OLYMPUS u550WP,S550WP used with mindat.org

Mindat.org contributors over the years have used a large number of different camera and scanning devices to create the images now shared within the site. Here is information on this particular device and examples of the images created with it.

Unakite

Diopside

Gias del Gallo, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Arfvedsonite

Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Beryl, Fluorapatite, Quartz

Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Staurolite, Almandine

Gambo Falls Staurolite locality, Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Quartz

Ham and Weeks Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA

Löllingite, Albite, Quartz

Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Staurolite

US highway 16 roadside occurrence, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Sodalite, Cancrinite

Litchfield, Kennebec County, Maine, USA

Manganese Dendrites

Shaffton quarry, Folletts, Clinton County, Iowa, USA

Columbite-Tantalite, Beryl, Muscovite

Etta Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

Clinochlore, Anatase

Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Biotite, Muscovite, Almandine

Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Topaz

Gulch locality, Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA

Spodumene

Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Columbite-Tantalite, Muscovite, Microcline

Greene pegmatite, Pringle, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Chalcedony, Calcite

Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

Cassiterite, Albite

Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Quartz

Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

Zircon

Tin Mountain Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Fassaite

Traversella Mine, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Manganese Dendrites

Shaffton quarry, Folletts, Clinton County, Iowa, USA

Almandine, Biotite, Muscovite

Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Cassiterite, Cleavelandite

Noyes Mountain Quarry, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Autunite, Torbernite

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Muscovite, Schorl, Beryl

Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA

Celestine

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA

Muscovite, Quartz, Microcline

Helen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Gypsum

Newcastle, Dixon County, Nebraska, USA

Baryte

Conklin Quarry, Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Staurolite

Bob Ingersoll Mine, Keystone, Keystone Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

Sphalerite, Calcite, Marcasite

Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA

Dolomite

Remigiusberg Quarries, Rammelsbach, Kusel-Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Beryl

Ham and Weeks Mine, Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA

Epidote

Montaju, Traversella, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Marcasite

Mount Carroll Quarry, Mount Carroll, Carroll County, Illinois, USA

Spodumene

Helen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Calcite

Klein Quarry, Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Elbaite, Lepidolite, Quartz

Agnew pegmatite, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Muscovite, Albite

Emmons Quarry, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Pyrite

Conklin Quarry, Coralville, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Titanite, Arfvedsonite

Bric Vert, Quincinetto, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Calcite

Val Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley, Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Almandine, Muscovite

Berry-Havey Quarry, Poland, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Uraninite, Zircon, Quartz

Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA

Malachite

Blue Lead Mine, Sheridan, Hill City Mining District, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA

Beryl, Quartz

Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA

Calcite

Val Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley, Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Beryl, Quartz, Schorl

Helen Beryl Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA

Uraninite, Zircon, Quartz

Consolidated Feldspar Quarries, Georgetown, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA