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How to Photograph Minerals - a mindat.org resource page
Mineral photography is a skill requiring a good understanding of your camera settings and the lighting and positioning of your mineral specimen. This section gives easy access to some of ourresources for mineral photography including important articles, message threads, equipment reviews and of course our messageboard where you can ask your own questions about how to make the perfect mineral photo.
For more general photography-related articles and discussion why not check out Jolyon's blog on Canon photography -click here.
A small selection of some of our best photos are shown below. Refresh the page to randomize the selection, click on any photo to view full screen and to view details.
Photography articles
28th August 2015 My Black BOX or . . . . new Stacking Device
18th May 2015 360 degree Spin Mineral Photography
14th May 2015 Using a Ring Light for Dark Field Illumination in ...
29th October 2014 Uploading Images to Mindat
22nd February 2016 Objective measurements
30th December 2018 My setup chronology
26th August 2014 Mineral Photomicrography with Finitive Optics
3rd October 2014 Setup experiments with twin bellows and a Nikon ...
7th January 2021 On generating stereo images with focus stacking ...
11th August 2014 Macrophotography setup for high magnification and ...
23rd July 2014 Mineral High Resolution Photomicrography with ...
13th February 2014 Home made Instrumentation for Mineral Video- and ...
24th October 2013 Dino-Lite Digital Microscope Performance- 12th February 2014 Equipment Test
26th September 2011 Creating a Variety of Photo Backgrounds from One ...
19th September 2011 Ideas for Simple Textured Backgrounds in ...- 30th March 2011 Proper Photography Lighting and Setup
27th December 2010 Optimal f-stop for 1:1 reproduction scale
9th December 2010 Simple photomicrography stand for DSLR cameras- 18th June 2013 Basic mineral microphotography
12th April 2010 Mineral Photography
28th March 2010 New photographic setup
18th February 2010 Improved homemade photomacroscope- 18th June 2013 Basic mineral microphotography
14th July 2010 Beginners "Budget" Mineral Photography Setup
3rd July 2025 Photomicrography
Useful Message Threads
- Photographing with glass base20:21 17th Jun 2015 - posted by Matt Courville
- easy tips for photographing minerals with ...20:33 26th May 2015 - posted by Matt Courville
- Photographing fluorescence23:01 1st Dec 2014 - posted by Dennis McCoy
- Microscope objectives as macro lenses?14:29 27th Mar 2014 - posted by Henry Barwood
- Difficult to Photograph Minerals - ...02:13 27th Mar 2014 - posted by * Unknown User *
- Tutorial: How many pictures I have to do to an ...00:23 12th Nov 2013 - posted by Fernandez Oscar
- Significant difference between Canon and Nikon ...02:35 30th Mar 2013 - posted by Henry Barwood
- Perfect Bench Photo Lighting Setup by Alan Scalone10:44 16th May 2012 - posted by Alan Scalone
- Playing around with Light and Background10:25 5th Nov 2011 - posted by Volker Betz
- cheap 5x macro objective using lens scavenged ...21:51 4th Aug 2011 - posted by Dominik Schläfli
- Sharpening photos07:26 22nd Jun 2011 - posted by Harjo Neutkens
- specimen supports.10:44 24th Nov 2010 - posted by Stephen Eglinton
- Getting better detail in photos23:48 5th Dec 2009 - posted by * Unknown User *
More exceptional mineral photos
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For more excellent mineral microphotosclick here to view a gallery highlighting the World of Mineral Microphotography.
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To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844.doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
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Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2026, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are© OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 byJolyon Ralph and Ida Chau.
To cite: Ralph, J., Von Bargen, D., Martynov, P., Zhang, J., Que, X., Prabhu, A., Morrison, S. M., Li, W., Chen, W., & Ma, X. (2025). Mindat.org: The open access mineralogy database to accelerate data-intensive geoscience research. American Mineralogist, 110(6), 833–844.doi:10.2138/am-2024-9486.
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