Stay-at-Home Day Twenty-Two, Thursday 16 April 2020: Stone Twenty-Two

Stone Twenty-One.

Stone Twenty.

Stone Nineteen.

Stone Eighteen.

Stone Seventeen.

Stone Twenty-Two is a hydrogrossular garnet found on Gemstone Beach last month, polished last week. Stone Eleven was the classic gooseberry-green hydrogrossular whereas this stone is a light grey colour with white clouds within it.

Stone Twenty-Two.

Stone Twenty-Two.

Other side of Stone Twenty-Two.

A third side of Stone Twenty-Two.

Stone Twenty-Two from another angle.

Stone Twenty-Two.

The “white clouds” up close are reminiscent of ice floes in a fog-covered freezing sea.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

The same close-up with more “saturation”.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Stone Twenty-Two up close.

Riverton Museum Te Hikoi has a collection of hydrogrossular pebbles that display the range of colours and types.

The next Post in this Series is Stay-at-Home Day Twenty-Three, Friday 17 April 2020: Stone Twenty-Three. The first Post is Stay-at-Home Day One, Thursday 26 March 2020: Stone One. 

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