Tiébaghi Mine, Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Field of view : 5mm, coll and photo C. Gineste
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Nodular chromite, self collected in 2004
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Tiébaghi Nickel Mine, Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Millerite from the Tiebaghi lateritic plateau (discovered around 2005). FOV 28 mm.
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© Lilian ALIZERT
4.5cm x 1.5cm Green Edenite crystal fragment with black Chromite inclusions Locality on label: Tiebaghi, 20km NW Kaala-Gomen, New Caledonia Ex Rik Dillen collection
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Black metallic Orcelite with green Zaratite. Specimen size 4 mm. Orcelite is SEM/EDS verified. Slag product??
© Frank Keutsch
Mass of Chromite Old sample Collection and photo: Arliguie Michel
Millerite prismatic crystals in sheaf-like aggregates. Subject of my 2023 greetings card. Collection Cédrick Gineste Photo © Jean-Marc Johannet
This specimen of chromite called "Leopard chromite". Chromite nodules are embedded in dunite. This rock generally hosts chromite veins.
© P.Raillard
Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Jasper beds often contain areas richer in silica. This sample shows concentric zoning resulting from the crystallization of a cavity by fluids of different chemical composition. The small cavities are lined with quartz microcrystals. The dark areas consist of red jasper.
This specimen of crystallized calcite strangely resembles a "shark's jaw", the rhombohedral automorphic crystals are numerous and can reach 10 mm.
Ilot la Table, Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
This slightly purple fine mineralogical specimen of stalagtitic-type chalcedony is characterized by its "fish egg laying" appearance.
On this sample of opal (resinite), the conchoidal fracture shows cracks larded of inclusions resembling to manganese dendrites.
C. GINESTE (2004)
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Photo by C.Gineste, 06/2005
© Cedrick Gineste 2005
Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France
Old wooden bridge for transporting ore from the Fantoche chrome mine on the northern slope of the Tiébaghi massif.