Samples with Rotatable Images (1485)

These are samples that have QuickTimeVR 3D and JavaScript stereoscopic rotatable images associated with one or more samples. You can download the latest version of QuickTime for Macintosh or Windows from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. To make these files I first used a "VR Micro Studio", which consisted of an up-side-down panorama head, a three-axis adjustable tripod mount, and a 1000W halogen light. The camera was covered with tinfoil to keep it from burning up under the hot light. After making about 130 3D images (almost 10,000 individual photographs) I got a fiber optic illumination system and my studio looked like this. It was much more flexible, and doesn't get hot at all. Light really is the key to photographing small things: You need a lot of it close in. Then after another 50 or so I finally got an automatic turntable. Commercial stepper-motor systems are available, but they are very expensive and I've found they all vibrate, which disturbs delicate arrangements. I instead use a cheap surplus turntable with a 5 revolution per hour timing motor, combined with a time lapse control set to take a picture every 10 seconds. That works out to 72 images in one 12-minute revolution. If you do the math, the motion blur is less than one pixel even at a 1/15 second exposure, so a stepper motor that starts and stops is really not necessary. That was good, but in preparing for a Discovery Channel film project, I needed to upgrade to 360 steps instead of 72, and I wanted to be able to handle all sizes from nearly microscopic to a couple hundred pounds. The solution was a pair of custom-machined (by me, of course) turntables, cast iron mounts and a slate base for everything (because of vibrations, which are a big problem for samples less than about 5mm across). In late 2004 the studio looks like this.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
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Zirconium
Zirconium Etched button 1
3D3D
Etched button 1.
Source: Kaistar R&D
Contributor: Kaistar R&D
Acquired: 29 October, 2004
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: >99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Etched button 2
3D3D
Etched button 2.
Source: Kaistar R&D
Contributor: Kaistar R&D
Acquired: 29 October, 2004
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: >99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Pen
3D3D
Pen.
Source: Wah Chang
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 10 January, 2005
Price: $46
Size: 7"
Purity: 0%
Zirconium
Zirconium Lump
3D3D
Lump.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 23 December, 2005
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.9%
Zirconium
Zirconium Element coin
3D3D
Element coin.
Source: Dave Hamric
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 1 December, 2006
Text Updated: 14 January, 2007
Price: $16
Size: 0.75"
Purity: >99%
Sample Group: Coins
Zirconium
Zirconium Etched crystal rod
3D3D
Etched crystal rod.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 15 March, 2007
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Etched crystal rod
3D3D
Etched crystal rod.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 15 March, 2007
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Etched crystal rod
3D3D
Etched crystal rod.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 15 March, 2007
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Flash bulb wool
3D3D
Flash bulb wool.
Source: Juan Jimenez
Contributor: Juan Jimenez
Acquired: 6 April, 2007
Text Updated: 19 May, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: >90%
Zirconium
Zirconium Etched crystal rod
3D3D
Etched crystal rod.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 4 September, 2007
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Corrosion test token
3D3D
Corrosion test token.
Source: eBay
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 19 November, 2007
Text Updated: 19 November, 2007
Price: $10
Size: 1"
Purity: 99.99%
Zirconium
Zirconium 25ml zirconium crucible
3D3D
25ml zirconium crucible.
Source: eBay seller nw_stuff_seller
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 December, 2007
Text Updated: 2 December, 2007
Price: $20
Size: 2"
Purity: 99.9%
Zirconium
Zirconium Weird lump
3D3D
Weird lump.
Source: eBay seller chregasana
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 23 December, 2007
Text Updated: 23 December, 2007
Price: $10
Size: 1"
Purity: 99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Giant flash bulb
3D3D
Giant flash bulb.
Source: eBay seller naomimage
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 19 November, 2008
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: $1
Size: 5"
Purity: 99%
Zirconium
Zirconium Brownie camera with flash bulb
3D3D
Brownie camera with flash bulb.
Source: New Harmonie
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: $20
Size: 9"
Purity: 98%
Zirconium
Zirconium Zirconium oxide flap disk
3D3D
Zirconium oxide flap disk.
Source: Harbor Freight Tool Company
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 11 March, 2009
Text Updated: 12 March, 2009
Price: $8
Size: 5"
Purity: <30%
Zirconium
Zirconium Electronic MagicCube
3D3D
Electronic MagicCube.
Source: eBay seller clinia
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 April, 2009
Text Updated: 3 April, 2009
Price: $5
Size: 1.25"
Purity: <10%
Zirconium
Zirconium Mechanical MagicCube
3D3D
Mechanical MagicCube.
Source: eBay seller clinia
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 April, 2009
Text Updated: 7 April, 2009
Price: $5
Size: 1.25"
Purity: <10%
Zirconium
Zirconium Gem cut Zirconium oxide cubic
3D3D
Gem cut Zirconium oxide (cubic).
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 17 October, 2009
Text Updated: 18 October, 2009
Price: $1
Size: 0.39"
Purity: 74%
Zirconium
Zirconium Baddeleyite
3D3D
Baddeleyite.
Source: eBay seller freakingcat_gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 April, 2009
Text Updated: 3 April, 2009
Price: $30
Size: 0.25"
Composition: ZrO2
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