've posted on Mindat were taken with a 4.0 megapixel Canon G3 Powershot that I bought in 2003. I recently bought a refurbished one from amazon.com for $99 so that I would have a spare. Stay away from eBay when buying used cameras.
Russ
14th Aug 2018 21:50 UTCAndrew Debnam ๐
https://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,6,241281,440466#msg-440466
In terms of your photos can you try a black background? I got some very useful advice on photographing reflective minerals on the following thread.
https://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,13,440112,440275#msg-440275
14th Aug 2018 22:00 UTCJon Aurich
14th Aug 2018 22:03 UTCJon Aurich
15th Aug 2018 02:06 UTCLarry Maltby Expert
As you know, I love the beauty of your specimens. This is one of my favorite specimens that you have shown. I down loaded it and processed it with Photo Shop Elements. I use this software often and now this takes about five minutes to complete. I printed an 8 x 10 and plan to frame it.
Larry,
15th Aug 2018 02:27 UTCAndrew Debnam ๐
15th Aug 2018 02:50 UTCJon Aurich
15th Aug 2018 02:54 UTCJon Aurich
15th Aug 2018 02:54 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
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> Thanks Russ !! I will try and look for one of
> those digital cameras. I know what to look for as
> far as minerals, but I am not so versed with
> cameras !!!!!
The newer low-mid price range,16, 20, whatever megapixel cameras do not impress me. The end product usually comes out looking like some of the lower quality cell phone pictures that you see posted here. I've bought and returned so many I can't count them all. Unless you are going to spend $1,000 plus for a camera & at least that much on lenses, a refurbished version of the one I mentioned is a good place to start.
I do recommend getting a tripod too.
You'll find that you will need to do some color, brightness/contrast correction & sharpening to your photos. There are websites out there where you can get older versions of PhotoShop at a deep discount. You just need to make sure whatever version you get is compatible with your computer's operating system.
That's about all the advice I have to offer. There are many other members that are much better photographers than I am. I'm sure that they have much advice and wisdom that they will be happy to share with you.
Russ
15th Aug 2018 03:00 UTCJon Aurich
15th Aug 2018 03:08 UTCJon Aurich
15th Aug 2018 17:17 UTCGreg Simmons
https://www.mindat.org/photo-903436.html
15th Aug 2018 17:20 UTCGreg Simmons
15th Aug 2018 17:52 UTCMatt Courville
15th Aug 2018 18:03 UTCGreg Simmons
For those shots I used a light box I made using white foam core and vellum. There is a top light and one on each side that are diffused through the vellum, plus I have a photo/video light at the front near the camera that is variable brightness. After taking a bunch photos I discovered that the best shots were ones where I eliminated one of the side lights. I appreciate you taking a look.
15th Aug 2018 18:31 UTCHiro Inukai
But since this is a thread about bigger specimens...who cares about focus stacking! LOL
Just kidding. Here's a photo where I used focus stacking to good effect. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to get all of the crocoite crystals in focus. Locality is the Dundas mine, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen is approximately 6 cm in the longest dimension, and it's one of my favorite miniatures for the clean and aesthetic crystal formation.
15th Aug 2018 18:50 UTCKevin Conroy Manager
15th Aug 2018 19:06 UTCGreg Simmons
I do think that photo stacking will come into play when I photograph closer in to highlight details. I'm definitely working on my depth of field and then zooming in digitally to best frame the specimen. Here is another calcite I did.
https://www.mindat.org/photo-903441.html
I'm not 100% happy with the images. I think on the one that shows the whole piece I should have increased the f-stop and maybe would have gotten better depth of focus. (I should have dusted off the black surface in front of it too. LOL #rookiemistake )The other two images are just digital zooms of the first one. They are ok but I would like to have had better detail that showed the crystal tufts more vividly.
NOTE: I'm using 27mm-135mm lens so not a true macro lens.
15th Aug 2018 20:20 UTCHiro Inukai
That's a good photo of the calcite specimen. I can also see that you are aware of the ways in which you could improve on the image.
With respect to achieving a sufficient depth of field, stopping down can only achieve so much, especially when the subject magnification is high; moreover, the effects of diffraction at very small numeric apertures (i.e., high effective f-number) robs the image of sharpness even in the plane of sharpest focus--hence the need for focus stacking. Also, a small aperture lets in less light and requires compensating by either increasing subject illumination, exposure duration, or sensor gain (ISO).
My rule of thumb is that between 1:2 and 1:1, f/8 - f/11 is the maximum tolerable f-number; up to 2:1, f/5.6 - f/6.3; up to 3:1, f/5; and up to 5:1, f/2.8 - f/4. There are tables out there with more precise ranges.
The cheapest but not necessarily most aesthetic way to deal with shallow depth of field (after stopping down) is to reorient the subject so that as much of the details you wish to capture is situated parallel to the image plane; in other words, if you want the tufts of white calcite as well as the older generation of brown calcite to be in focus, is to position the specimen so that it is directly facing the camera.
It is something of a misconception to think that focus stacking requires a motorized rail and specialized stacking software. While these greatly facilitate "deep" stacks with a lot of source images at high magnification, there is much room for compromise here. Some of my best stacks involved only 2 or 3 images, shot handheld without the assistance of a rail, and merged manually. And if you have a tripod, that can help keep the framing constant as you adjust focus. Also, keep in mind that not every part of the subject needs to be in focus, but when you choose what portions you wish to have sharp, it is usually (but not always) best to have foreground features sharp and background features out of focus.
One thing I've noticed about a lot of the photos I've seen here is that many of you like to show the entire specimen (unless it's a micromount). This is something I need to get used to, since as someone who is not a mineralogist, my aesthetic criteria are different from most of yours. I realize you want to show the specimen in context, and that this is an important consideration. I need to work on this, I think, if I am to document my collection properly.
One other comment I do have is with the quality of lighting. I recommend trying to keep a consistent color temperature across all of your illumination sources, since diffuse natural lighting tends to be cooler than indoor incandescent light. Bringing the light physically closer to the specimen can dramatically increase the intensity of illumination, although it also may change its character (diffuse versus specular, etc). Lots to think about!
17th Aug 2018 05:50 UTCGreg Simmons
https://www.mindat.org/photo-904607.html
15th Sep 2018 20:35 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
15th Sep 2018 20:55 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
Greg, you're on the right path with your pictures. If I may give you an advice, it would be to lower the ISO to reduce the noise, which is especially bothering (well, slightly bothering ;-) ) in your first calcite pictures.
17th Sep 2018 00:44 UTCGreg Simmons
Thanks for the tip.
17th Sep 2018 19:21 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
19th Sep 2018 15:47 UTCGreg Simmons
Antoine, Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. Always happy to learn something new.
19th Sep 2018 16:46 UTCJon Aurich
21st Sep 2018 12:46 UTCFrank K. Mazdab ๐ Manager
The other "bird to kill" here is that unfortunately the dealer simply labeled the specimen's locality as "Morocco", without including, or perhaps even knowing, a more precise location. My feeling from looking through all the Moroccan cerussite photos here is that it's probably from the Touissit district, since it doesn't look like any of the Mibladen examples. I suppose it could also be from one of the lesser known localities. Normally I'd be reluctant to buy a poorly-labeled specimen, but this puppy was just $15 so I couldn't pass it up. It'd be great to be able to include at least a district (even if I have to follow it with a question mark), so if any Moroccan-cerussite experts have an opinion, I'm all ears.
23rd Sep 2018 19:50 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
And since I'm here...
24th Sep 2018 08:49 UTCEd Richard
A bunch of these came out some years ago now, but very few notable ones.
15th Oct 2018 22:41 UTCBrian Fussell
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> Dioptase with shattukite. 8.2 x 5.4 cm.
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Great photo, whats your lighting set up for that shot?
15th Oct 2018 23:04 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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> AM Mizunaka Wrote:
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> Great photo, whats your lighting set up for that
> shot?
PM sent with the information.
25th Nov 2018 17:55 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
13th Jan 2019 22:40 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
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8th Feb 2019 09:23 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager
Please see https://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,9,446817,446817#msg-446817
I will remove humboldtine from the photo.
17th Mar 2019 08:32 UTCKeith Compton ๐ Manager
17th Mar 2019 18:14 UTCJohan Kjellman Expert
> probably from the Touissit district,
yes that is the most likely source
the corroded galena matrix gives it away.
true, that Taouz have excellent "stars" but these are usually singles w/o galena matrix
cheers
17th Mar 2019 18:43 UTCFrank K. Mazdab ๐ Manager
thank you for the additional input! Yes, in fact the galena matrix is so corroded it's almost unrecognizable as galena... it's very fine-grained and surprisingly dull; had the material not had cm-sized cerussite crystals growing on it, I probably would have mistaken the unimpressive vuggy gray mass for some artificial smelter reject.
17th Mar 2019 21:30 UTCJessica Guichard
18th Mar 2019 01:04 UTCJon Aurich
18th Mar 2019 14:53 UTCWayne Corwin
Is that talc from the Argonaut Mine?
Nice piece!
20th Mar 2019 06:12 UTCJon Aurich
25th Mar 2019 17:31 UTCJessica Guichard (2)
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> Jessica
> Is that talc from the Argonaut Mine?
> Nice piece!
Yes, indeed it is! Sorry about the delayed response :)
25th Mar 2019 17:37 UTCJessica Guichard (2)
30th Mar 2019 19:31 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
1st Apr 2019 19:41 UTCDennis McCoy
1st Apr 2019 19:52 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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> Cool epimorph, and great photo!
Thanks!
27th Apr 2019 14:42 UTCAntoine Barthélemy Expert
27th Apr 2019 18:34 UTCPaul De Bondt Manager
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Paul.
29th Apr 2019 05:45 UTCRudolf Hasler Expert
Rudolf
1st Jun 2019 20:37 UTCStephen Rose Expert
13th Sep 2019 21:34 UTCEch Noch
13th Sep 2019 21:38 UTCEch Noch
Microcline plate with Blue-green Albite, Schorl, Smoky Quartz, and minor Muscovite. Child photos give alternate angles and highlight different focal points since I donโt have a photo stacking program.
13th Sep 2019 21:43 UTCEch Noch
13th Sep 2019 21:50 UTCEch Noch
Smoky Quartz on Clevelandite with Muscovite. Placerville California. A very difficult specimen to photograph in a way that exhibits all the beveled prism faces. I have about 5 different sets of photos that I have done at separate sessions before quitting in frustration.ย
15th Sep 2019 04:29 UTCGareth Evans
A large Cuprite crystal 70 mm tip-to-tip; Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
14th Oct 2019 03:03 UTCAM Mizunaka ๐ Expert
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