Been flat out moving house (including a growing plant collection/nursery) since mid December but managed to do a few short trips collecting suiseki in some larger rivers of the NSW tablelands, namely the Mann and Gwydir Rivers. I'm still cleaning up some specimens to photograph but I thought I'd drop in some pics of Aussie nature taken along the way.
Native Cypress
Meleleuca sp. near Bingara
Casuarina River Oak
Sulphur Crested Clowns skylarking on the Gwydir River
Gemstones in alluvial gravels
Shots from recent trips
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Re: Shots from recent trips
nice pics, What are the blue rocks?
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Re: Shots from recent trips
Ken the short answer is mostly the mineral family chalcedony which includes cherts and jaspers which can occur in blue/blueish colours. Black stones can look blueish when photographed as they reflect colour from the sky. Onyx, Spinel and schorl tourmaline may also be in the mix but usually are smaller than stones in shot. Due to the geological history the gravels of the Gwydir River and surrounds occur in a particularly diverse range of colours.
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Re: Shots from recent trips
Inspired me to go looking for native cypress... haven't seen any in the vanilla nurseries around here. :/
Great shots, thanks!
Great shots, thanks!