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Calcite, Marcasite France Stone Co. Quarry Logansport Cass Co. Indiana USA (2006) FOV:4.8 mm

#2766 Calcite, Marcasite France Stone Co. Quarry Logansport Cass Co. Indiana USA (2006) FOV:4.8 mm - Calcite showing double refraction of marcasite blades (not artifacts of focus stacking).

Calcite Var. Coboltocalcite Mashanibo West Mine Kolwesi Shaba Zaire (2002)

Chiavennite, Natrolite Vevja Twedalen Norway (2002) FOV:4.8 mm

Muscovite Var. Sericite Clover York Co. South Carolina USA (2005) FOV:16 mm - Kind of boring but it is a good reference image.

Ephesite Postmasburg Griqualand South Africa (2005) FOV:9 mm

Metahewettite Western USA (2005) FOV:16 mm

Gypsum Var. Selenite Ohio City Gunnison Co. Colorado USA (2005)

Gypsum Var. Selenite Torrance Beach Torrance Los Angeles Co. California USA (2005) FOV:3.6 mm

Gypsum Var. Selenite Torrance Beach Torrance Los Angeles Co. California USA (2005) FOV:4.8 mm

Gypsum, Var. Selenite, Geothite Illinois USA (2005) FOV:5 mm

Almandine Garnet Hill Ruth White Pine Co. Nevada USA (2000) FOV:16 mm

Quartz Batopilas Chihuahua Mexico (2000) FOV:16 mm

Vanadinite Chihuahua Mexico (1982)

Silver Var. Native Batopilas Co. Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:16 mm

Silver Var. Native Batopilas Co. Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:16 mm

Silver, Native Batopilas Co. Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:2.5 mm

Variscite Ouashita Mtn Garland Co. Arkansas USA (2002)

Torbernite Pitman Mine Little Switzerland Mitchell Co. North Carolina USA (2006) FOV:1.6 mm

Autunite Tragos Portugal (1988) FOV:1.6 mm

Torbernite, Autunite Tragos Portugal (1988) FOV:1.6 mm

Bikitaite Foote Mine Kings Mountain Cleveland Co. North Carolina USA (2021) FOV:1.6 mm

Brannockite Foote Mine King Mt Cleveland Co. North Carolina USA (2021) FOV: 2.5 mm/ 1.6 mm

Vivianite Brown Co. Ohio USA (1983) FOV:16 mm

Hemimorphite Broken Hill Mine New South Wales Australia (2002) FOV:6 mm

Gold Var. Native Mineral Hill Cripple Creek Colorado USA (2002) FOV:1.6 mm

Gaspeite Widgiemooltha Western Australia Australia (2002) FOV:16 mm

Fluorite San Antonio Mine Santa Eulalia Mexico (2002) FOV:1.6 mm

Beudantite, Mimetite, Chalcophanite Richmond Sitting Bull Mine Galena Lawrence Co. South Dakota USA (2000) FOV:1.6 mm

Descloizite, Chalcophanite Richmond Sitting Bull Mine Galena Lawrence Co. South Dakota USA (2005) FOV:1.6 mm

#2730 Descloizite, Chalcophanite Richmond Sitting Bull Mine Galena Lawrence Co. South Dakota USA (2005) FOV:1.6 mm Revisiting one of my favorite specimens I collected by in the mid 1980s. My latest tweak to my technique is better. Now I need to improve my lighting.

Libethenite Ray Mine Ray Pinal Co. Arizona USA (2002) FOV:5 mm

Erythrite Alamos Mexico (2002) FOV:1.6 mm

Erionite, Clinoptilolite Rock Island Dam Douglas Co. Washington USA (2002) FOV:1.6 mm

#1883 Silver Batopilas Chihuahua Mexico (2002) FOV:16 mm

Ramsdellite Mistake Mine Yavapai Co. Arizona USA (2002) FOV:7 mm

Semseyite Rodina Romania (2002) FOV:16 mm

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Silver Var. Native Alamos Sonora Mexico (1993) FOV:16 mm

Titanite, Diopside in calcite Essex Co. New York USA (2002) FOV:16 mm

Stringhamite, Xonotlite, Grossular Christmas Mine Claypool Gila Co. Arizona USA (2022) FOV:4.8 mm

Yingjiangite Jachymov Czech Republic (2021) FOV:16 mm

Willemite Franklin Mine Sussex Co. New Jersey USA (2006) FOV:4.8 mm

Grossular Var. Hessonite Asbestos Quebec Canada (2000) FOV:16 mm

Grossular Johns Manville Quebec Canada (2002) FOV:9 mm

Grossular Johns Manville Quebec Canada (2003) FOV:16 mm

Uvarovite Oxford Mine Quebec Canada (2002) FOV:1.9 mm

Uvarovite Quebec Canada (2002) FOV:3.6 mm

Grossular West Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA (2003) FOV:3.6 mm

Polybasite Batopilas Chihuahua Mexico (2000) FOV:16 mm

Astrophyllite, Fluorite, Catapleiite Demix Quarry Mt St Hilare Quebec Canada (2003) FOV:7 mm

Muscovite Harts Range Northern Territory Australia (2005) FOV:7 mm

Stephanite Niederschlema Germany (1986) FOV:3 mm

Hemimorphite, Aurichalcite Ojuela Mine Mapimi Durango Mexico (2005) FOV:2.5 mm

Barytocalcite Blagill Mine Alston, Cumberland England United Kingdom (2005) FOV:6 mm

Fluorite Auglaize Plant Paulding Co. Ohio USA (2003) FOV:16 mm

Fluorite Auglaize Plant Paulding Co. Ohio USA (2003) FOV:16 mm

Pachnolite, Ivigtut Mine, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland FOV:3.6 mm

Pseudobrookite Topaz Mtn Thomas Range Juab Co. Utah USA (1985)

Aragonite Wind Cave Custer Custer Co. South Dakota USA (2003) FOV:4.8 mm

Offretite Willy Wally Gully Merriwa New South Wales Australia (1985)

Colemanite ps after Meyerhofferite Monte Blanco Death Valley Inyo Co. California USA (2005) FOV:16 mm

Tarbuttite Broken Hill Central Co. Kabwe Zambia (2002) FOV:3.6 mm

Chabazite, Albite Somerville Copper Mine Bound Brook Somerset Co. New Jersey USA (2005) FOV:3.5 / 2.5 mm

Spangolite, Brochantite Blanchard Claims Socorro Co. New Mexico USA (2003) FOV:5 mm

Biotite Gooderham Ontario Canada (2005) FOV:16 mm

Cinnabar Almaden Spain (2002) FOV:3.6 mm

Natrolite Squirrelwood Rd - Interstate 80 Roadcut Paterson Passaic Co. New Jersey USA (2003) FOV:9 mm

Natrolite Squirrelwood Rd - Interstate 80 Roadcut Paterson Passaic Co. New Jersey USA (2003) FOV:16 mm

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Leadhillite Collins Mine Tiger Pinal Co. Arizona USA (1990) FOV:16 mm

Leadhillite Collins Mine Tiger Pinal Co. Arizona USA (1990) FOV:4.8

Leadhillite Collins Mine Tiger Pinal Co. Arizona USA (1990) FOV:9 mm

Siderite, Calcite Great Notch Passaic Co. New Jersey USA (2003) FOV:3.6 mm

Cacoxenite Polk Co. Georgia USA (2004) FOV:3.6 mm

Strengite Indian Mt Cherokee Co. Alabama USA (2002) FOV:4.8 mm

Beraunite Indian Mt Cherokee Co. Alabama USA (1999) FOV:4.8 mm

Strengite Indian Mt Cherokee Co. Alabama USA (1999) FOV:4.8 mm

Strengite, Rockbridgeite Mullica Hill Gloucester Co. New Jersey USA (2002) FOV:16 mm

Cyrilovite Iron Monarch Quarry Iron Knob South Australia Australia (2002) FOV:4.8 mm

Cyrilovite, Strengite Iron Monarch Quarry Iron Knob South Australia Australia (2002) FOV:4.8 mm

Cyrilovite, Strengite Iron Monarch Quarry Iron Knob South Australia Australia (2002) FOV:16 mm

Woodruffite Ojuela Mine Mapimi Durango Mexico (2001) FOV:2.5 mm

Woodruffite, Scorodite Santa Eulalia Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:4.8 mm

Woodruffite Santa Eulalia Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:7 mm

Woodruffite Santa Eulalia Chihuahua Mexico (2001) FOV:6 mm

Crocoite Kapi Mine Dundas Tasmania Australia (2002) FOV:3.6 mm

Crocoite Kapi Mine Dundas Tasmania Australia (2002) FOV:3 mm

Crocoite Kapi Mine Dundas Tasmania Australia (2002) FOV:7 mm

Fluorapatite Dan Patch Mine Keystone Pennington Co. South Dakota USA (2000) FOV:16 mm

 

Lego specimen stage for stereo microscopes

 Lego micro mineral specimen stage 2.0

•  My second attempt at creating a height adjustable specimen stage that allows finer control of the coarse focus adjustment which  my current microscope stand does not support.

•  Better stability using steel sheet base attached with magnets

•  Reduced vibrations while adjusting the stage height up and down

•  Fewer gears needed to achieve vertical motion 

•  Allowed me to take 10-20 images manually moved at 40x magnification for focus stacking 

Kudos to:  
LEGO Studio 2.0 is fantastic free software.

 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page

https://www.heliconsoft.com/

https://amscope.com/

#1401 Goethite Var. After Siderite Dan Patch Mine Keystone Pennington Co. South Dakota USA (2000) FOV:1.6 mm/2.5 mm

Colemanite Boron Kern Co. California USA (2006) FOV:4.8 mm