Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Small mass of Pyrite included in ultrabasic rock, visible in the outcrops located next to the beach Vallehermoso. September 2012.
Montana Zarza, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
18 x30 mm specimen with calcite collected at road side.
© Volker Betz (2009)
Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Single Augite crystal 20x18 mm from a roadside location on the way to Erque.
© Volker Betz (2012)
Calcite and Quartz vein with pocket areas in which crystallization is observed as the photo. In this deposit these veins form a parallel series, probably related to network faults present in the area. Outcrop located next to the beach of Vallehermoso September 2012
Cluster of augite crystals in crossed eye stereo-view.
© Volker Betz (2019)
Quartz Crystal with Calcite crystals, the sample comes from one of the veins present in the outcrops located next to the beach of Vallehermoso -size 5x3x3 cm
Quartz Crystal with Calcite crystals, the sample comes from one of the veins present in the outcrops located next to the beach of Vallehermoso -size 2x1x1 cm
La Dama, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
White sperical aggregates of calcite crystals on porous lava matrix.
© Volker Betz (2015)
Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
Hydrothermal vein with damaged calcite crystals.
© Krzysztof Andrzejewski
Augite twin after (100) isolated from a tuff matrix. This is a test video in order to establish a work flow made from 72 stacked pictures, stacked with lens focus stacking with 30 pictures per stack. Rotation was made with a geared stepper motor controlled with a MJKZZ motor controller triggering the camera. The 72 pictures have been ...
© Volker Betz (2020)
Intense network of dikes, intruding in ultrabasic rocks in outcrops located on the beach in Vallehermoso Outcrop size, 4 meters wide September 2012.
Dykes outcrops of the western side, in the background visible eastern side of the complex with Vallehermoso beach dividing them.
The beginning of the asphalt road from the western part of Vallehermoso beach to Castillo del Mar, close to the roundabout.
General view of the cliff in October 2022