Jon Quebc
@jquebc.bsky.social
Mainly northern England. Walking about. Innit.
Took a break from Christmas with some grinding ambient noise and some levitating floor tiles:
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Took a break from Christmas with some grinding ambient noise and some levitating floor tiles:
I was on the beach a couple of weeks back wondering similar about how fossils like these would have been perceived. They look almost like lettering:
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was on the beach a couple of weeks back wondering similar about how fossils like these would have been perceived. They look almost like lettering:
New, first stage batch fresh out of the tumbler and still wet. Quite a few bits of chalcedony in there so I’ve split them into what can progress to stage two and reloaded the tumbler for stage one again. Maybe sometime in 2026 I’ll end up with some polished rocks!
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New, first stage batch fresh out of the tumbler and still wet. Quite a few bits of chalcedony in there so I’ve split them into what can progress to stage two and reloaded the tumbler for stage one again. Maybe sometime in 2026 I’ll end up with some polished rocks!
Hefty one on the beach:
December 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hefty one on the beach:
Quite a few interesting fossils today. Currently wondering whether this is a trilobite:
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Quite a few interesting fossils today. Currently wondering whether this is a trilobite:
Back out. Chilly. And the light rain forecast ended up in a downpour:
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Back out. Chilly. And the light rain forecast ended up in a downpour:
The first batch has been through a week of 80 grit and a few days of 220. Some of the rocks are reducing to nothing, whilst others are stubbornly refusing to give up their cracks and pits. Separated rocks that can progress to the next stage, and loaded the barrel for stage one again.
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The first batch has been through a week of 80 grit and a few days of 220. Some of the rocks are reducing to nothing, whilst others are stubbornly refusing to give up their cracks and pits. Separated rocks that can progress to the next stage, and loaded the barrel for stage one again.
Interesting little haul. More things to test in the rock tumbler:
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Interesting little haul. More things to test in the rock tumbler:
Saturday was back to the beach to pick up more rocks to feed to the new machine:
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Saturday was back to the beach to pick up more rocks to feed to the new machine:
Forgot my little fungi friends from last weekend:
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Forgot my little fungi friends from last weekend:
A little trip to the shops finds this tree and its mushroom friends:
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A little trip to the shops finds this tree and its mushroom friends:
A large, split chunk of #galena for the #OreCup found reasonably local in the mining spoil which was closed after “some thousands (were spent) in search of lead ore and never found a pound weight”. I always find this funny as the hill is covered galena and wonder what they were doing.
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
…and saw a lovely mushroom:
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
…and saw a lovely mushroom:
Found some strange rocks and a hammer and picked up a few bits - mainly quartz, azurite and malachite…
October 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Found some strange rocks and a hammer and picked up a few bits - mainly quartz, azurite and malachite…
Last day out before Greenwich Mean Time hits:
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Last day out before Greenwich Mean Time hits:
Managed to get a little walk in and the mushrooms are out:
October 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Managed to get a little walk in and the mushrooms are out:
Interior, August this year:
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Interior, August this year:
Dock bug hanging out in the back garden:
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dock bug hanging out in the back garden:
Onto the slightly mysterious. There’s a lot of quartz in the same area often in very good condition. First pics are of worn looking, green crystals - wondering anglesite but they seem harder than Moh’s 2.5-3. Last pic is a mineral on galena - chrysocolla? From a different area.
September 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Onto the slightly mysterious. There’s a lot of quartz in the same area often in very good condition. First pics are of worn looking, green crystals - wondering anglesite but they seem harder than Moh’s 2.5-3. Last pic is a mineral on galena - chrysocolla? From a different area.
Some wonderful close-ups of this week’s finds #azurite and #malachite
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Some wonderful close-ups of this week’s finds #azurite and #malachite
Out in time for a little rock collecting tonight then back home via the sunset:
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Out in time for a little rock collecting tonight then back home via the sunset:
Autumn’s not so bad today…
September 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Autumn’s not so bad today…