An Annotated Index of Indexes on TumbleStone Blog, Up-Dated

For some types of Posts and some Series of Posts, I have developed an Index (or linked Series of Indexes) to aid the quick and efficient finding of their content. In July 2023 I posted “An Annotated Index of Indexes on TumbleStone Blog To Date”, listing nine Indexes. This up-dated version repeats that Post and adds eight Indexes which have appeared since. The list is in chronological order.

1) The First Five Musical Pieces on TumbleStone (Posted July 2019) – Some Posts use music, especially embedded YouTube clips. This is the first of a number of annotated Indexes to these Posts. There is also information provided on the musician and why I chose to include the song. A link at the end of each of these Indexes takes you to the next one. So far, a total of 55 Posts with music are in the Index, with more to be added. The most recent Index, the eighth in the Series, was published in September 2025.

2) Six Past TumbleStone Posts of Interest to Beginning Tumble Polishers (September 2019) – Includes links to and comments on the contents of such Posts as “What Do I Need to Start Tumble Polishing Stones Myself? And What Will It Cost Me?” and “The Seven Stages in Tumble Polishing Stones”.

3) South Island Stone Collecting Trip, May/June 2020 – Index and Contents (Posted December 2020) – Index to a Series of five Posts which describe a three-week stone collecting trip to the South Island by car. Beaches visited include Kaikoura Coast, Gore Bay, Birdlings Flat, Timaru, Browns Beach, Wakanui Beach, Kakanui, Hampden, Riverton Aparima, and Gemstone Beach.

4) Summary Index of Stones of the Pandemic (June 2020) – At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand, I posted a stone every day during Alert Level Four (33 stones) and for three days a week during the last days of Alert Level Three (2 stones) and during Alert Level Two (12 stones).

5) Index to Facebook Group Alphabetical Series (July 2021) – My “A to Z” entries to the Facebook Group “New Zealand Lapidary, Rocks, Minerals, Fossils” when the Administrators invited members to submit photos each week of a stone, mineral or fossil in their collection that starts with a letter of the alphabet. My first entry, for example, was “A” is for “Amygdaloidal”.

6) Index to January 2022 Stone of the Day (January 2022) – I posted one stone each day during this month, along with comments about such things as when it was found, the beach, and the type of stone. For example, the Post on Stone #2, a Gemstone Beach breccia, included information on the giant landslides of Fiordland which could have been its source.

7) Index to February-March 2022 Fossicking Trip: Stone of the Day (February 2022) – For four weeks, I travelled in the south of the South Island. I visited a number of beaches and posted a Stone of the Day each day, usually a stone found that day. All 27 Posts also include other stones found during the trip. Beaches visited included Birdlings Flat, Timaru, Kakanui, Gemstone Beach, Slope Point, and Ward Beach.

8) Index to June-July 2022 Fossicking Trip (July 2022) – A Series of 19 Posts about a day’s fossicking during this trip, from Ward Beach in the north to Birdlings Flat, Timaru and Kakanui in the middle to Gemstone Beach, Riverton Aparima and Slope Point in the south.

9) Index to “Southern Sojourn 2023” Series: Part One, Posts 1 to 12 (March 2023) – From mid-January to early May 2023 I lived in Riverton Aparima, using it as a base for fossicking visits to southern beaches. This Series consists of 60 Posts on the beach visits I made during this time. This Index is one of five, each referring to 12 Posts. There is a link at the end of the first four to the next Index.

10) Index to November 2023 Polished Stones: Stone of the Day (November 2023) – 30 Posts each feature a stone collected during my 2023 Southern Sojourn that had been tumble-polished.

11) Index to “Early 2024 Fossicking Trip” Series (February 2024) – I undertook a fossicking trip to the South Island from mid-February to late March 2024. A total of 34 Posts resulted, all listed in this Index.

12) Index to “September 2024 Stone Collecting Trip” Series: Part One, Posts 1 to 10 (September 2024) – Twenty-five Posts, visiting Ward Beach, Kakanui, Riverton Aparima, McCracken’s Rest, Gemstone Beach and Slope Point, plus attending a meeting of the Southland Geological and Lapidary Club. There are two Parts to this Index.

13) Index to “March 2025 Stone Collecting Trip” Series: Part One, Posts 1 to 8 (March 2025) – Another fossicking trip to a small number of South Island beaches. A total of 32 Posts in this Series are listed in three Index Posts.

14) Index to “August 2025 Stone Collecting Trip” Series: Part One, Posts 1 to 7 (August 2025) – On this trip, I published 22 Posts on fossicks at Ward Beach, Kakanui, and Gemstone Beach as well as three other beaches on the Te Waewae Bay coast. This Index consists of three Parts.

15) A Selective Annotated Index to Poppy Jaspers in TumbleStone Blog (September 2025) – A list, with notes, on the 30 most interesting Posts on pappy jaspers.

16) Index to 2025 Facebook Group Alphabetical Series (September 2025) – Members of the Facebook Group “New Zealand Lapidary, Rocks, Minerals, Fossils”decided to run a weekly alphabetical series, last done in July 2021. My first entry was “A is for Agatised Fossil Bone”, a stone I found at Kakanui in September 2024. As at mid-September, the Series is not yet complete.

17) Index to “StoneSpeak” Review of Online Resources Series (September 2025) – Reviews written for “StoneSpeak”, the monthly Newsletter of the Southland Geological and Lapidary Club. Three Reviews have been published so far, with more likely to follow.

18) Index to “March 2026 Stone Collecting Trip” Series (March 2026) – Visits again to Ward Beach, Timaru South, Kakanui, Gemstone Beach, and Papatotara Beach.