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White orbed Ocean Jasper. https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/1850949871/natural-polished-old-stock-ocean-jasper

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Published inMarch 2025 Stone Collecting Trip – Part 25, A Small White Orbicular Jasper From Gemstone Beach, Friday 28 March

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September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 16, A Brief Cold Fossick at Ward Beach, Monday 28 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 15, Thirty Minutes at Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Thursday 24 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 14, Seven Finds From a High Tide Fossick at Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Wednesday Afternoon 23 September
Testing Specific Gravity: Hydrogrossular Garnet or Chalcedony?
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 13, Thirty Minutes at Kakanui Beach Road Reserve, Wednesday Morning 23 September
Newsletter Article: “Fifteen Minerals First Identified in New Zealand – and the Ambiguity of Hydrogrossular Garnet”
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 12, An Early Morning Visit to Seadown Beach, Kakanui, Wednesday 23 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 11, Last Visit to Gemstone Beach, Monday 21 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 10, A Solitary Fossick on Gemstone Beach, Friday 18 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 9, Ninety Minutes With the Sandflies on Papatotara Beach, Tuesday 15 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 8, Two Hours and Some Gorgeous Finds on Gemstone Beach, Monday 14 September
Book For Sale – “What’s This Stone? A Photographic Collection of Finds from Gemstone Beach”
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 7, Michelle’s Blue Stone, and Cold Wind and Sea Foam at Gemstone Beach, Sunday 13 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 5, Rainbow Over Foveaux Strait, Riverton Aparima, Thursday 10 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 4, Caught in a Storm on Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 9 September
Index to “September 2026 Book Launch Trip” Series
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 6, The Book Launch, Thursday Evening 10 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 3, Visiting Riverton Aparima’s Back Beach, Tuesday 8 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 2, A Productive Kakanui Fossick, Monday 7 September
September 2026 Book Launch Trip – Part 1, Five Finds From Ward Beach, Saturday 5 September
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June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 14, Another Hour on Ward Beach, Monday 27 July
“The Trace Fossil Stones of Gemstone Beach” – Second Revised Edition of Photobook
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 13, An Hour on Ward Beach, Sunday 26 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 12, Jaspers and Quartzites from Timaru South, Wednesday 22 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 11, Meeting Lee and Shona on Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Tuesday 21 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 10, Farewell Fossick on Gemstone Beach, Sunday 19 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 9, A Sunday Afternoon on Gemstone Beach, Sunday 12 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 8, Southland Geological and Lapidary Club “Mini Rock and Mineral Show/Open Day”, Saturday 11 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 7, Second Papatotara Beach Fossick, Thursday 9 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 6, Seven Featured Finds From Gemstone Beach, Tuesday 7 July
June-July 2026 South Island Trip – Part 5, An Outstanding Poppy Jasper Find, Papatotara Beach, Friday 3 July
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