See here for the first Post in this Series.
Day 21, Tuesday 9 March – Kakanui. On my last day at Kakanui, I spent four hours on the beach between 10.30 am and 2.30 pm, then later another hour between 6 pm and 7 pm. Great weather and great fossicking!
Today’s selection of finds are presented in the order I found them. And I will reverse my usual presentation for each stone – first will come the close-up image then the image of the stone itself. Most of these stones should by now be familiar to those who have read previous Posts in this Series – jasper, quartzite, agate. Here are the first six:
Another five finds:
And a final five Kakanui finds:
Day 22, Wednesday 10 March – Travel day, driving from Kakanui to Amberley, no beach visits partly due to heavy rain. But I called in on Penny Farmer (and Francis) at Temuka in response to her invitation delivered through the Facebook Group “New Zealand Lapidary, Rocks, Minerals, Fossils”. Penny showed me her stone cutting saws and tumblers and the many interesting rocks and pebbles she has accumulated in her shed and garden. She tends to collect much larger specimens than I do, and one of her fossicking areas is Kakanui. She gifted me a few stones, including these two unpolished cut slices and small jasper (many thanks! and thanks to Francis for an excellent cup of coffee!). The close-up photos of these stones have been “brightened” a little to show more detail (partly because the images were taken in dull conditions).
The last Post in this Series, on Days 23 and 24, is here.
