Jean-François Ferrandon's Photo Gallery
W3L-1XEHaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) , Zeolite Group
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceDimensions: 20 mm x 18 mm x 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm
Weight: 1.40 g
Small sample of black lava with blue grains of Haüyne associated with undetermined zeolite.
Collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon .
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
0ND-ERNHaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) , Zeolite Group
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceDimensions: 30 mm x 18 mm x 15 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm
Weight: 6.59 g
Blue Haüyne grains and vacuoles with undetermined zeolites .
collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon .
Photo : JF Ferrandon
485-TLCHaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) , Zeolite Group
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceField of View: 32 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm
Small blue Haüyne grains surrounded by little vacuoles with undetermined zeolites .
Collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon .
Photo : JF Ferrandon
HFW-J4THaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) , Zeolite Group
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceField of View: 23 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 2 mm
Blue Haüyne grains associated with undetermined zeolites.
Collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon.
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
M1N-WYGHaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) , Zeolite Group
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceField of View: 18 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 13 mm
Elongated blue Haüyne crystal next to a vacuole filled with two kinds of undetermined zeolite.
Collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon.
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
8E0-E5VHaüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceField of View: 17 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 9 mm
Haüyne blue crystal in black lava .
The part of the crystal partially released from the rock measures 6mm for a total length of the crystal of 9mm .
Collected by Christa and JF Ferrandon .
Photo : JF Ferrandon
1PM-ELAChalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO2
Nizerolles, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceDimensions: 44 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm
Weight: 40 g
Small piece of agate from the old fluorite mine of Nizerolles.
Collected by myself.
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
PKA-GUJChalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO2
Nizerolles, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceDimensions: 65 mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
Weight: 109.40 g
Nice sample of agate from the old fluorite mine.
Collected by Christa Ferrandon.
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
DF0-K3CChalcedony (Var: Agate) SiO2
Nizerolles, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceDimensions: 62 mm x 37 mm x 32 mm
Weight: 89.06 g
Agate from the old fluorite mine of Nizerolles.
Collected by myself.
Photo : JF Ferrandon.
EVX-412Haüyne Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)
Tautira beach, Tautira, Taiarapu-Est, Tahiti Island, Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia, FranceDimensions: 120 mm x 100 mm x 80 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 15 mm
Weight: 2040 g
On the beach , a strong swell revealed a beautiful peeble full of Haüyne crystals .
Collected by Christa Ferrandon
Photo : JF Ferrandon