It is relatively easy to take acceptable photographs of mineral specimens.  Five years ago I photographed my Riemvasmaak fluorite collection for illustrations for an article published in Lapis magazine (Miller, D. 2010. Die Fluorite von Riemvasmaak, Südafrika – ein Besuch vor Ort. Lapis Mineralien Magazin April: 38-44).  These were taken with nothing more sophisticated than a cardboard box with cut-out windows covered with matt tracing paper in sunlight, and sloping black or white paper in...

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