Hunting North Carolina's Fluorescent Sapphires
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- I was recently in North Carolina collecting sapphire in smaragdite. That's something I don't think we have here in Michigan. Since I've been home, I've had a chance to slab it and make a couple of cabs. Nice stuff!
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Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: This was great fun and very interesting!!!
Nice Rob!
I love the mixture of colors & when they're polished, they're look fantastic
The polish made the pink pop. They are very pretty.
Chunky Gal was a Cherokee Squaw who was bullied for being chunky. She met someone from another tribe, and they fell in love. Dad said no, and she ran away across the mountain, hence Chunky Gal.
Squaw is a term that is degrading. It means whore, and chunky gal was more than likely a tribal leader if not a war woman. Please don't use that term.
Nancy, I really should have picked you up and taken you with me. You’ve been a wealth of information!
Next trip, come by Rose Creek Mine, in Franklin, and the owner, Sean Price can take you to the best places. He’s in Spruce Pine this weekend hunting his first love, radioactive minerals. Not sure about telling the difference between the Pink Sapphires and Rubies. I never heard anyone in the Gem Club mentioning they were Pink.
Sean likes to continue along the trail and goes down to Cat Eye Creek. That’s a pretty tough climb out for me. I did find a big chunk, the size of a brick that was full of Rubies. I had to get one of the Guys to haul it out!
@@nancymcshane3501 I'd haul that out with a smile on my face!
We were hiking near the Chunky Gal Trail while on the Appalachian Trail. The geology down there is pretty amazing. The only thing I could identify was mica in schist. But I bet there are gems everywhere on the trail.
Mica in schist is about my level of rock identification!
Those are cool looking! You made beautiful cabs from them! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Painstaking work=Beautiful pendants!
They weren't that much work. They were soft, so it went fast.
Those walls were built to put dirt behind to create a level spot to put up a tent.
Oh, that makes sense. I hadn’t thought of camping there.
You were about 40 minutes from me. I would have loved to meet you Rob. I wouldn’t have been able to take you to find cool rocks, I am still learning! You were close enough to the now closed CopperHill Mines which is a cool place to visit. Not sure if there are tailings you could have dug through but still a good place.
I'd love to meet people who watch my videos too, but it doesn't seem wise to tell people exactly when I'm going to be out of the house.
Ann didn't tell me about Copper Hill Mines, but I'll bet she's been there. Maybe next time.
I have been searching for ruby and saphire for 30 years. Where you were walking up the trail I have camped there over night many times.found a lot of nice rocks over the years:: white, gray, blue, yellow and pink and a few rubies. And a few purople.
Sounds like the hunting was better back when you were allowed to break rocks.
Thanks for hunting away from MI.
You are inspiring me by hunting in NC which is more in my area.
You're welcome!
Those cabs are gorgeous! I have rock envy. What is lighting up green? That is beautiful too!
Dust lights up blue. Is that what you're seeing?
Thanks for teaching us about a different type rock. I enjoyed your video-both format and finds.
You're welcome and thank you!
Those cabs turned out real nice!
Beautiful!
Fascinating! Looks like a fun trip
It was a really fun trip.
In the Asheville NC area there are or have been in the past a couple of places where you can pay to pan for rubies. The rubies there are alluvial deposits. I have found some nice five sided ruby crystals there.
That sounds like fun. Are rubies dense enough to pan similar to gold or do you just look for them in pan as you swish them around?
The owners sell you buckets of rough they have dug up at the site. They use screens so you wash out the lighter and smaller rocks and keep dipping the screens into the running water and then look through what's left. They said you might find sapphires and I remember pieces of kyanite. The helper who showed us how to pan didn't stick around. I kept whatever rocks looked interesting and then, when I got home to Pennsylvania, looked at them with my black light and found there were a number of ruby crystals and pieces.
@@mab9277 That sounds like fun!
Fun location. Weather looks a bit gloomy, but I'd enjoy visiting that place. And those rocks wow! Loved the pendant shape and mounting you created from it (but next time maybe polish both sides?).
Polishing the back flat part takes longer than doing the domed front. Since It doesn't show when wearing it, I have decided it's not worth the effort.
Chunky Gal Trail leads to the Appalachian Trail. The ridge in the background is likely the route of the AT.
Oh, cool. I didn't know that.
I have gone out there a ton and have about 10k carats of pink sapphires. I take my summer vacations camping on buck creek
We only had a couple hours there, but I would have love to have had a lot longer!
Interesting another one I will keep an eye out for when I visit North Carolina
Nice hunt. Intresting looking pinkystuff❤
I enjoy all the different rocks and projects. Thanks for sharing 👍.
👁👁 love your adventures…
Happy to drop by… green is good… 12:20
Great Video! By the way, that 5-gallon bucket hauler is great! Did you create that or purchase it? I would love to have one!
That’s Ann’s. It wasn’t homemade.
Those are beautiful
when you see the stacks of wood.... they are used for blocking snow
they are also used in colorado
Someone else said those were to make a flat area to pitch a tent on. I'm not sure how they would block snow.
You videos are great - just getting into the hobby. Can you update your store front in Amazon? Trying to support you but everything is currently unavailable?
I can take a look at it. If you're trying to buy from the Rock Shed through Amazon, they don't always have their products available there, but they're usually available directly from their website. I'll try all the links on the rest of my storefront as soon as I get a chance to. Thanks for letting me know that some are not working. By the way, once you enter Amazon through my storefront, I get a small commission on anything you buy, whether it's listed in my storefront or not. Thanks a bunch for the support!
Thanks for the video Rob!
I recently heard that geology rocks but geography is where it's at.
Sorry but I couldn't resist sharing the dad joke
An oldie but goodie.
Love that bucket cart! Did you build it or buy it somewhere, and if so, where can I get one!😅
That's Ann's. I don't know where she got it.
I have some great spots i can take you to find amazing black tourmaline and rhodalite garnets
Maybe next time!
Got a question, where can I get one of those bucket carts?
I don’t know. That is Ann’s. It was really nice to have along.
@MichiganRocks found it on Amazon, but unfortunately it is unavailable right now.
@@brian4245 That's a shame. Hopefully you can find one somewhere else.
Hey Rob...get ur a$$ back to Michigan 🤣 miss the beach walks and now is the perfect time...or is it all iced up still?
This video was filmed over a month ago. Then Nancy and I went back to Florida for a vacation. Sam and I are planning to go to Lake Superior soon.
Question, if you cut the other direction could you potentially get a larger piece or is it in specs?
I don't think cutting direction would matter with this particular rock.
@@MichiganRocks thanks! I love the videos!
Say what?!? Haha Chunky Gal!
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Who doesn’t like to see rocks soaked in acid 😂
Personally, I thought the pendants were beautiful. 😊
I did too, it would have been nicer if there was more pink though.
I would have a hard time finding anything without the UV light.
I had a hard time too. Luckily I had Ann with me!
Wow🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🧡🧡
I thought those are Rubys
From what I read, pink sapphire is only sometimes called ruby. Red is always considered to be ruby. Also, Ann called it sapphire, not ruby and she's the local who knows what she's talking about.
All Rubies are Sapphires, red are Rubies. Your’s look Stoplight red to one.
To me.
@@MichiganRocks very cool stones. I have some rubys that glow like crazy.
@@nancymcshane3501 They look more pink in real life.
Squaw is a bad term.
There is a bay where I live that was always called “Squaw Bay”. The name was recently changed because that term is apparently offensive. I always just thought it was a term for a Native American woman. When the name of the bay was changed, I did a little online research and found that Native Americans don’t really agree whether it’s a bad word or not. Then again, it’s hard to know whether online information is good or not.
When I was making the comment, I couldn’t think of another word to call her. She wasn’t an Indian Princess. Can you think of something else to call our Chunky Gal? I guess young woman, maybe!
Maybe Indian Maiden?
Pretty good choice! I like that! Romeo and Juliet with a good ending!
WOW, you have taken us on quite a geological journey the past month or so. Thanks so much Rob !!!
You're welcome, Dave. It's been fun finding something different for a change.
Hello.thats great.sir I have stones here pls see if this is a Sapphire stone pls pls from Cebu Philippines.
I don't think I could identify sapphire. I only knew this was because Ann told me it was.
Smaragdite, is a chromium enriched variety of actinolite, hence the green!! Good find!!
What a cool hunt! Love the florescents!
Interesting rocks. Beautiful cabs.
I remember driving up those mountains when I first moved to Tennessee there was a place called round Mountain and it was terrifying. I have never been anywhere so scary when I looked over the site I was from Florida. There was flatland everywhere. It was freaking me out but after 30 years I got used to it didn’t take long.
I wouldn't say I have a phobia about heights, but I have a very healthy respect for heights.
When I first went to Chunky Gal, at the top, Corundum Knoll, there were significantly larger boulders there and across on the down slope. Lots were smashed and rolled down the hill. Somebody built that deck 5-6 years ago. Never saw anyone there. My second trip was in the Fall with plenty of foliage. I got turned around at the Knoll, on my way out and took the wrong trail. I was alone, and kept hearing something thrashing around. Finally, I just turned around and went back to the top and started over! Going a bit before dark, is beautiful with UV. In the Winter, I take my little leaf blower and clear off the trail. Underneath, Rubies rubbed out of the Smaragdite, are easy to pick up. Nobody realizes they’re walking on Gemstones!
Is there a way to tell if the fluorescent stuff you pick up after dark is pink or white easily? Or do you just have to use a regular flashlight each time to check?
We never knew it was pink or white. We just use our UV lights from the Fluorescent Sodalite group In Michigan.
Nice colors. Nature gives us so much beauty to enjoy.
They turned out beautifully!
I remember the amazing aquamarine!
Two stones I got out of Montana gravels , are orange and glow under black light. I did not know sapphires did that.
Thanks.
I didn't either until Ann showed me. Double the fun!
Looks like stars under the black light.
Pink stars, awesome!
Thanks for sharing your adventures and discoveries. A question, if you please: How do you dispose if the muriatic and oxalic acids?
I neutralized them with lime from a bag and then dumped it in the same hole I dump rock slurry in. I read that it’s pretty harmless after neutralizing.
Thanks for the info. Happy rock hounding.@@MichiganRocks
This is so cool! What an interesting stone . Pretty pendant. Can't call them yooperlites maybe name them "southernlites" 😆
I enjoy virtual travel with you ☺️ seeing all the places you go ! I've been to beautiful NC a few times but to the ocean and outer banks. Was February and had the 50 miles of beach to ourselves . Not any cool rocks but lots of shells and saw wild horses. Next time we'll have to check out places for rock hunting . Thank you
Wild horses would be fun to see!
We just call them Rubies, here in North Carolina.
Nice hunt and you made some great cabs!
Awesome new video Rob ! Realy like the green Rocks with the pink glow. Like to have some of this Rock 😎👍👍 Greetings to Michigan !
It's a fun rock. Fun to have something new.
Free blacklight with every purchase.
Actually pretty cool. TFS ❤️🎸🏏
Unlike Yooperlites, this actually looks good without the UV light.
@@MichiganRocks Reminds me of ruby in zoisite
@@icatz Yes, it's a lot like that from what I can tell.