29 March 2016
Four new GIGAmacro images
Posted by Callan Bentley
Here are a few new images I’ve been working on with my home-based Magnify2 imaging system from GIGAmacro.
Archean basement complex gneiss from the Gallatin Range of Montana:
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(If this looks familiar, that’s because one of the samples I imaged with the Photoscan 3D modeling technique and published on Sketchfab the week before last.)
Banded iron formation from Minnesota with ooids and stromatolites:
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Intrusion breccia:
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Blue Ridge basement complex lineated gneiss with chlorite/quartz vein:
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(If this looks familiar, that’s because the same sample was imaged with the Photoscan 3D modeling technique and published on Sketchfab last week.)
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.