OLYMPUS TG-3 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.

This is Mauritania, not Mars!

Bou Naga complex, Trarza Region, Mauritania

Hodrušite, Quartz

Outlaw Mine, Round Mountain Mining District, Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Pyrrhotite, Pyrite

Zulu pegmatite, Pioneer village No. 2, Insiza District, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe

Tantalite-(Fe)

Kapata claims, Dete, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

Pit where the garnets come from.

River Valley Garnet Mine, Dana Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Asbestos processing building

Asbestos Mine, Zvishavane, Zvishavane District, Midlands, Zimbabwe

Entrance to Shabanie Asbestos Mine

Asbestos Mine, Zvishavane, Zvishavane District, Midlands, Zimbabwe

Buchwa iron ore mine

Buchwa Mine, Mberengwa District, Midlands, Zimbabwe

Alabandite, Rhodonite

Hellens-Eplett Mine, Bucke Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Old Cobalt Lode headframe

Cobalt Lode Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Chrysoberyl

Emerald deposit, Leckbachgraben, Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Orschallite, Picropharmacolite, Dolomite

Shaft #8, Nipissing 404, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Ruby

Andrew corundum mine, Chiredzi mining district, Chiredzi District, Masvingo, Zimbabwe

Svabite, Muscovite

Stuor-Njåske, Ultevis, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden

Zircon, Allanite Group, Albite

Roe spar bed, Crown Point Center, Crown Point Township, Essex County, New York, USA

Esquireite, Quartz, Sanbornite

Rush Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA

Leucophanite, Astrophyllite, Albite

Leucophanite occurrence, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Adit to Lazeno molybdenum mine

Lazeno molybdenum mine, Mutandahwe, Chipinge District, Manicaland, Zimbabwe

Kasolite, Allanite Group, Albite

Roe spar bed, Crown Point Center, Crown Point Township, Essex County, New York, USA

Arfvedsonite, Steenstrupine-(Ce), Sodalite

Taseq Slope, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Uranophane, Albite, Allanite Group

Roe spar bed, Crown Point Center, Crown Point Township, Essex County, New York, USA

Turquoise, Wavellite

Slate Mountain, Slate Mountain District, Slate Mountains, El Dorado County, California, USA

Liebigite

Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Staurolite, Magnetite, Muscovite

Fernleigh occurrence, Clarendon Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada

Actinolite

Meluzína hill, Krásný Les, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Cacholong

Všechlapy quarry, Všechlapy, Zabrušany, Teplice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Gold

Čelina gold deposit, Čelina, Borotice, Psí hory gold mining district, Příbram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Britholite-(Ce), Fluorapatite, Mica Group

St Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Sternbergite, Proustite

Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

Rinkite-(Ce), Arfvedsonite, Nepheline

Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Pennine

Nedabyle quarry, Nedabyle, České Budějovice District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Richterite

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Badger Mine Cross-section 1888

Badger Mine, Gillies Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Epsomite

Kettle Point, Bosanquet Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada

Barytocalcite, Alstonite

Minerva No. 1 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock Mining Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA

Xanthoxenite, Arrojadite Group

Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Staurolite, Muscovite, Chlorite Group

Fernleigh occurrence, Clarendon Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada

Johannsenite, Rhodonite

Hellens-Eplett Mine, Bucke Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Silver

Nipissing 404, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Cobaltite, Skutterudite, Safflorite

Keeley-Frontier Mine, South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Topazolite, Clinochlore

Union Carbide Mine, Condon Peak, Fresno County, California, USA

Rinkite Group, Calcite

Keeley-Frontier Mine, South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Acanthite, Calcite, Silver

Cobalt Lode Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Berthierite

Consolidated Murchison Mines, Gravelotte, Murchison Range, Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Nickel-bearing Lizardite, Clinochlore, Asbolane

Vein 55, Nipissing 404, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Opal

Serpentinite occurrence, Nová Ves, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Astrophyllite, Tugtupite, Arfvedsonite

Qeqertaussaq Island, Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

Alabandite, Rhodonite

Hellens-Eplett Mine, Bucke Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Columbite-(Mn)

Toumi coltan diggings, Ouèssè Commune, Collines Department, Benin

Ore bin at Gwayi copper mine

Gwayi River Mine, Dete, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe