Spring 2017 Photo Contest - post your entries

[SwordfishMining]

This is a close up of one of my favorite twigs from the first black pocket we discovered.

Virgin Valley Opal close up

[SwordfishMining]

Oh Boy!

Agate vug which i severely suspect i am not the first person to hold.

[m76steve]

Anyone who can take pics of inclusions close up is really showing the other side if natural gems! Im one who was thrown off several sites for defending inclusions as being a positive piece of the gemstone puzzle. Some of my gooder items, lol, do show inclusions that help to ID the stone because of the inclusions. Well done-

[KKHK]

Clear clean stones have their attractions, but I find inclusions make any material that more attractive and interesting.
I for one, would have no interest in "white diamonds". I much rather look for yellow or brown categories........ Orange flash from Auburn being my favorite.

[m76steve]

Just took this pic under corrected white, this is just a show & tell photo, rubies tourmaline & diamond-one of my better items-

[crazy8s]

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Beautiful 8mm catseye apatite, to bad the photo is lousy.

[crazy8s]

Diopside rough from Tansania.

[crazy8s]

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Part of a Spessartite garnet crystal.

[KKHK]

While I always admire perfect marbles, that Spessartite certainly takes the prize for me.
Lovely colour and sooo clean. Just sad that those are usually so small.

[m76steve]

Crazy8s, not a lousey pic, pic shows what u describe- do u use tripod? Most of the pics i post now are tripod shots using an electronic shutter release to reduce camera shake, + i use the lighting in rotation to get the best effects on my subject, lots of trial/error-