I lived in sw Florida most of my life so no real rock hunting there. It only has limestone and like coral sea sediment. We moved to sw Virginia in wise county 5.5 years ago and when my son and his family followed us here to live he and my grandson got into rock hunting. Y grandson isc12 and he’s a river explorer and he found a tigers eye and asked dad to tumble it and gave it to me for Mother’s Day.he has found really old leices of porcelain crystals and lots of rocks. I. Hoping to plan a day for us to check out some riverbeds. Thanks for your videos.
Lots of research and reading is the best way to start. Join some of the Virginia minerals and rock hounding Facebook pages and ask questions. Most all the land is private property and will require land owner permission to access.
Kelsey, any luck since this comment? I'm getting in to Rockhounding as well in Charlottesville as well. I've gotten access to a couple of streams in Goochland that I may check out next week.
I've got a big chunk of quartz that has a "silver " colered vein going right down the middle of it. Always curious of what it was. It'd be awesome if you could help identify it. Currently in the middle of a move to Hillsville VA but I'll have a picture shortly. Thanks
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 totally, when I get everything unpacked I'll be sure to take a picture cuz I've been wanting to look at it again for months and haven't been able to to look at it. Not sure if I mentioned before but it's a very thin line of silver colored mineral, it's not sprawled out like a vein is when silver is mixed in with quartz
No it wasn’t kyanite. It is quartz fiber fill with probable epidote and chlorite inclusions which give it the blue tinge. I will have a new quartz crystal video coming out this Friday so stay tuned!
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 I live in the town of orange. Right off of Belleview. And use to work for the town of Gordonsville and the town of orange. U go to OCHS?
Dang, that one cluster was pretty sweet for Virginia, I’d love to see the pocket that it came out of
I lived in sw Florida most of my life so no real rock hunting there. It only has limestone and like coral sea sediment. We moved to sw Virginia in wise county 5.5 years ago and when my son and his family followed us here to live he and my grandson got into rock hunting. Y grandson isc12 and he’s a river explorer and he found a tigers eye and asked dad to tumble it and gave it to me for Mother’s Day.he has found really old leices of porcelain crystals and lots of rocks. I. Hoping to plan a day for us to check out some riverbeds. Thanks for your videos.
Fun fun pretty neat stuff
I found some big clusters like that about two weeks ago it's pretty cool
I’m in central VA and desperately want to start rockhounding. Where can I start?
Lots of research and reading is the best way to start. Join some of the Virginia minerals and rock hounding Facebook pages and ask questions. Most all the land is private property and will require land owner permission to access.
Kelsey, any luck since this comment? I'm getting in to Rockhounding as well in Charlottesville as well. I've gotten access to a couple of streams in Goochland that I may check out next week.
Let’s get in contact with each other!
I've got a big chunk of quartz that has a "silver " colered vein going right down the middle of it.
Always curious of what it was. It'd be awesome if you could help identify it.
Currently in the middle of a move to Hillsville VA but I'll have a picture shortly.
Thanks
Shoot me a picture and I can try to identify it. My current guess with no information would be mica. But I’ll be interested to see the picture.
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 totally, when I get everything unpacked I'll be sure to take a picture cuz I've been wanting to look at it again for months and haven't been able to to look at it. Not sure if I mentioned before but it's a very thin line of silver colored mineral, it's not sprawled out like a vein is when silver is mixed in with quartz
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 alright, I unpacked, I'm uploading a short of the quartz
Forgive my lack of rock knowledge, Matt, but what are the Crystals used for or do they have some value?? Thanks,
Bill
Mineral specimens like nice quartz crystals are always sought after by collectors and rock hounds and such.
I'm sure you've figured out what you have by now but 1:52 could it be kyanite?
No it wasn’t kyanite. It is quartz fiber fill with probable epidote and chlorite inclusions which give it the blue tinge. I will have a new quartz crystal video coming out this Friday so stay tuned!
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 Will do! I'm local so very interested to see what you find!
Hi by any chance can you tell me where that it if so would it be ok if I rock hound there
Sorry I can’t give the location away.
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 yup I 1000% understand
I'm in orange county Virginia. U heard of it? Ever been thru the area?
Yep I’ve lived there and I’ve prospected there.
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 I've been here my whole life. What part of OC did you live in?
The town of orange. Then gordonsville right on the line.
@@theprospectinggeologist4347 I live in the town of orange. Right off of Belleview. And use to work for the town of Gordonsville and the town of orange. U go to OCHS?
No I’m from PA and now back living in PA. Lived in and around orange from 2013 to 2020.
Where is this placeeeeee 😢😢😢
I believe it’s now a condo development unfortunately.
Almost looks like kyanite
Greene co?
Albemarle