June-July 2022 Fossicking Trip: 12) Gemstone Beach, Day Five

The view from the carpark when I arrived.

The Taunoa Stream today.

Looking back towards the carpark from near the Waimeamea River mouth.

Gemstone Beach stones today.

I arrived at Gemstone Beach for my fifth visit here this trip (Sunday 3 July) just after 10am, an hour after low tide. The day was sunny and without wind, the temperature being nine degrees when I hit the beach. A handful of people were there when I arrived, with maybe 15 to 20 in front of the carpark at one point later on. I fossicked for just under three hours.

Small brecciated jasper.

Porphyry.

Orbicular stone.

Trace fossil in argillite.

I met a few fellow fossickers along the way and had some interesting chats. Shae gave me a nice stone, and Aaron talked tumble polishing with me. As usual, I found some intriguing stones, a productive day.

Stone with brecciated section at lower right.

Small orbicular jasper.

Small hydrogrossular garnet.

The stone that Shae gave me, probably a chromite quartz.

A shorter version of this Post first appeared in the Facebook Group “New Zealand Lapidary, Rocks, Minerals, Fossils”. The next Post in this Series describes another visit to Gemstone Beach. The first Post in this Series is here.

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