Some Recently Polished Stones from Riverton

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Just out of a 3lb borax burnishing tumble, 43 newly-polished stones from a Riverton beach.

I collected these stones at a beach I call the “Beach Past the Back Beach” at Howells Point, Riverton, in March 2019. When you reach the end of the road at Howells Point, there is a track up the sand dunes. Down the other side is this beach, which stretches for maybe 900 metres further westwards. Many of these stones were found at the far eastern corner, the area circled in this photo:

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Riverton’s “Back Beach” is the stretch along the last part of the road that winds along the coast. If you walk over the dunes from there, you come to the “Beach Past the Back Beach”.

These are not particularly spectacular stones, though some are really interesting. Not all have polished perfectly, some have scratches and holes in them, but I polished them because of their intriguing colours and patterns.

Photos of a selection of these newly-polished stones:

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Retired Academic, male, living in the New Zealand countryside near Whanganui with his wife as well as Jasper the dog, Fluffy the cat, Dancer and Penny, the horses, and a shed half-full of stones. Email john.tumblestone@gmail.com.

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