When I posted these nine stones on the Facebook Group Page “New Zealand Lapidary, Rocks, Minerals, Fossils”, one member commented, “You certainly found yourself some Amazingly Beautiful Gemstones.” And I agree. At the end of my stroll along the Te Waewae Bay coast this morning, I felt that I had not had a very productive fossick. However, going through the stones afterwards, using a torch to examine them carefully, it became apparent that I had found some beautiful “gems”. These nine stones are presented starting with the smallest (2 cm at its widest) through to the largest (6 cm at its widest).
The next Post in the “Southern Sojourn 2023” Series describes a fossick during which I collected more stones than I have previously during any of my other fossicks on Gemstone Beach this year. The first Post in the Series is here. The Index to the Series is here.
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