Today, Tuesday 8 March, was again a travel day as I make my way north towards home (Whanganui). I drove from Banks Peninsula to Ward, just south of Blenheim. When I started out this morning, just over 3,500 kilometres had been covered by car in my trip. Today I decided to feature six stones from my time on a beach near Timaru two days ago (see the last part of this Post for an account of the beach visit). The one chosen as Stone of the Day is perhaps a quartz-veined quartzite.
I’m not entirely sure it is a quartzite as there appears to be a mix of different things going on within it. This is not unusual in beach stones – they are all unique and can be a blend of minerals and crystals and veins and colours.
Today’s five other stones exhibit some of the variety that can be found on this Timaru beach.
All going to plan, tomorrow may include a visit to Ward Beach, and I will be able to board a ferry to Wellington on Thursday morning to enable me to reach home on Thursday afternoon.
The first Post in this Series is here. The Index to all the Posts in the Series is here.
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