Each month, for the past several years, I go twice a month with two other scientists (Bob Carnein and John Rakowski) to catalog, photograph, and record detailed information on each specimen we work with. We donate our time to this important project. The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company provided the funding for the archival materials that includes special paint and ink pens for catalog numbers, an ultrasonic cleaner, and other miscellaneous materials for the project. In addition to standard photographs of the specimens we work with, microphotographs are taken of certain specimens.I have a few microphotographs of selected specimens I would like to share with you.
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| Sylvanite crystals in quartz. Sylvanite is a gold telluride mineral. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Calavarite gold telluride mineral specimen no. 196 Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Sylvanite crystal. Specimen no. 196. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Sylvanite crystal.. Specimen no 229. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Large gold blister from roasted gold sample. Specimen no. 245. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Roasted gold specimen no. 246. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Roasted gold specimen no. 248. S. W. Veatch photograph
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| Cripple Creek gold ore sliced by diamond rock saw. Gold and fluorite is present. Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Calavarite specimen no. 81 Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Group of calavarite gold telluride specimens Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Krennerite (?) gold telluride specimen no. 129 Photo © by S. W. Veatch |
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| Krennerite (?) gold telluride specimen. Photo by S. Veatch |
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Twin crystal of sylvanite. Specimen no. 146.Photo © by S. W. Veatch |