I arrived yesterday at my new base in Riverton Aparima. The fossicking I did on my trip south is covered in Posts starting with this one. This morning, Tracey Kidd and I spent two and a half hours fossicking on Gemstone Beach.
One particular stone I found stood out due to its bright colours.
However, this red amygdaloidal stone rivals it for attractiveness.
A small hematite orbicular jasper, also known as a poppy jasper, was another of today’s outstanding finds.
Six more of the stones I collected:
Banded argillite, with faultline (stress fracture)
Small quartzite.
Nice dark argillite with light coloured trace fossil.
The next Post in this Series looks at stones found during two visits to Slope Point. The Index to the Series is here.
Oh My 🙂 almost looks like Minnesota Granite with very different feldspar & quartz compositions ❓ 😉