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Maria Milshina is a collector and mineralogical photographer with extensive experience.

By education, Maria is a power engineer, and has nothing to do with mineralogy by profession. Since 2013, she and her husband started collecting minerals and it has become a big family hobby. Over time, the collection grew, and today it has more than 3,000 specimens.

She started photographing minerals in 2018. Today, the main direction of her work is macro- and microphotography. The field of view of such images does not exceed 1-2 mm. She uses Fujifilm photocamera and lenses for mineral photography and microscopic lenses for macro and micro photography.

Photos of her authorship repeatedly won prizes in the Russian competition of mineralogical photography “Minerals in the lens”, and in 2021 the work “Copper Paints” was highly appreciated by members jury and received the Grand Prix of the competition.

Nowadays Maria is a professional mineralogical photographer. She works with famous Russian mineralogists and illustrates their scientific articles and publications.

 Maria is also the author of her own mineralogical calendar, which has been issued for several years in a row.