{"id":360,"date":"2014-06-09T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T04:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/?page_id=360"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:25:59","slug":"gemstone-beach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/tuatapere\/whats-here\/gemstone-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemstone Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Gemstone Beach<\/h4>\n<p>Gemstone Beach is known for its constant state of change from sand to stones with the storms and tides. Semi-precious gems such as garnet, jasper, quartz and nephrite can often be found on the beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_651\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GemstoneBeach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-651\" class=\"wp-image-651 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/GemstoneBeach-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gemstone Beach\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gemstone Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Originally known by M\u0101ori as <em>&#8220;Aropaki Beach&#8221;<\/em>, travellers are welcome to take a pebble or two as a remembrance of their visit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3093\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gemstones.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3093\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gemstones-216x300.webp\" alt=\"Gemstones\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gemstones-216x300.webp 216w, https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/gemstones.webp 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gemstones<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Identifying Gemstones<\/h4>\n<p>Jocelyn Thornton released a small booklet titled <em><strong>Gemstones<\/strong><\/em> (1985) which may be helpful in identifying some of the gemstones found on Gemstone Beach.  The booklet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onnaturesedge.co.nz\/downloads\/nzgemstones.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gemstones<\/em> is hosted here<\/a> as a free download.<\/p>\n<h4>Tide Times<\/h4>\n<p>The best time to visit is below half tide.<\/p>\n<p>Tide times can be found on the <a title=\"Weather\" href=\"\/tuatapere\/weather\/\">Weather<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h4>Location<\/h4>\n<p>Sign posted about \u00bd kilometre north of <a title=\"Orepuki\" href=\"\/tuatapere\/whats-here\/orepuki\/\">Orepuki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d11030.71833340435!2d167.73025000000004!3d-46.276471649999905!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x0%3A0x0!2zNDbCsDE2JzM1LjMiUyAxNjfCsDQzJzQ4LjkiRQ!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1406279573546\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemstone Beach Gemstone Beach is known for its constant state of change from sand to stones with the storms and tides. 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