A Blog About Stone Gathering, Tumbling and Polishing, and Rocks and Landscapes, from New Zealand – With Musical Interludes (john.tumblestone@gmail.com)
“Hymns to the Silence”: Recently Polished Stones from Gemstone Beach
Small Gemstone Beach stone.
Gemstone Beach breccia stone.
Small banded argillite stone, Gemstone Beach
Stone from Gemstone Beach
Stones are hymns to the silence of deep time, the silence of the deep past…
Small Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of small Gemstone Beach stone.
Small Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of small Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of small Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of small Gemstone Beach stone.
Gemstone Beach breccia stone.
Detail of Gemstone Beach breccia stone.
Gemstone Beach breccia stone.
Detail of Gemstone Beach breccia stone.
Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of Gemstone Beach stone.
Detail of Gemstone Beach stone.
Gemstone Beach stone.
Twp banded argillite stones, Gemstone Beach
Large banded argillite stone, Gemstone Beach
Detail of large banded argillite stone, Gemstone Beach
Banded argillitestone, Gemstone Beach
Detail of large banded argillite stone, Gemstone Beach
Retired Academic, male, living in the New Zealand countryside near Whanganui with his wife, two cats (Ollie and Fluffy), one puppy (Jasper), two horses (Dancer and Penny) and a shed half-full of stones. Email john.tumblestone@gmail.com.
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3 thoughts on ““Hymns to the Silence”: Recently Polished Stones from Gemstone Beach”
Beautiful. Van and quote are fitting accompaniments.
Beautiful. Van and quote are fitting accompaniments.
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