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An agate bottle from Australia

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« on: August 05, 2017, 06:21:10 am »

Dear Rube,
I too have an optical borescope, found at a flea market, but it has a diameter of 6 mm so it is not suitable for all bottles.
I have also a video camera, very small, which allow me to take pictures, but this one has a diameter of 8 mm, so it can just allow me to inspect the bottle from outside, through the opening.
Again at a flea market, I have found a couple of years ago a stereo microscope. It is a superb device, designed for eyes surgery. The big advantage of this device is that allows me to inspect small objects at a great distance.
So I can introduce into the bottle a small LED, connected with two very thin wires. That way I can light the bottle inside and inspect it through the microscope. I can’t inspect totally the inside, just let say about the lower half of the bottle, but I do that in three-dimensional way, with good lighting.
Anyway, just the LED, even at naked eyes, is a good help.
Dear Frank, I am really interested in reading what you are writing down.
Kind regards
Giovanni
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