Greenstone (Pounamu) Tag
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Bartfound
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Monday, May 5, 2014
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North Island, New Zealand
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This Greenstone (Pounamu) has been in New Zealand for milion of years since the dawn of time, now it wants to travel around the world and promote New Zealand as a clean green place.
Pounamu refers to several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade, bowenite, or serpentinite stone found in southern New Zealand. Pounamu is the Māori name. These rocks are also generically known as "greenstone" in New Zealand English.
There are two systems for classifying pounamu. Geologically, the rock falls into the three categories named above, but Māori classify pounamu by appearance.[1] The main classifications are kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and tangiwai. The first three are nephrite jade, while tangiwai is a form of bowenite.[2]
- Īnanga pounamu takes its name from a native freshwater fish (Galaxias maculatus) and is pearly-white or grey-green in colour and varies from translucent to opaque.[3]
- Kahurangi pounamu is highly translucent and has a vivid shade of green. It is named after the clearness of the sky and is the rarest variety of pounamu.[4]
- Kawakawa pounamu comes in many shades, often with flecks or inclusions, and is named after the leaves of the native kawakawa tree (Macropiper excelsum). It is the most common variety of pounamu.[5]
- Tangiwai pounamu is clear like glass but in a wide range of shades. The name comes from the word for the tears that come from great sorrow.[6]
In modern usage pounamu almost always refers to nephrite jade. Pounamu is generally found in rivers in specific parts of the South Islandas nondescript boulders and stones. These are difficult to identify as pounamu without cutting them open.It is found only in the South Island of New Zealand, known in Māori as Te Wai Pounamu ("The [land of] Greenstone Water") or Te Wahi Pounamu ("The Place of Greenstone"). In 1997 the Crown handed back the ownership of all naturally occurring pounamu to the South Island tribe Ngāi Tahu,[9][10] as part of the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement.
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Dear Kiwi's, I'm sorry to tell you, your travel bug is not here anymore.
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The traveller came with us from Finland. Really enjoyed our honeymoon here.
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Didn't see this at the cache "Kätkö kuusikossa", discovered virtually :)
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Aperçu récemment, merci de le partager avec nous.
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