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Photographs Taken With a Microscope Explore the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones

by E.D.W. Lynch on December 4, 2014

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Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Negative crystal in spinel

Photographer and gemologist Danny J. Sanchez uses a microscope to take fascinating, almost abstract photomicrographs of gemstones. Sanchez takes advantage of the microscope’s magnification to highlight the tiniest details in gemstones–minerals embedded within stones, formations that look like landforms or animals, and other curiosities. His photos often depict a field of view of just 3 or 4 millimeters. Depth of field is also extremly narrow in photomicrography. To overcome this limitation, Sanchez photographs each subject up to 120 times–minutely altering the focus depth for each shot–and digitally composites them in a technique known as focus stacking.

Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Rutile on hematite in quartz

Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Petroleum in quartz with methane bubble

Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Quartz with unknown inclusions within negative crystals

Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Opal in rhyolite

Photomicrographs of the Beautiful and Bizarre Forms of Gemstones
Dolomite in quartz with rutile

photos by Danny J. Sanchez

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