Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Pyrite

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.

Calcite, Mordenite

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)

Augite

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, Quartz

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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

Augite

Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Cluster of augite crystals in crossed eye stereo-view.

© Volker Betz (2019)

Quartz, Calcite

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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, Calcite

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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

Calcite

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)

Calcite

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Hydrothermal vein with damaged calcite crystals.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Augite

Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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)

Network of dikes in Vallehermoso beach

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Intense network of dikes, intruding in ultrabasic rocks in outcrops located on the beach in Vallehermoso Outcrop size, 4 meters wide September 2012.

West side of the outcrops.

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Dykes outcrops of the western side, in the background visible eastern side of the complex with Vallehermoso beach dividing them.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Western part of the cliff

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

The beginning of the asphalt road from the western part of Vallehermoso beach to Castillo del Mar, close to the roundabout.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Eastern part of Vallehermoso beach

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

General view of the cliff in October 2022

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Pyrite

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.

Calcite, Mordenite

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)

Augite

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, Quartz

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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

Augite

Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Cluster of augite crystals in crossed eye stereo-view.

© Volker Betz (2019)

Quartz, Calcite

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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, Calcite

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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

Calcite

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)

Calcite

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Hydrothermal vein with damaged calcite crystals.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Network of dikes in Vallehermoso beach

Vallehermoso dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Intense network of dikes, intruding in ultrabasic rocks in outcrops located on the beach in Vallehermoso Outcrop size, 4 meters wide September 2012.

Augite

Erque, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

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)

West side of the outcrops.

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Dykes outcrops of the western side, in the background visible eastern side of the complex with Vallehermoso beach dividing them.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Western part of the cliff

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

The beginning of the asphalt road from the western part of Vallehermoso beach to Castillo del Mar, close to the roundabout.

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski

Eastern part of Vallehermoso beach

Vallehermoso beach dykes, Vallehermoso, La Gomera, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

General view of the cliff in October 2022

© Krzysztof Andrzejewski