I am incredibly lucky to live so close to Gemstone Beach and to experience the magic of Gemstone Beach stones almost any time I want. […]
Batch 52: Rockhounding at Gemstone Beach is Better with a Friend
Rockhounding at Gemstone Beach is always better with a friend! JP from TumblestoneBlog is back in town so of course we’ve already had a few […]
Batch 47: Tumbling Misfits and Redos
This batch is tumbling misfits and redos from other batches like Batch 33 and Batch 39. There are also some stones originally from Batch 35 […]
Batch 46: Giving Sandblasting Grit 40/60 Another Chance
I am giving the Ozito sandblasting grit 40/60 that I picked up from Bunnings another chance. I want to see if it will help smooth […]
Batch 45: Gemstone Beach Pink Thulite
Batch 45 stones are from Gemstone Beach. I’m pretty sure there’s a pretty pink thulite in the mix that I am very interested in seeing […]
Batch 35: Using 46 Grit
I’ve been looking for a coarser grit than 80/100grit for a while now so I messaged the friendly, helpful peeps over at Rock and Gemstone […]
Batch 40: 36 Day Rock Tumbling Cycle
Batch 40 features stones from my local … Gemstone Beach but this poor batch was the forgotten batch with the 220grit rock tumbling cycle lasting […]
Batch 41: 80/100 grit on Repeat
Batch 41 features a total of 82 stones with quite a number of redo stones from various places (B27-28-29) but most of them are still […]
Batch 39: Rockhounding Gemstone Beach
On the 19th of October I popped down to Gemstone Beach on a special mission. My NZ rockhounding friend Nicola asked me if I would […]
Batch 33: Gemstone Beach and Money Agates
I relented. I went online and bought some money agates to tumble. Given that I live so close to Gemstone Beach and have a pretty […]