Jean-Marc Johannet's Photo Gallery
Antonio Barahona (right) and his grandson.
Antonio Barahona (on the right) and his grandson at La Union mineral show, Spain in March 2024.Photography courtesy of Martí Rafel.
2024 Greetings card
Tetrahedrite crystal like a spatial-ship, on the way to 2024....Thanks to Georges Favreau who collected this sample and loaned it to me for photographing it.
Happy 2024!
D2D-M2JMillerite NiS
Tiébaghi Nickel Mine, Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac, Northern Province, New Caledonia, FranceField of View: 3.3 mm
Millerite prismatic crystals in sheaf-like aggregates.
Subject of my 2023 greetings card.
Collection Cédrick Gineste
Photo © Jean-Marc Johannet
2023 Greetings card
Sheaf-like aggregates made of millerite prismatic crystals looking like fireworks in the sky.Thanks to Cédrick Gineste who collected this sample and loaned it to me for photographing it.
Happy 2023!
9R1-WNDUnnamed (Oxidised bassetite) Fe3+(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·6H2O
Bel Air Mine, La Chapelle-Largeau, Mauléon, Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceField of View: 2.4 mm
Orange-red crystals of oxidised bassetite, in collection storage for 8 years after the opening of the vug.
KE0-8D5Bassetite Fe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O
Bel Air Mine, La Chapelle-Largeau, Mauléon, Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceField of View: 2.4 mm
Yellow-green crystals of Bassetite, freshly found by trimming a massif silica boulder in 2013.
This sample is analysed by EDS.
D00-2A8Enstatite Mg2Si2O6 , Sanidine K(AlSi3O8) , Ilmenite Fe2+TiO3
Roc de Courlande, Chastreix, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 2 mm
Doubly terminated enstatite perched on sanidine. One can see some cracks healed by a new generation of material (orange yellow) same as on the termination faces.
Black crystals are very small ilmenites.
Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 11th May 2021
2021 Greetings card
Double terminated enstatite perched on sanidine. One can see some cracks healed by a new generation of material (orange yellow) same as on the termination faces.Black crystals are very small ilmenites.
JKJ-LCVHematite Fe2O3
Ightem Mine, Ightem, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, MoroccoField of View: 4.6 mm
Star-like twinned hematite on pinkish dolomite
Collected by Robert (Bob) Pecorini, thanks a lot for this gift ;-)
Collection Jean-Marc Johannet
Photo © Jean-Marc Johannet