Galena with pyrite · about 6 cm

The same rock, scanned two ways

A broken block of galena (lead sulphide) with brassy pyrite and an old cloth-tape label. The Before model is built the way I used to: from two hand-run rotations and a few photos. The After model uses 192 photos from a motorised turntable, shot from four angles, including upside down. Put a finger on either one and turn it. The other follows.

Before
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After
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Before
Photos
101 (two rotations of 48, plus 5 stills)
Detail
1024 px rotation frames
Angles
Level and 30° above. Never from below.
Coverage
85% of the surface. The underside is guesswork.
After
Photos
192 (four rotations of 48)
Detail
1918 px full-resolution frames, about 7× the image data
Angles
Level, 30°, 60°, and flipped over at 30°
Coverage
100% of the surface seen by two or more photos

Drag sideways to turn, pinch to zoom. The spin pauses while you hold it and picks up again a few seconds after you let go.

Shape

With only side and slightly-above views, the software had to guess at the bottom. Flipping the rock for a fourth rotation means every face is photographed.

Detail

The new frames are full-resolution crops instead of the 1024 px web images, so the cleavage steps, pyrite grains and label edge come through sharper.

Consistency

The turntable stops at 48 exact positions with the exposure and focus locked, so every frame matches the one before it.