How Rock of Science Came to Be
It started in 2021, with a friend and a few dozen minerals. It became something else entirely.
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From the Shot to the Delivered File — Post-Production for Mineral Photography
The shot is only the beginning. What happens after it determines whether the image is useful.
When the Specimen Cannot Come to the Studio
Some specimens cannot come to the studio. Two stories from the field.
Macro and Microphotography — What Your Mineral Specimens Look Like Beyond the Naked Eye
What macro and microphotography reveal about mineral specimens that the naked eye cannot see, and why it changes the way collectors understand their collection.
Why We Use a Mirror Background for Mineral Photography
Why Minerals Photography uses a black mirror background for mineral specimen photography, how it works, when it does not, and what it actually costs to use it correctly.
An Online Catalog for a Serious Collector
A research institution, a French immunologist, and a collection of over 1,200 mineral specimens. How we built rock-of-science.com: an online catalog organized by species, element and chemical composition, with scientific context for each specimen.