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A Blog About Stone Gathering, Tumbling and Polishing, and Rocks and Landscapes, from New Zealand – With Musical Interludes (john.tumblestone@gmail.com)

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Month: October 2019

“Marble Machine” and “Pipe Dreams”

I am currently taking a break from writing TumbleStone Blog posts while I am busy selling my home and buying a new place near Whanganui. A diversion for those wanting to look at something in the interim…

An amazing machine making music:

A digital animation along the same lines:

Unknown's avatarAuthor tumblestoneblogPosted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019Categories Music1 Comment on “Marble Machine” and “Pipe Dreams”

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  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 8, Two Hours and Some Gorgeous Finds on Gemstone Beach, Monday 14 September
  • Book For Sale – “What’s This Stone? A Photographic Collection of Finds from Gemstone Beach”
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 7, Michelle’s Blue Stone, and Cold Wind and Sea Foam at Gemstone Beach, Sunday 13 September
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 5, Rainbow Over Foveaux Strait, Riverton Aparima, Thursday 10 September
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 4, Caught in a Storm on Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 9 September
  • Index to “September 2026 Book Launch Trip” Series
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 6, The Book Launch, Thursday Evening 10 September
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 3, Visiting Riverton Aparima’s Back Beach, Tuesday 8 September
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 2, A Productive Kakanui Fossick, Monday 7 September
  • September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 1, Five Finds From Ward Beach, Saturday 5 September
  • A Review of the “Rocktumbler.com” Website
  • Index to “Selection of Tumbled Ward Beach Stones”
  • Index to “Another South Island Fossicking Trip, February/March 2021” Series
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 14, Another Hour on Ward Beach, Monday 27 July
  • “The Trace Fossil Stones of Gemstone Beach” – Second Revised Edition of Photobook
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 13, An Hour on Ward Beach, Sunday 26 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 12, Jaspers and Quartzites from Timaru South, Wednesday 22 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 11, Meeting Lee and Shona on Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Tuesday 21 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 10, Farewell Fossick on Gemstone Beach, Sunday 19 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 9, A Sunday Afternoon on Gemstone Beach, Sunday 12 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 8, Southland Geological and Lapidary Club “Mini Rock and Mineral Show/Open Day”, Saturday 11 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 7, Second Papatotara Beach Fossick, Thursday 9 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 6, Seven Featured Finds From Gemstone Beach, Tuesday 7 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 5, An Outstanding Poppy Jasper Find, Papatotara Beach, Friday 3 July
  • A Review of the “Geology.com” Website
  • Index to “June-July 2026 South Island Trip” Series
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 4, Intriguing Details in Small Jaspers Found on Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 1 July
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 3, Four Breccia Finds, a Small Pinkie and a Tiny Poppy Jasper from Gemstone Beach, Monday 29 June
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 2, A Bitterly Cold Kakanui Fossick, Thursday 25 June
  • June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 1, Six Finds from Ward Beach, Tuesday 23 June
  • A Review of the “Geological Digressions” Website
  • Fifty Polished Kai Iwi Beach Stones for the Book Man: Part Two, Stones 11 to 20
  • Fifty Polished Kai Iwi Beach Stones for the Book Man: Part One, Stones 1 to 10
  • Tumbling an Orbicular Jasper Found on Kai Iwi Beach, Whanganui
  • A Review of Three Kiwi YouTube Rockhounds

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