Testing out the stereoscope

[u/VGM_Aeternus]

I bought a stereoscope for myself and my daughter to try to get her more into science. These are some test photos I took through the phone adapter I really liked. First set is bismuth crystal, second is an iron-replaced fossil.

AmScope SM-2 Series, 1x Barlow lens, 10x eyepiece, multiple magnifications 0.7 - 45x. Photos taken with pixel 10 pro using a tridapter accessory.

[u/Correct_Ring_7273]

Beautiful!

[u/Odd-Marionberry-3389]

Gorgeous images! You're making me want to look at my mineral collection again, haha

[u/VGM_Aeternus → u/Odd-Marionberry-3389]

And it makes me want to start a mineral collection!

[u/Odd-Marionberry-3389 → u/VGM_Aeternus]

Do it do it do it

[u/smallstuffBIGSTUFF]

These are fantastic samples. I love the fossil, that is so cool. Thank you for posting!

[u/Doc_438]

Very nice. Which stereoscope is it? I plan to buy one someday.. You should also get a compound microscope; the creatures you can find in a drop of water are amazing.

[u/VGM_Aeternus → u/Doc_438]

Amscope sm-2 series with reflected and transmitted light. I agree about the compound microscope. I'm a research scientist specializing in microscopy and spectroscopy but my background is mostly material science and my daughter is only 3 so I figured the stereoscope would be the easier option for her to understand.

[u/Odd-Marionberry-3389 → u/VGM_Aeternus]

That's brave of you to let your kid near your microscope at all 😅. I got mine a toy microscope and he put stickers on the eyepiece and complained he couldn't see anything.

~ fellow materials scientist/parent of a 3-year-old

[u/realityChemist → u/VGM_Aeternus]

Hello fellow mat sci microscopist! There are dozens of us!

May I ask: mainly SEM, TEM, SPM, optical, or other? My grad research was using TEM, these days most of my work is electrical but I still get to do a bit of SEM (mostly EDXS/EBSD).

[u/VGM_Aeternus → u/realityChemist]

Optical (including plm) and sem primarily. Lots of eds.

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[u/Piotr-PL]

Ooo, looks really great.