Huayu is the westernmost islet in the Penghu Islands. The rock formations on this islet are different from those on other islets in Penghu. The rocks on the islet are all acidic to neutral igneous rocks, mainly composed of neutral andesiteacidic rhyolite. As these rocks are moreless erodedaltered, it is not easy to accurately determine their true composition. Huayu was formed 95 million years ago,it was metamorphosed 65 million years ago by extremely low-temperature hot water, with a metamorphism temperature between 250300 °C. Therefore, the rocks containing quartzfeldspar are often referred to as felsic porphyry. Among the rocks exposed in Huayu, porphyry is the most common. It is dark greenhas phenocrysts of quartzfeldspar. Quartz porphyry develops on the southeast coast, north coastsouthwest coast. Due to severe weathering, the color becomes yellow-graygray-white. Feldspar porphyry is distributed in the north to northwest of Huayu Village,is light cyanlight gray. The most widely distributed rocks on the islet are porphyritic andesitelava volcanic breccia, as well as tuffaceous andesite. Andesite is interspersed with quartz andesite veins, felsic porphyryblack basaltlamprophyre. Huayu is the oldest islet in Penghu,lava has flaky joints, which peel off like scales after weathering. Among them, feldspar is more likely to become clay, partly due to the hot water mass exchange of ancient volcanoes to generate kaolinite, which is the raw material for ceramic production. The andesite collected by this center is from Huayu.
花嶼為澎湖群島中最西邊的一座島嶼,此島岩層與澎湖其他島嶼不同,島上岩石全是酸性至中性的火成岩,構成岩石以中性安山岩質和酸性流紋岩質為主。此等岩石或多或少都有蝕變現象,真實成分不易準確判定,因花嶼形成於9500萬年前,在6500萬年前受到極低度熱水變質作用,變質溫度在250〜300℃之間。所以常將岩石中含有石英和長石者統稱為長英斑岩。花嶼出露的岩石中,以斑岩最為普遍,呈濃綠色,斑晶各為石英和長石。石英斑岩發育於東南岸、北岸及西南岸,因風化嚴重,顏色變成黃灰色或灰白色。長石斑岩分佈於花嶼村北方至西北方,呈淡青色或淺灰色。島上分佈最廣的岩石是斑狀安山岩及熔岩質火山角礫岩,也有凝灰質安山岩。安山岩中穿插有石英安山岩脈、長英斑岩以及黑色玄武岩或煌斑岩等。花嶼是澎湖最古老的島嶼,熔岩中多顯有片狀之節理,風化後成鱗片般剝落。其中的長石較易變成黏土,部份是由於古期火山之熱水換質而生成高嶺土,這是陶瓷製作的原料。本中心收藏的這塊安山岩來自花嶼。
Huayu is the westernmost islet in the Penghu Islands. The rock formations on this islet are different from those on other islets in Penghu. The rocks on the islet are all acidic to neutral igneous rocks, mainly composed of neutral andesiteacidic rhyolite. As these rocks are moreless erodedaltered, it is not easy to accurately determine their true composition. Huayu was formed 95 million years ago,it was metamorphosed 65 million years ago by extremely low-temperature hot water, with a metamorphism temperature between 250300 °C. Therefore, the rocks containing quartzfeldspar are often referred to as felsic porphyry. Among the rocks exposed in Huayu, porphyry is the most common. It is dark greenhas phenocrysts of quartzfeldspar. Quartz porphyry develops on the southeast coast, north coastsouthwest coast. Due to severe weathering, the color becomes yellow-graygray-white. Feldspar porphyry is distributed in the north to northwest of Huayu Village,is light cyanlight gray. The most widely distributed rocks on the islet are porphyritic andesitelava volcanic breccia, as well as tuffaceous andesite. Andesite is interspersed with quartz andesite veins, felsic porphyryblack basaltlamprophyre. Huayu is the oldest islet in Penghu,lava has flaky joints, which peel off like scales after weathering. Among them, feldspar is more likely to become clay, partly due to the hot water mass exchange of ancient volcanoes to generate kaolinite, which is the raw material for ceramic production. The andesite collected by this center is from Huayu.