Stay-at-Home Day Twenty, Tuesday 14 April 2020: Stone Twenty

Stone Nineteen.

Stone Eighteen.

Stone Seventeen.

Stone Sixteen.

Stone Fifteen.

A Birdlings Flat stone, collected over a year ago, polished last month:

Stone Twenty.

Stone Twenty.

Stone Twenty.

Other side of Stone Twenty.

This again is a quartzite, like Stones Two and Nine. There are patches and flows of golden-yellow within the stone.

Stone Twenty close-up.

Stone Twenty close-up.

Stone Twenty close-up.

Stone Twenty close-up.

Stone Twenty close-up.

Stone Twenty close-up.

I have picked up and polished a  number of these yellow quartzites on Birdlings Flat – it is even possible to find quite large stones of it, much too large to tumble polish or even to take home.

Larger yellow quartzite found on Birdlings Flat, February 2020.

Larger yellow quartzite found on Birdlings Flat, February 2020.

Range of yellow quartzites found on Birdlings Flat in 2016.

Found on Birdlings Flat in May 2016.

What fascinates me about these stones are the “clouds” or “curtains” of golden-yellow that are situated through them – the photos fail to do justice to the 3-D nature of these clouds and curtains. There are depths clearly visible in these stones – you can see into them.

The next Post in this Series is Stay-at-Home Day Twenty-One, Wednesday 15 April 2020: Stone Twenty-One.

Author: tumblestoneblog

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