Hi i am watching in 2020, thanks so much for the video, it was so informational and helpful! Great content will subscribe and i will be watching more! I'm new to identifying these types of rocks so this was an awesome and helpful vid for me. Thank you!!!
HaHa, I brought my kids down there and we were thinking, this beach sucks, there is nothing here. Thanks for posting! my kids will be excited when they know what to look for now. One of my kids is really into fossils. I have heard of some locations around Neah Bay where there are lots of Fossils. I'm definitely going to keep my eye out now. I'll let you know if I find anything.
Seashell agate is the fossilized life form that was inside. A lot of agate is also petrified wood/trees/branches. The big cone shapes with the crystaline odd centers were corals. GREAT beach!!
Excelente vídeo, muy bien explicado. En las playas del Mar Mediterráneo, se encuentran muy bonitas agatas, con transparencia total, se formaron con millones de años atrás, por erupción volcánica. Las conchas fueron totalmente quemadas si transformadas en cristal puro!!! Mil gracias por la enseñanza!!!
Thanks for sharing. I have been trying to find a name for the shells and what looks like bone or coral (middle is hollow and they are all reddish brown. So apart from color this is the closest I have come.
I recently found some type of fossilized shell out behind my dads house in the side of a creek, i was wondering if you could help me figure out what it is because no one around here knows what it is.
Those really bright kind of lime green rocks were probably epidote. It's a beautiful mineral. I collect it when I see it and it polishes very well in a Tumbler or however you polish rocks
i believe so...most of my learning is from years ago when I was around 10yo and "adopted" by "the RockChippers." I believe that the process would be the same, just a different set of minerals collecting in the voids. We roamed the Nevada desert for petrified wood--some was agatized, some was opalized.
This particular beach is on "DNR" land which means it is managed by the "Department of Natural Resources." Some beaches are on private land or managed by the state. So depending on where is located or the access approaches will effect how you get down onto the beach or there will be a fee. This particular beach area ie. road approach and parking area are all managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and not on State Park land. They do require that all visitors have a Washington State "Discover Pass" that is an annual $30.00 fee that includes a tag that you can hang on your rearview mirror that allows entry for one year. Thanks for the question. Keep them coming!
thanks Tim. I my self dont know alot about what you do but i have always wanted to know a little more. My grandad was a rock hound but I didnt get to spend a lot of time with him. Ill try and stay in touch,
Agates are called semi-precious stones. They are beautiful when polished but not actually worth much. They are worth more than quartz, common jasper or other common stones found in streams or beaches. When polished and mounted in jewelry agates can become a more valuable stone. Large boulders of agate are definitely more valuable and purchased by collectors at rock shows. Agates are worth money but are actually sought after by hunters because of their journey from mountain down through the rivers to the beach. The greatest benefit is the value collectors see in it's potential for use in jewelry. I simply enjoy collecting them because of the story of their creation from volcanic rock and the beauty of their coloring found in many varieties.
Thank you for posting this and teaching my family about these PNW treasures.
Thank you for taking the time to show how to get here and to see what is available!
Thanks for the help! It's good to get an idea of what we are looking for.
Hi i am watching in 2020, thanks so much for the video, it was so informational and helpful! Great content will subscribe and i will be watching more! I'm new to identifying these types of rocks so this was an awesome and helpful vid for me. Thank you!!!
HaHa, I brought my kids down there and we were thinking, this beach sucks, there is nothing here. Thanks for posting! my kids will be excited when they know what to look for now. One of my kids is really into fossils. I have heard of some locations around Neah Bay where there are lots of Fossils. I'm definitely going to keep my eye out now. I'll let you know if I find anything.
cool vid i love that area especially the war bunker down a ways on that same beach access road
Nice, look at the perfect sphere!
Seashell agate is the fossilized life form that was inside. A lot of agate is also petrified wood/trees/branches. The big cone shapes with the crystaline odd centers were corals. GREAT beach!!
The ones with holes, were "drilled" by corals also, usually Horn coral.
Thx for posting I've never hear of a concretion before
Excelente vídeo, muy bien explicado. En las playas del Mar Mediterráneo, se encuentran muy bonitas agatas, con transparencia total, se formaron con millones de años atrás, por erupción volcánica. Las conchas fueron totalmente quemadas si transformadas en cristal puro!!! Mil gracias por la enseñanza!!!
Interesting I live in Montana and love rocks .Those round ones are cool!!
I was just there today and found one of those gray rocks with the white spots in it. it looks basically exactly like the one you have on the table.
Looks like goodtimes! Ill have to find that place sometime.
Thanks for sharing. I have been trying to find a name for the shells and what looks like bone or coral (middle is hollow and they are all reddish brown. So apart from color this is the closest I have come.
My favorite to find is rocks with holes in them.
Hag stones. 😁
I recently found some type of fossilized shell out behind my dads house in the side of a creek, i was wondering if you could help me figure out what it is because no one around here knows what it is.
@Lee Valley ive looked and havent found anything nowadays that look anything like it
@Lee Valley no, kinda looks like a snail shell, but rounder and completely solid like a rock
@Lee Valley no its like a petrified sea animal, like the one that had the snail shell then it had like a tentacle type head
Kinda like a type of ammonite
cant wait to go!
thanks for the great info! what are the greenish rocks? I pick rocks up if they're pretty, not even knowing what they are ;)
I missed what you're referring to, but nephrite jade is deposited all over the Northwest in streams and beaches. Popular carving stone with the tribes
Those really bright kind of lime green rocks were probably epidote. It's a beautiful mineral. I collect it when I see it and it polishes very well in a Tumbler or however you polish rocks
When these things become "Agatized" do you know if its anything like the same process as when fossils become "Opalized"??
Thanks.
i believe so...most of my learning is from years ago when I was around 10yo and "adopted" by "the RockChippers." I believe that the process would be the same, just a different set of minerals collecting in the voids. We roamed the Nevada desert for petrified wood--some was agatized, some was opalized.
@@dawnkladerman598 Thanks Dawn!
5:14 The tubular pieces look like belemnite fragments(?) I've picked many up on the coast near me (England). If so they died out with the dinosaurs.
The beach he is digging on only has rocks dating from the Oligocene-Miocene epochs; which is well after belemnites went extinct.
How far is this from Blaine
Murdock Beach is located about 18 miles west of Port Angeles, WA.
new to channel . ????what is d&r???
This particular beach is on "DNR" land which means it is managed by the "Department of Natural Resources." Some beaches are on private land or managed by the state. So depending on where is located or the access approaches will effect how you get down onto the beach or there will be a fee. This particular beach area ie. road approach and parking area are all managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and not on State Park land. They do require that all visitors have a Washington State "Discover Pass" that is an annual $30.00 fee that includes a tag that you can hang on your rearview mirror that allows entry for one year. Thanks for the question. Keep them coming!
thanks Tim. I my self dont know alot about what you do but i have always wanted to know a little more. My grandad was a rock hound but I didnt get to spend a lot of time with him. Ill try and stay in touch,
How much agates r worth? Is it gem and jewellery class ? In what way one will benefit by collecting it?
Agates are called semi-precious stones. They are beautiful when polished but not actually worth much. They are worth more than quartz, common jasper or other common stones found in streams or beaches. When polished and mounted in jewelry agates can become a more valuable stone. Large boulders of agate are definitely more valuable and purchased by collectors at rock shows. Agates are worth money but are actually sought after by hunters because of their journey from mountain down through the rivers to the beach.
The greatest benefit is the value collectors see in it's potential for use in jewelry. I simply enjoy collecting them because of the story of their creation from volcanic rock and the beauty of their coloring found in many varieties.
Tim Blair Thank u very much for your prompt response. N V Kotian, Bombay, India
"N V Kotian" You might prefer to collect agates from the Gobi desert. Have a look at what is offered on eBay.
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