2016 Week 18 Photos

2016 Week 18 Photographs

By Corey Lablans Photography

(48^th Week, Year 3 – 1064 days – 1 missed) 

2016 04 25 – A sample of scapolite (Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl) collected in 2014 from the Craigmont Corundum Mine in Craigmont, Ontario. This was the largest producing corundum mine in the late 1800’s.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f8 1/50^th I.S.O. 200 2 x Orion 400) 

2016 04 26 – I bought this specimen of azurite (Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂) from David Joyce at the Bancroft Club mineral sale. It comes from Tsumeb, Namibia, a location well known for its minerals.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f8 1/50^th I.S.O. 200 2 x Orion 400) 

2016 04 27 – A chipmunk stands still on a piece of wood at Lemoine Point Conservation Area. Chipmunks are the smallest members of the squirrel family.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @200mm f4 1/320^th I.S.O. 400) 

2016 04 28 – A blastoid collected from the Arkona Shale Formation at Hungry Hollow, Ontario. They are within the phylum Echinodermata, which includes starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f11 1/25^th I.S.O. 200 2 x Orion 400) 

2016 04 29 – A Kingston Blues girl’s rugby player tackles a Holy Cross Crusader during a regular Kingston Area Secondary School Athletics Association game. Holy Cross controlled the ball most of the game winning 37-0.

(Nikon D300 w 70-200 f2.8 @175mm f4 1/2000^th I.S.O. 400) 

2016 04 30 – A Platyceras collected in April from the Arkona Shale Formation in Hungry Hollow, Ontario. Platyceras is a genus within the phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f11 1/25^th I.S.O. 200 2 x Orion 400) 

2016 05 01 – A sample of fluorite collected in Madoc. Fluorite has excellent refractive properties, the ability to bend light, and is used in the production of high quality optics.

(Nikon D7000 w 55 macro f2.8 @55mm f11 1/200^th I.S.O. 200 2 x Orion 400) 

Thank you

Corey Lablans

cldailyphotos@gmail.com