According to Wikipedia, a Hydrogrossular is … ” … a calcium aluminium garnet series (formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3−x(OH)4x, with hydroxide (OH) partially replacing silica (SiO4)). Hydrogrossular is translucent to opaque, […]
First Fossick Past the Waimeamea River
JP invited me to fossick with him on Gemstone Beach on the 24 March. He had a challenge for me though. I was to resist […]
Batch 13: Polishing a Dinosaur Egg
Never thought I’d be polishing a “dinosaur egg” – well not really but that’s what this stone has affectionately come to be known as. “Dinosaur […]
Batch 12: Papatotara Stones
Batch 12 consists of Papatotara stones from our beach, a part of Te Waewae Bay out front. I’ve also included some ‘random’ stones from the […]
Tumbling Stones for Others
I love it when people ask me to tumble stones for them. Tumbling stones for others means that I can document the before and after […]
Tumbling Log: More Gemstone Beauties
I am still catching myself up with these blog posts (retro-spectively) – referring to my tumbling log and my iPhone images to help me share […]
Collecting Gemstone Beauties
Had a little spur of the moment fossick on Gemstone Beach last month. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon with perfect weather for stone collecting. […]
Collecting Stones with Students – Part 2
It’s now been 8 days in 80/100grit (Stage 1) tumbling away. The stones, collected by myself and the students from Gemstone Beach , were put […]
Collecting Stones with Students – Part 1
On the 6 July I was lucky enough to spend the morning at ILT Stadium on the rock wall with some Year 9 students. On […]