Doug Merson @Micromineral@qoto.org
Mineral collector for past 70 years. Served 21 years in United States Navy and 20 years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Wife and I plus 3 granddaughters are llama owners.
Joined Nov 2022
Paulingite-Ca
Vinařice, Kladno District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
FOV = 2.0 mm
#8647
Chanabayaite
Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile
FOV = 1.1 mm
#8645
Yellow titanite with pale blue hauyne.
In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
FOV = 3.3 mm
#8669
Doug Merson
boosted
Doug Merson
boosted
So seeing as I'm, like everyone else, trying to rebuild from scratch on here after the bird disaster, I'll do a brief introduction which if you feel like boosting please do.
British, married, generally annoyed at everything these days, loves rocks a little too much, spends my day running a website about rocks, in my free time I collect rocks.
Did I mention the rocks?
My wife and I will be heading to the fall meeting of the Northwest Micro Mineral Study Group. This is the groups' first meeting since the fall 2019 meeting. It has been difficult finding a venue to hold the meeting at.
We missed the fall 2019 meeting as we were in Socorro, New Mexico for the mineral symposium there.
Tshernichite from Neer Road. Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA
FOV = 2.3 mm
I collected this in November 1987
Doug Merson
boosted
Just testing if it's still slow to upload photos. No - seems a lot better today. Here's a #perovskite just for the sake of it #nhmlondon #mineralogy #minerals
Fermiite from Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA
FOV = 1.4 mm
#minerals #microminerals
This is my current micromineral photo setup. The camera is a Canon 90D with a Canon 70-200 mm zoom as a tube lens. I use a Mitutoyo 5X or 10X M Pan APO objective. The 5X gives a 4 mm FOV, the 10X a 2 mm FOV. The camera is attached to a Stack Shot rail which is computer controlled. I use .015 mm steps for the 5X objective and .005 mm for the 10X objective. I use the control module in Zerene Stacker to set the step size, start point, end point and dwell time between shots.
The resulting images are imported to Lightroom for minor processing and then exported to Helicon Focus for stacking. Final processing is in Topaz AI and Photoshop.
Zircon from Golden Horn Batholith, Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington.
FOV = 1.0 mm
#microminerals
Hello #introduction I am an avid mineral collector. It all started 70 years ago when I found a pebble with a reddish metallic substance in it. Found it along a road in western Massachusetts while family was taking a snack break on the drive to Ipswich.
The collection has grown to just over 8600 specimens, most of them micros. They come from gifts, purchases, trades and free tables at a couple of micro group meetings I attend.
I served in US Navy from 1966 to 1987 followed by 20 years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Mineral collecting opportunities were scarce during my time in the Navy. It picked up some when we were stationed in Hawaii It was there, I got into collecting micro minerals.
In 1978 we were transferred to a ship in the yards In Bremerton, WA. We ended up living here permanently although I spent 5 years in San Deigo without the family.
Shortly after arriving in the northwest, I met Rudy Tschernich and was introduced to the Pacific Northwest Micro Mineral Study Group. This led to the Northern California Mineralogical Association. I still belong to both groups. I also joined the Northwest Chapter Friends of Mineralogy.
he Pacific Northwest Micro Mineral Study
Mineral collector for past 70 years. Served 21 years in United States Navy and 20 years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Wife and I plus 3 granddaughters are llama owners.
Joined Nov 2022
