Alfred's Minerals: Micro Mount Photos
Set #1
A copy stand holds the camera. The camera is an Exacta VX 11 B
single lens reflex camera. Extension bellows plus extension tubes
give a total extension of 17 1/2 inches. The lens is an 8 mm telephoto
movie camera lens using reverse optics. The technique is to focus
at F8 and close down to F16 to snap the picture.
A light source is used to get a proper lighting angle plus a strobe
light in the same place when the picture is taken. A Honeywell
Strobonar Auto 880 was used for these photos at about 2 1/2 inches
from the mineral.
The area covered on the mineral is 2 mm by 3 mm. When you try
this yourself, a little experimentation with the equipment you
have may be required to get the right exposure.
GOOD LUCK!
Photos
All full size photos are in JPEG format and range in size between
23KB and 52KB. Click on either the thumbnail or the mineral name
to see the full size photo.
- Camera Setup
- Dioptase Gila County, Arizona
- Copper Crystals Christmas Mine, Arizona
- Native Copper 79 Mine, Arizona
- Chalcotrichite Christmas Mine, Arizona
- Atacamite, Chrysacolla Copiapo, Chile
- Malachite Laurian, Greece
- Malachite Mapimi, Mexico
- Azurite-Malachite Metcalf Mine, Moreci, Arizona
- Pyrite Totowa, New Jersey
- Conichalcite Eureka, Utah
- Pyromorphite Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Cerussite Patagonia, Arizona
- Cerussite Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Gold Crystal Chelan, Washington
- Diamond Crystal West Africa
- Diamond Crystal West Africa
- Diamond Crystal West Africa
- Fluoroapatite Pyroxene, Actinolite Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Acicular Mimetite Theba Ruby Mine, Arizona
- Cuproadamite Laurian, Greece
- Cuproadamite Laurian, Greece
- Eosphorite Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Zircon in Pectolite Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Cookeite on Quartz New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey
- Herkimer Diamond Middletown, New York
- Quartz Crystal New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey
- Garnet Ontario, Canada
- Rutile Crystal Hiddenite North Carolina
- Mordenite Mauchas, Priday Ranch, Oregon
- Aragonite Tsumeb, West Africa
- Nickelsonite Tsumeb, West Africa
- Realgar Humboldt County, Nevada
- Annabergite Ontario, Canada
- Cyanotrichite Grandview Mine, Coconino County, Arizona
- Annabergite Laurian, Greece
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