On June 22, 2015, the whole family went on a spontaneous trip to the Ross Bridges.
If you plan to visit Ireland one day, I truly recommend this place- the view is breathtaking! We drove along the shore, stopped here and there for lunch, or just to admire nature and take some pictures.
Tourists know about the Cliffs of Moher and this is where they usually head, but there are not so many who visit other magnificent cliffs, like the one from the above photo in Co. Clare.
Of course we wouldn`t have been ourselves if we didn`t look for Quartz crystals!
We found many great "nests", and we managed to collect some handsome bits too!
Just look at these crystals!
The quality of the photo on the right is not perfect due to the fact that the beautiful wall of crystals was hidden in some kind of a small roofed cave and it was dark in there. I have a small piece of this at home (photo below)
These iron-stained crystals were difficult to access and I didn`t manage to forge them from the rock.
Here is a piece of the Quartz from the cave. The sample is green from algae.
I am currently thinking of ways of cleaning it. I may just dip it in some solution for iron removal, but this is still to be decided.
Loads of beautiful, intact thin crystal needles. Such a beauty!!!
Above all samples from this day, including the smallest one (top, right)- completely covered with iron staining.
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| My fav from that site, found by my sis (Photo: Martina Gonzales Bardon) |
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| Photo: Martina Gonzales Bardon |
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| Photo: Martina Gonzales Bardon |
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| Fancy a sandwich? ;) (Photo: Martina Gonzales Bardon) |
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| After cleaning with Domestos ;) It stinks!!! (Photo: Martina Gonzales Bardon) |
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| I love this picture, of course by my talented Spanish student- Martina Gonzales Bardon :) |
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