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Taiarapu beach, Teahupoo, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia

Haüyne
Taiarapu beach, Teahupoo, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia

Photo: C.H.M.-Schäfer
Blue haüyne crystal aggregates to several mm size in trachytic rock.

References

Lacroix, A., ( 1910): Les roches alcalines de Tahiti, Bull. Soc. Geol. de France, 4e serie

Marshall, P., (1914): The geology of Tahiti, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Vol. 47

Iddings, J.P., Morley, E.W. (1918): A Contribution to the Petrography of the South Sea Islands, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1918, April; 4(4), p. 110–117


Mineral List

'Feldspar Group'
Haüyne
Magnetite
'Mica Group'


4 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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