Mont Saint-Hilaire continued

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microcollector
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Mont Saint-Hilaire continued

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Here are three more minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada.

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The above is a birnssite after serandite.

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Above is a carletonite crystal looking down the c axis. The spray of needles included in the crystal are aegirine.

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This is a crystal of eudialyte.

Photos taken with a Nikon D50 through a Meiji EMZ-5TR and LED lighting.
micro minerals - the the unseen beauty of the mineral kingdom
Canon T5i with Canon 70 - 200 mm f4L zoom as tube lens set at 200mm, StacK Shot rail, and Mitutoyo 5X or 10X M plan apo objectives.

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Post by beetleman »

Excellent mineral photos Doug. Looks like you did a great job on the DOF. In all three you can see the chrystal structure very well. Great job of showing the inclusion in the carletonite crystal, I am sure it was not an easy shot to capture. :smt023
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