Winter Rockhounding!! SUNSTONE And A SURPRISE Garnet Find!!
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- I got back out to my sunstone site after a long break from the snow and found a few awesome pieces!! I am just stoked with some of the finds from this trip, cant wait until it starts to warm up a bit more!! Hope you all are having a great weekend, thanks for watching😁
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Not sure which i enjoy more.....the stones or the scenery....lol.
Thanks for taking us along.
Those garnets were a , nice surprise
Very beautiful video!! Thank you for sharing!!
Good rocks!!!
Thanks!!😁
This is something I would love to do, but I am somewhat physically disabled and getting old. I really enjoy seeing your finds out in the field! Keep it up, from your neighbor in the Appalachian mountains of Western North Carolina.
Awesome finds, sun stone is an awesome material!
for sure!! I hear you guys even have some in Ontario somewhere, have you collected any locally?
@@NWRockExplorer I know there are some spot but I haven't collected any personally.
As usual I love your video. I find myself telling you, wait pick up that other rock too. 😆
There's so many rocks to pick up haha!! Any one of those feldspar chunks could have some amazing schiller and I'd never know unless I pick it up and look closer!!😁
Wow the sunstones and moonstones are so pretty! Great Video :)
Thanks!!😁
Nor rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep you from rock-hounding. LOL. Winter is pretty tough rock-hounding where you are by the looks of it. Thanks for getting out there.
This winter hasn't been too bad, it definitely could've been worse if there was more snow haha. It's nice to still have a few little spots to go to in the winter😁
Wow, I would love to see what you get if you go in the summer! Everything will be uncovered! I will be waiting in vien for that video! I enjoy your enthusiasm and your sense of adventure! Don't ever change!
Thanks!! I can't wait to get back out there again!! Just got some time off this weekend so I may do some digging again soon!! Still not sure if I'll go to this spot though, I have a lot of new areas in mind to check out!! Without a doubt I'll be out digging somewhere🙂
6:40 What a find, that is absolutely stunning!
Its all about getting the right lighting, sometimes you just cant tell how nice these stones are until you bring them home🙂
Its so good to see you out and collecting! Beautiful material and nothing seems to stop you from collecting! Its fascinating how you can find so many different materials you can find! And your poor hands were so red! You need to take some hot coffee or cocoa with you, and gloves! lol
My goal is to find as many different minerals as I can and try to get a complete collection of everything in BC Canada. I can't wait for this summer, I should be finding a lot more minerals that I haven't shared on the channel yet!!😁
@@NWRockExplorer Well i for one, look forward to that! I love to go on your adventures with you! BC is so beautiful and if anyone can find the mineral spots, its you!
I learn quite a lot watching your video. Few people get me to reach for my digital dictionary but it was a good exercise to look up adularescence. Thank you.
There's always something new to learn!! Most of my favorite stones have light play and there is a name for each way that a stone plays with the light. Adularescence is definitely one of my favorites!!😁
Awesome video, loved being in the woods, the garnets were cool, the sun and moonstone is beautiful!😊❤️
Thanks!! It was so nice to finally get out there again🙂
I loved what you found but you were making me cold watching you reaching in that cold water. Hope you had some hot chicken noodle soup when you got home lol.
Thanks!! A nice warm shower feels pretty nice after spending a day in the cold rain😁
Looks like a great spot. Thanks for adventuring out in the cold for us to enjoy another one of your videos. I can't wait for summer. Those garnets were a fun surprise!
I was super surprised finding those garnets up there!! For years I've walked past that pegmatite and never would have known if I hadn't taken that one chip off!!
There is too much snow on the East Coast right now, making me anxious for some melt. Thanks for that great info about hematite and magnetite inclusions!! Didn't know that! Also gonna be checking out my feldspar specimens for aduralesence! Cheers!
Yea you never know!! This material is easy to walk past if you don't look closely!! I think this spot got another dump of snow, were just going through another cold snap this week😅
Is it common to find sunstone and moonstone together? It's neat to see you pull them out of that icy water. Oregon sunstones are found in the desert amongst the sagebrush, scattered all around, and there's a mine where you can pay to sift through what they dig to find larger stones. I like your forest setting much better! Thank you for sharing this cool adventure!
Thanks!! With this formation it is quite common to see sunstone and moonstone together, it is a orthoclase, albite mix which causes the Adularescence in the moonstone. I'm still learning new things about feldspar all the time, it's a pretty complicated group!!😁
Hello 👋
Hope you are safe and well !!
Just a quick question - Did you go to a Canadian University to get your Degree in Geology - or is this just a hobby !! Your knowledge on your finds is very impressive !!
Do you want to try and make a living with this, or - have you got your sights set on another career all - together ??
Thanks 🙏
Take care and stay safe 😷
James ✌🏾🏴
Thanks!! I've never attended any geology classes but I'd definitely love to in the future!! most of what I know comes from online research or talking to all the old timers!! I've been lucky enough for some prospectors to take me under their wing and teach me what they learned from years in the field.
I would really like to make a living doing what I love, whether that be prospecting, lapidary, jewelry making, or just making UA-cam videos. I have so many different interests that I guess I'll have to see what sticks haha. This summer should be pretty busy and I have lots of plans to travel so I can make some more videos and I might even try to make some vlogs while I'm out and about😁
Nice hematite 👍🏼 All the iron minerals I find are usually degraded to limonite. I guess the deposit you’re looking in is younger maybe. I dunno in Missouri it’s almost all rusted. No feldspar here either hardly 🤷🏻♂️ Nice finds. Rock on brotha 💎👀💪
Thanks!! Our geology is very young here, this granite is cretaceous I believe haha!! Interesting observation!!🙂
@@NWRockExplorer Yep! Ordovician age where I'm at. Cool!
Looks like you had a good day collecting!
it was a great day out🙂
Are you in the states or Canada?
I'm in BC Canada😁
Isn't the sun stone red, there's yellow?
The schiller in this sunstone can be purple, pink, blue, gold, red, and sometimes is a metallic grey. The base color of the feldspar is a bit different it can vary from clear, pink, to red or sometimes even black😁
Where is this?