Selected References on Gem and Mineral Photography

Betts J. (2001) Digital mineral photography. Rocks & Minerals, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 102-112.

Betz V. (2005) Micromineral photography with multifocus processing. Mineralogical Record, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 365-369.

Downing P.B. (2004) Catching opal’s fire. Lapidary Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 41-43, 64.

Green D.I. (2005) Digital combination photography: A technique for producing improved images of microscopic minerals. Australian Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 13-24.

McCarthy C. (2005) Cameras and computers: Photographing jewelry in the digital age. Lapidary Journal, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 16-22.

Scovil J. (1987) Mineral photography film and lights. Rocks & Minerals, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 258-262.

Scovil J.A. (1992) Crystal portraits. Earth, September, pp. 62-68.

Scovil J.A. (1996) Photographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materials. Geoscience Press, Tucson, AZ.

Wilson W.E. (1987) A photographer’s guide to taking mineral specimen photographs for the Mineralogical Record. Mineralogical Record, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 229-235.

Wilson W.E. (2005) Advanced lighting techniques for mineral photography.  Axis, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-36, www.minrec.org/pdfs/Advanced%20Lighting%20Techniques.pdf.

Winter J. (2002) Low budget photography Part 1: Affordable suggestions for designing your own studio. Lapidary Journal, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 64-65.