Southern Sojourn 2023(7): Gemstone Beach Fossick, Wednesday 1 February

A two and a half hour fossick today produced more stones for my tumble polishers. One 5 cm stone proved particularly interesting, with aspects looking like threads of jasper:

Another, a small blue-green stone, is very attractive to my eyes. It may be quartz, and should tumble polish well:

The smaller stones are often the most interesting, with incredible complexity, such as this brecciated one:

Three of the hydrogrossular garnets I found today, each quite different in character:

Other stones I collected today:

Two days later came my next fossick at Gemstone Beach. The first Post in this Series is here. The Index to the Series is here.

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Retired Academic, male, living in the New Zealand countryside near Whanganui with his wife as well as Jasper the dog, Fluffy the cat, Dancer and Penny, the horses, and a shed half-full of stones. Email john.tumblestone@gmail.com.

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