February-March 2022 Fossicking Trip: Stone of the Day #10, Gemstone Beach Green

Back to Gemstone Beach on Te Waewae Bay today. A 3 1/2 hour fossick took me a couple of kilometres along the beach, finding a range of stones for tumble polishing. Today’s featured stone is green, perhaps brecciated, with interesting “inclusions”:

Stone #10.

Other side of Stone #10.

Today being Sunday, there were more people on the beach than on a week day:

A few hundred metres along the beach, looking northwest.

On my return to the carpark about 1 pm, there were quite a few people near there.

I had collected a medium amount of stones for me, my backpack was not too heavy so I could enjoy the walk back. Three of the best from the rest of my stones:

Small quartzite.

Jasper.

Green quartzite.

Four more selected for their interest:

Thulite.

I found a few trace fossil stones with well-defined markings. They ranged in size from small to large-medium. Here are three I put in my bag, the largest being just a little too big to tumble but a fine example, covered in traces:

The next Post in the Series, on Stone #11, another Gemstone Beach green, is here. The first Post in this Series is here.

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