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A Blog About Stone Gathering, Tumbling and Polishing, and Rocks and Landscapes, from New Zealand – With Musical Interludes (john.tumblestone@gmail.com)

TumbleStone

Tag: Stones

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Stones

Rocks, Pebbles

Gemstones, Crystals

Gravel, Shingle, Metal

Beach, River bed, Scree

Unknown's avatarAuthor tumblestoneblogPosted on November 10, 2016November 11, 2016Categories Beach StonesTags StonesLeave a comment on Words for “Stones”

Recent Posts

  • 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
  • A Review of the “Rocktumbler.com” Website
  • Index to “Selection of Tumbled Ward Beach Stones”
  • Index to “Another South Island Fossicking Trip, February/March 2021” Series
  • 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
  • A Review of the “Geology.com” Website

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