Alfred's Minerals: Micro Mount Photos

Set #1

Camera set up (photo #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.

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  1. Camera Setup
  2. Dioptase  Gila County, Arizona
  3. Copper Crystals  Christmas Mine, Arizona
  4. Native Copper  79 Mine, Arizona
  5. Chalcotrichite  Christmas Mine, Arizona
  6. Atacamite, Chrysacolla  Copiapo, Chile

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  7. Malachite  Laurian, Greece
  8. Malachite  Mapimi, Mexico
  9. Azurite-Malachite  Metcalf Mine, Moreci, Arizona
  10. Pyrite  Totowa, New Jersey
  11. Conichalcite  Eureka, Utah
  12. Pyromorphite  Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

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  13. Cerussite  Patagonia, Arizona
  14. Cerussite  Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
  15. Gold Crystal  Chelan, Washington
  16. Diamond Crystal  West Africa
  17. Diamond Crystal  West Africa
  18. Diamond Crystal  West Africa

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  19. Fluoroapatite Pyroxene, Actinolite  Fort Lee, New Jersey
  20. Acicular Mimetite  Theba Ruby Mine, Arizona
  21. Cuproadamite  Laurian, Greece
  22. Cuproadamite  Laurian, Greece
  23. Eosphorite  Minas Gerais, Brazil
  24. Zircon in Pectolite  Fort Lee, New Jersey

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  25. Cookeite on Quartz  New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey
  26. Herkimer Diamond  Middletown, New York
  27. Quartz Crystal  New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey
  28. Garnet  Ontario, Canada
  29. Rutile Crystal  Hiddenite North Carolina
  30. Mordenite  Mauchas, Priday Ranch, Oregon

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  31. Aragonite  Tsumeb, West Africa
  32. Nickelsonite  Tsumeb, West Africa
  33. Realgar  Humboldt County, Nevada
  34. Annabergite  Ontario, Canada
  35. Cyanotrichite  Grandview Mine, Coconino County, Arizona
  36. Annabergite  Laurian, Greece


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