When the Bugs are gone

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bill henderson
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When the Bugs are gone

Post by bill henderson »

When the bees and bugs etc. are away its time to get back to the old mineral collection.All photos are with Nikon D300 with Sigma 150mm Micro plus 1.4tc. Minerals also have never ending possibilites for photography.

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Native Gold


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Native Copper

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Flourite
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JoanYoung
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Post by JoanYoung »

The Flourite looks like ice. Lovely pic. :)
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Post by Ken Ramos »

Great set of images Bill, really like those first two, especially the native gold! :D

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Post by rjlittlefield »

Lovely stuff, Bill -- your time away has been well spent! :D

How big are these things, anyway?

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Post by arlon »

Looks like someone has a nice collection going! Nice pictures.
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Post by beetleman »

I have seen the purple Flourite before in clumps & clusters, but your specimen with one large crystal (plus a small one) in a great looking matrix (what is that?) is stunningly beautiful and gold always makes my jaw drop. Beautiful photos Bill.
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bill henderson
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Post by bill henderson »

rjlittlefield wrote:Lovely stuff, Bill -- your time away has been well spent! :D

How big are these things, anyway?

--Rik
The Gold nugget is about 1/2 in.,the copper is about 3 in., the flourite, 3/4 in.
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bill henderson
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Post by bill henderson »

beetleman wrote:I have seen the purple Flourite before in clumps & clusters, but your specimen with one large crystal (plus a small one) in a great looking matrix (what is that?) is stunningly beautiful and gold always makes my jaw drop. Beautiful photos Bill.
I'm not sure about the matrix on the flourite,I thought it was interesting with the "sunken" look with this sample.
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bill henderson wrote:The Gold nugget is about 1/2 in.,the copper is about 3 in., the flourite, 3/4 in.
Fascinating! Stacked so everything is sharp, I would never have guessed that the copper is 6 times bigger than the gold.

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Post by jmlphoto »

very nice, love the Flourite and the gold.
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Post by microcollector »

Bill,

Beautiful specimens and photos. I always appreciate mineral photos.

The matrix on the fluorite specimen appears to be sphalerite.

I will be leaving next Saturday for the Tucson Mineral Show. It will be my first trip there. In Friday, 15 February I will be giving a presentation at the micromount symposium.

Doug
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Post by Danny »

Simply an amazing look !!!. Normally go for insects, etc, but these are just outstanding. Excellent DOF and the colours rock (pun I guess :wink: ).

All the best and I'm in awe of these. Superb work and shots Bill.

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