Pyrochlore

Pyrochlore

Wikipedia says that these crystals occur as Octahedra.  As you can see this sample does not conform.  It comes to us from Myeba, Kenya, Africa.

Being smaller than I remembered it is about 1/8" across.  I am still trying to wrap my mind around this being a crystal.  I find myself thinking a crystal is at least opac to at most clear or prismatic.

Pyrochlore

Wikipedia says that it has a "diverse technological applications like in luminescence, ionic conductivity, nuclear waste immobilization, high temperature thermal barrier coatings, automobile exhaust gas control, catalysts, solid oxide fuel cell, ionic/electric conductors...

Pyrochlore

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Eulalia Grass

Eulalia Grass

We have very little of this domestic grass which has escaped to Gorman.  I was aware of two or three clumps of it at the time of capture of the above (Dec. 2012).  I have long been an admirer of ornamental grasses and this is one of them.

Like many of the perennial plants at Gorman, it grows from seed but mostly comes back each year from its underground rhizomes.  It a plant originally from Eastern Asia, China, Japan, etc.

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Vertical Shot Setup

Vertical Shot Setup

 Occasional, I have need for what I call "Vertical Shot Setup" for compositional reasons.  I think of the tiny minerals I shoot as landscapes.  The landscapes are difficult to set up because of the lack of much DOF, depth-of-field.  Sometimes, I must shot several to get "the lay of the Land."

To make this device I used my usual setup with the addition of parts from my King Panoramic device.  I have not used it since I improved my pedestal with a rotating subject plane.  I have not thought this through yet but I may not need the vertical shot setup.  I'll think about it when the need arises.

Please note the Adorama Focusing rail, above, is also part of the setup.  I consider it essential micro photography.

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