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 Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
 Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 19, 2016 12:04 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| I would have thought that your caption would describe the minerals in the images, not the method used to take the photos. No big deal, just curious.
The images all have their own description. The o ... |
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| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 19, 2016 09:59 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| A picture to show the scale of these | |
| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 18, 2016 14:16 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| Well, I thought micros were magnified like with a microscope. These are just taken with a camera in macro mode. | |
| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Apr 18, 2016 10:42 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| Recently got a new camera and have collected some cool specimens. Coolest find for me. Let me know what you guys think! | |
| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Jan 28, 2016 12:31 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| No problem thank you!! :)
You may want to consider a Raynox Macro Explorer CM-2000. This pack is very affordable and includes a 1.5 and a 2.5 lens as well as a Universal Mounting adapter. You wil ... |
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| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Jan 27, 2016 21:33 Subject: Re: My collection of macro's |
| No problem thank you!! :) | |
| Topic: My collection of macro's |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 11 Views: 22676 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Jan 27, 2016 12:11 Subject: My collection of macro's |
| Have a decent collection of pictures I have taken over past year. I got into rocks/minerals about 2 years ago and just recently started photographing minerals, but I love how amazing some of these thi ... | |
| Topic: Quartz microscope pictures |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 3 Views: 14674 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Dec 25, 2015 19:25 Subject: Re: Quartz microscope pictures |
| Bought these the other day and thought they were cool, so I thought I'd share. | |
| Topic: Hematite Eifel |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 3 Views: 14149 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 29, 2015 10:53 Subject: Re: Hematite Eifel |
| Awesome!!! is the orange and white botryoidal crystals around it hematite also? | |
| Topic: Quartz microscope pictures |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 3 Views: 14674 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 29, 2015 10:03 Subject: Re: Quartz microscope pictures |
| Some more pictures of different minerals. | |
| Topic: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 8 Views: 13812 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 23, 2015 10:36 Subject: Re: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
| Well guys thanks for all the help and info!! Still not sure what it is so im just gonna go with what pete said a beautiful coincidence!! maybe one day ill figure it out haha :) thanks again guys!!! | |
| Topic: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 8 Views: 13812 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 21, 2015 13:29 Subject: Re: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
| awesome has a very similar shape thanks for the input what would have corroded it away? | |
| Topic: Quartz microscope pictures |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 3 Views: 14674 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 20, 2015 21:52 Subject: Re: Quartz microscope pictures |
| One more | |
| Topic: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 8 Views: 13812 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 20, 2015 17:22 Subject: Re: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
| Any more thoughts anyone? | |
| Topic: Quartz microscope pictures |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 3 Views: 14674 |
Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: Mar 19, 2015 21:38 Subject: Quartz microscope pictures |
| All were found by me in Colorado. Was bored so thought id share some of my pictures!!!!
Will add more as i take more enjoy!! :) |
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| Topic: Mysterious Black Crystals (Something Fishy!) |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 35 Views: 88880 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 19, 2015 09:31 Subject: Re: Mysterious Black Crystals (Something Fishy!) |
| Yes the hardness is 2.5, Mica is a group of different chemical structures i believe here is a link to the variations of it https://www.mindat.org/min-6728.html | |
| Topic: Mysterious Black Crystals (Something Fishy!) |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 35 Views: 88880 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 19, 2015 08:59 Subject: Re: Mysterious Black Crystals (Something Fishy!) |
| Any way this could be a form of mica? Reading up on mica, I'd have to say that is what you have. The composition says "Basic potassium aluminum silicate, sometimes with some chromium or manganes ... | |
| Topic: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 8 Views: 13812 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 18, 2015 16:23 Subject: Re: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
| I'm not able to edit my post not sure why. The 2nd image "Wierdrock1` (1).jpg" is the other side of the rock - the way it was when I found it. And yes, the 1st image is a close up of the 3rd ... | |
| Topic: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
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| DJandLIMON111 Replies: 8 Views: 13812 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 18, 2015 15:45 Subject: What would cause the shape of this cavity? |
| Not really sure what type of rock it is that this is on. I broke a piece off and the specific gravity I got was 2.5. Maybe a form of quartz? But my question is, what would make the cavity form in th ... | |
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