Yannick Vessely's Photo Gallery
TYP-V3KTitanite CaTi(SiO4)O
Les Châtelaunoux quarry, Mazaye, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 0.80 mm
Small crystal of titanite.
Gift from FX Kapfer.
Photo & collection Vessely.
3LN-6TXZircon Zr(SiO4)
Les Châtelaunoux quarry, Mazaye, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 0.85 mm
Two small crystals of pink zircon.
Gift from FX Kapfer.
Photo & collection Vessely.
D8L-JHPZircon Zr(SiO4) , Hematite Fe2O3 , Enstatite Mg2Si2O6
Les Châtelaunoux quarry, Mazaye, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 2.20 mm
Small pink crystal of zircon with black hematite and brown enstatite.
Gift from FX Kapfer.
Photo & collection Vessely.
MWJ-W7GEnstatite Mg2Si2O6 , Hematite Fe2O3
Les Châtelaunoux quarry, Mazaye, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 2.20 mm
White needles of enstatite and some black hematite crystals.
Enstatite: SEM-EDS analysed at Laboratoire "Magmas et Volcans - Université de Clermont-Ferrand" by Pascal Chollet & Yannick Vessely.
Gift from FX Kapfer.
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XJH-7X8Pyroxene Group ADSi2O6 , Fluorophlogopite KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Puy de TĂ©nuzet quarry, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-DĂ´me, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, FranceField of View: 3.60 mm
Orange needle of the pyroxene group on a fluorophlogopite crystal.
Gift from B. Brun.
Photo & collection Vessely.
76F-KMLPyroxene Group ADSi2O6
Puy de TĂ©nuzet quarry, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-DĂ´me, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, FranceField of View: 3.20 mm
Long orange needle of the pyroxene group.
Gift from B. Brun.
Photo & collection Vessely.
GUD-XCDPyroxene Group ADSi2O6
Puy de TĂ©nuzet quarry, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-DĂ´me, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, FranceField of View: 8.50 mm
Orange needles of the pyroxene group.
Gift from B. Brun.
Photo & collection Vessely.
RGC-925Pyroxene Group ADSi2O6
Puy de TĂ©nuzet quarry, Saint-Ours-les-Roches, Riom, Puy-de-DĂ´me, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, FranceField of View: 8.50 mm
Orange needles of the pyroxene group.
Gift from B. Brun.
Photo & collection Vessely.
025-ATQTsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)
Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 1.30 mm
Blue-green tsumebite crystals on quartz.
SEM-EDS analysed at Laboratoire "Magmas et Volcans - Université de Clermont-Ferrand" by Pascal Chollet & Yannick Vessely.
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8P3-NHHCyrilovite NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O , DufrĂ©nite Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O , Alunite Supergroup AD3(XO4)2(OH)6
Ste Barbe vein, Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FranceField of View: 4 mm
Cyrilovite balls, green dufrenite (or natrodufrenite) and oxydised crystal of the alunite supergroup on quartz.
Cyrilovite: SEM-EDS analysed at Laboratoire "Magmas et Volcans - Université de Clermont-Ferrand" by Pascal Chollet & Yannick Vessely.
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