Dalsnipa, Dalur, Húsavíkar Municipality, Sandoy Region, Faroe Islands

A compact filling of a vug with celadonite (greenish) and apophyllite. Collected in 1972. Zeolite collection of Volker Betz. This picture was made with a scanner.

© Volker Betz (2010)

10x10 cm specimen with a 40 mm Chabazite crystal picked as it is from the beach in 1973. Exceptional large crystal with some damage from the gravel. Zeolite collection of Volker Betz.

© Volker Betz (2008)

4x3 cm specimen with pink Apophyllite. Collected in 1973. Zeolite Collection of Volker Betz.

© Volker Betz (2009)

Field of view 3 cm.

© Leon Hupperichs

Vug in basaltic matrix lined with heulandite crystals.

© Volker Betz (2020)

Fragile thin shell of chalcedony forming a bundle of tubes (filaments). According to Götze et al.(2020) are such filaments caused by microbiological filaments prior to mineralisation, as documented for samples from Deccan, India. Götze et al (2020) Biosignatures in Subsurface Filamentous Fabrics (SFF) from the Deccan Volcanic Province, ...

© Volker Betz (2020)

Pale trasparent calcite crystal on a aggregate of whit fibrous mordenite.

© Volker Betz (2020)

Calcite crystal on a crust of fibrous mordenite.

© Volker Betz (2023)

Part of a vug lined with pinkish apophyllite.

© Volker Betz (2023)

A very hard to find locality specimen from the Faroe Islands (labeled as coming from Dalsnypen = Dalsnipa) featuring attractive, sharp, lustrous crystals of pseudo-rhombic chabazite (the specific species is not known) measuring up to 1.5 cm on edge, sitting on basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, and look good in person. Minor ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

Part of a vug in basaltic matrix lined with small rhombohederns of chabazite. This is a old specimen from before 1914 with a old label see: https://www.mindat.org/photo-1320035.html

© (2023) Volker Betz

A very hard to find locality specimen from the Faroe Islands (labeled as coming from Dalsnypen = Dalsnipa) featuring attractive, sharp, lustrous crystals of pseudo-rhombic chabazite (the specific species is not known) measuring up to 1.5 cm on edge, sitting on basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, and look good in person. Minor ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

A very hard to find locality specimen from the Faroe Islands (labeled as coming from Dalsnypen = Dalsnipa) featuring attractive, sharp, lustrous crystals of pseudo-rhombic chabazite (the specific species is not known) measuring up to 1.5 cm on edge, sitting on basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, and look good in person. Minor ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

A very hard to find locality specimen from the Faroe Islands (labeled as coming from Dalsnypen = Dalsnipa) featuring attractive, sharp, lustrous crystals of pseudo-rhombic chabazite (the specific species is not known) measuring up to 1.5 cm on edge, sitting on basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, and look good in person. Minor ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com

View of the south of Sandoy with Dalsnipa on the right from ferry to Suðuroy. Reproduction of a slide.

© Volker Betz (2022)

5.4x8.0 cm label for specimen LVT-4W8

© (2023) Volker Betz

A very hard to find locality specimen from the Faroe Islands (labeled as coming from Dalsnypen = Dalsnipa) featuring attractive, sharp, lustrous crystals of pseudo-rhombic chabazite (the specific species is not known) measuring up to 1.5 cm on edge, sitting on basalt matrix. Most of the crystals are in good shape, and look good in person. Minor ...

© Rob Lavinsky & MineralAuctions.com