Trace fossils are usually a mud-like stone that an “animal” as left a trace or trail of movement through. Trace fossils represent animal behaviour rather […]
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 […]
Batch 14: 56 Stones, 4lb Tumbler
The Lortone 4lb tumbler has found itself idle again so I decided to go through my ever-growing collection of Papatotara stones that have been sitting […]
Moeraki Stones
3lb Tumbler 1 is on a special tumbling mission. I’ve been given 19 stones collected from Moeraki by my neighbour up the road. He’d seen […]
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 […]
Batch 7: Stones from Rowallan Burn
Just like Batch 6 there are some big stones in this batch too – also collected from the Rowallan Burn where it comes out on […]
Batch 6: Bluecliffs Beach Stones
There’s a couple of big stones in this batch (a pink one and a bluey/white one) collected down where the Rowallan Burn now comes out […]
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. […]