February-March 2022 Fossicking Trip: Stone of the Day #11, Another Gemstone Beach Green

I arrived at Gemstone Beach this morning about an hour before low tide, leaving three hours later. Nice sunny weather meant conditions were great for a leisurely fossick. Mostly green stones feature in today’s Post, with the Stone of the day being a light pistachio green amalgam of fragments and shapes:

Stone of the Day #11.

The other side:

The other side of Stone #11.

Despite today being a Monday, there were still a number of people on the beach. Two of them even followed me a few hundred metres northwestwards, although we were well separated.

At 12.30 pm, when I left the beach.

At 9.30 am, when I arrived.

Three of us moved along the beach, well separated.

Seepages of water from the cliffs and Waimeamea River lagoon sometimes flow across the beach, making stones easier to spot.

Two shags flying by.

Now for some other green stones I found today:

The final four includes an amygdaloidal stone – a volcanic stone with small holes that have been infilled by a mineral left behind by water flowing through them:

Amygdaloidal stone – small holes in a volcanic stone infilled with a mineral.

The next Post in the Series, on Stone #12, a Slope Point rhyolite, is here. The first Post in this Series is here.

Author: tumblestoneblog

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