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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Another experimental cab - black spinel
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<blockquote data-quote="Piep" data-source="post: 112654" data-attributes="member: 3017"><p>Those are great stones Lefty! I can imagine what the amethyst looks like, having seen something like it before, but can't do the same for the star spinel.</p><p>A trick is to take more than one pic: one in indoor lighting, one in overcast or shade outside daylight and one in full sun (at an angle, morning sun is good). Also set your camera to macro and get the object as close to the lens as possible. After all that, use a web app like pixlr (here: <a href="http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/" target="_blank">http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/</a> or you can add it to your browser as an extension) to crop the image to take out all the noise and you'll get something like this:</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3017/1415045511_resized_red_heart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If it turns out that none of your pictures give a good representation of the stone, shoot a sort video outside in daylight where you move it around to show several angles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piep, post: 112654, member: 3017"] Those are great stones Lefty! I can imagine what the amethyst looks like, having seen something like it before, but can't do the same for the star spinel. A trick is to take more than one pic: one in indoor lighting, one in overcast or shade outside daylight and one in full sun (at an angle, morning sun is good). Also set your camera to macro and get the object as close to the lens as possible. After all that, use a web app like pixlr (here: [url]http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/[/url] or you can add it to your browser as an extension) to crop the image to take out all the noise and you'll get something like this: [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3017/1415045511_resized_red_heart.jpg[/img] If it turns out that none of your pictures give a good representation of the stone, shoot a sort video outside in daylight where you move it around to show several angles. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Another experimental cab - black spinel
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