Rough and raw Ruby and Sapphire crystals - what Ruby and Sapphire look like as they are mined

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  • Learn what raw, rough sapphires and Rubies look like. I will explain where they come from, how they are mined and what they look like so you can identify them.
    For those who want to learn more about Prospecting and finding gold check out my book, Fists full of Gold. It’s an encyclopedia of everything on the topic of prospecting. It’s available on Amazon. You can find it at (affiliate):
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    For even more information on prospecting, minerals, gems and other related information you can also check out my website at:
    nevada-outback-gems.com/prospe...
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  • @vanessadoe1740
    @vanessadoe1740 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you so much! Your videos have taught my boyfriend and I so much. I'm pretty sure we have discovered a sapphire motherload on his property were going to have to figure out the next steps to take!! Your book is on my Christmas list.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  6 місяців тому

      I'm glad to hear you both enjoy the videos.

  • @jamesmclane2826
    @jamesmclane2826 4 роки тому +3

    I learn so much from your videos 🎥😃🤔I’m still gonna buy your book when I can😊👍✊️✊️

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @ophmankondowe2338
    @ophmankondowe2338 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much Chris for your presentation. I am just 6 monyhs in gold and ruby prospecting and am getting real stuff to advance my new career from your presentations.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Рік тому

      Best of luck to you!

    • @ophmankondowe2338
      @ophmankondowe2338 Рік тому

      @@ChrisRalph Thank you. I have found some pagmetite rocks at a ridge along the river in the northern region of Malawi,.this rock hosts quartz,feldspers and micas. Please enlighten me on the potential minerals I may possibly find.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Рік тому

      Pegmatite rocks can contain almost anything to almost nothing. I have no idea what yours might have.

  • @robertshafer5940
    @robertshafer5940 3 роки тому +2

    I love the knowledge THANK YOU!

  • @aforgottennativeamerica8439
    @aforgottennativeamerica8439 2 роки тому

    Excellent just the information I was looking for

  • @johnsmith9565
    @johnsmith9565 2 роки тому +2

    I wish i new 10% of what u know .I live in Montana. Your a great teacher..awesome editor. Great filmmaker

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому

      I appreciate that! Thanks.

  • @dunnsdiaite8085
    @dunnsdiaite8085 3 роки тому

    Excellent work

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому

      Many thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @atifmehmoodkhan7056
    @atifmehmoodkhan7056 29 днів тому

    Sir So nice of you ❤ for such a beautiful informative video ❤❤❤

  • @bantalee2002
    @bantalee2002 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks Chris. My son purchased me 5 bags from the Montana Gem mine in Philipsburg Montana(birthday gift). I wanted to review what you shown so i don't miss anything when i process the material.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому +2

      Sounds great! I'm sure you will enjoy the hunt.

    • @bantalee2002
      @bantalee2002 4 роки тому +1

      @@ChrisRalph Did i hear you say you are a geologist? My wife was a geologist,graduated from Beloit College,wisc.

  • @user-ke8st8jc1v
    @user-ke8st8jc1v 2 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @billandpamwalsh4668
    @billandpamwalsh4668 3 роки тому +1

    Thank You Very Much

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому +1

      You are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @brunocassivi4979
    @brunocassivi4979 3 роки тому +1

    I want to express my total gr@titude. Your are the Best teacher withinn the Better. Merci beaucoup Yul . Tres grande Gr@titude . Autodidacte prospector . St- John Quebec.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the kind words. You are very welcome

  • @jillmondt5398
    @jillmondt5398 Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @ngobithe
    @ngobithe 2 роки тому

    Thanks. Interesting.

  • @okboomer6201
    @okboomer6201 4 роки тому +5

    "Oh corundum!" is what I holler when I stub my toe.

  • @onewearycatfromtexas2066
    @onewearycatfromtexas2066 3 роки тому

    Sir! They are the Most Beautiful Raw and rough ❤️! Folks sir, many by in observation don't realize, ya know, once any stones quartz ! Once it's fired it's all zero properties! Then becomes complete crap! I've been studying sir the stones for healing and spiritual meaning. About fifteen years now. Yessir! There is even still soooo much to learn and know! God Bless you sir!

  • @Indrid__Cold
    @Indrid__Cold 2 роки тому

    I love the corundum gem family. It's the ones I own are lab grown by a company called Chatham. Their uncut gems are the most beautiful crystals in existence.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому +1

      I own a Chatham ruby crystal.

    • @Indrid__Cold
      @Indrid__Cold 2 роки тому

      @@ChrisRalph How big is it? My largest Chatham ruby crystals are 41.5 and 65.5 carats respectively. I would love to see a picture if possible.

  • @sharifabdul4237
    @sharifabdul4237 2 роки тому

    Thanks old timer, lernt many things here,

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому

      My child, it is good for you to learn new things.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 2 роки тому

      Sorry I meant Spokane bar good stones there Bruce worked there.a friend of mine,David Tunes murdered out there.killers not found. an unsolved mystery I hope will be solved.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 2 роки тому

      Rock creek very good Philipsburg.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 2 роки тому

      Chatoyant

  • @seditt5146
    @seditt5146 2 роки тому

    The oxidizing environment turns them Yellow, Reduction turns them blue. Generally a fancy burn( oxidation) takes place and the most yellow are those thrown in the final reduction burn.

  • @chet2201
    @chet2201 3 роки тому

    I love Cowee Valley in N.C.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому

      Cowee valley is a fun place.

  • @suryasharmapulivarthi5788
    @suryasharmapulivarthi5788 9 місяців тому

    SIR VERY VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EVERY BODY THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE GEM ROUGH FIELDS, THANK YOU SIR FOR YOU'RE KIND INFORMATION, THIS IS SURYA SHARAM INDIA 🇮🇳 THANK YOU SIR

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  9 місяців тому

      Greetings SURYA SHARAM - best of luck to you.

  • @420Brew
    @420Brew 3 роки тому +1

    The wind hits your Mic. What mineral is mixed with Corrundum to make Ruby?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому +1

      You can't always have the best weather conditions and I was only there a few days, so it was either film in the wind or forget it. I chose to film. Corrundum with traces of chromium is ruby.

    • @420Brew
      @420Brew 3 роки тому

      Right but sapphires require Aluminum oxide correct?

  • @tomekakoro2840
    @tomekakoro2840 2 роки тому

    I wish you were in community….!!

  • @danpollard4210
    @danpollard4210 2 роки тому

    We called orange ones Pads for padparadshaw.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому

      all in how you pronounce that.

  • @Ghryst
    @Ghryst 3 роки тому +1

    so if its all about colour, then what is the cutoff point?
    ie: how dark does a pink sapphire have to be to be called a ruby?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому +1

      Its the point that the buyer says its red. However, near the meeting point of the two, prices converge.

  • @markkent8947
    @markkent8947 4 місяці тому

    Hey, I was wondering if you know of any highly recommended lapidary businesses or individuals who do both quality cutting and heat treating?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 місяці тому

      I'm Sorry, but no I do not know of any such folks and I've not had experience with them.

  • @Xen980
    @Xen980 11 місяців тому

    I have ruby star sapphire

  • @ronnalscammahorn8002
    @ronnalscammahorn8002 4 роки тому +1

    Exilent 💎💍💞

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому

      Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @timtremblay8601
    @timtremblay8601 4 роки тому +1

    Have you ever found raw diamonds? Just asking Chris, thanks.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому

      Got a video on diamonds coming up soon! Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @BreakerFamily
    @BreakerFamily 3 роки тому +1

    question, I have low grade Madagascar rubies with almost a pink colour but are all around that 1"-1.5" in size. Not very clear. Any ideas how much something like that would run when selling?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому +1

      No idea - depends on a lot of other factors. The value would be as a specimen, but are they nice specimens? Contact someone who deals in mineral specimens to ask them.

    • @BreakerFamily
      @BreakerFamily 3 роки тому

      @@ChrisRalph okay thank you

  • @KDAirman
    @KDAirman Рік тому

    I found a round stone with 3 sides red with orange brown ish shining red under light at a tx loves truck stop feeling smooth in the hand not sure what it may be

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Рік тому +1

      There are about 500 minerals that can be found in some shade of reddish brown, so its probably one of them.

    • @KDAirman
      @KDAirman Рік тому

      @Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector maybe I got some sort of ruby in rough who knows any idea where I can take my collection to for telling me what I actually got

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Рік тому

      Perhaps to a nearby university? I don't even know what country you are in.

    • @KDAirman
      @KDAirman Рік тому

      @Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector united states

  • @atifmehmoodkhan7056
    @atifmehmoodkhan7056 29 днів тому

    Sir I have a question plz Can we found diamonds with these minrals?

  • @randomnessrules4971
    @randomnessrules4971 3 роки тому

    I don't remember this area in Hoenn.

  • @Xen980
    @Xen980 11 місяців тому

    Star buby indian , how much of cost per ct

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  11 місяців тому

      Depends on quality.

  • @josefinaabol7622
    @josefinaabol7622 2 роки тому

    How much is the white sap6?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому

      I have no ideas what is a sap6.

  • @danpollard4210
    @danpollard4210 2 роки тому

    Ask the owner if he knows me he is at the french bar I think I worked at Castles,Russ and Debbie. Is Bruce still working there
    Dan Pollard.

  • @kevinhubbard8039
    @kevinhubbard8039 4 роки тому

    wont heating them up like that make them brittle

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому

      Heating them up in a controlled environment does not make them brittle or any less hard. They are formed originally at red hot temperatures. Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @JuliaMason-yk1cn
    @JuliaMason-yk1cn Місяць тому

    What is onix

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Місяць тому

      Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, a type of quartz.

  • @MrTopHaVirtaltReality
    @MrTopHaVirtaltReality 4 роки тому

    Suddenly they were fusing and formed a garnet

  • @lcbuell5535
    @lcbuell5535 2 роки тому

    I need help identifying a crystal I guess

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  2 роки тому

      I get many, many requests for personal help. Its almost always impossible to ID stuff from photos.

  • @greedygringoprospecting6941
    @greedygringoprospecting6941 4 роки тому

    hey not saying anything bad I was reading through the gps part in your book sounds like you didn't have the WAAS turned on (enabled) this gets rid of the errors jumping from satellite to satellite or the older models didn't have this feature you have marked way points with it yes ? so you can go back and dig the same spot or sample the same place I started hiking with an etrex 30 and found some natural black chalcedony (black onyx) the real thing this is what started the prospecting bug oh you go to fallbrook Ca fallbrook gem and mineral society and talk to mike he works at the GIA gems and gold not much different free $$$$

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 роки тому

      Been using GPS for over 30 years, newer ones a lot better than older. Glad you enjoyed the video.

    • @greedygringoprospecting6941
      @greedygringoprospecting6941 4 роки тому +1

      @@ChrisRalph so far books f**ken awesome just was asking questions that's all boss

  • @brunocassivi4979
    @brunocassivi4979 3 роки тому +1

    Gr@titude

  • @AxUnderground
    @AxUnderground Рік тому

    ✨ c o r u n d u m ✨

  • @user-zr2yk7ce6l
    @user-zr2yk7ce6l 11 місяців тому

    Tg u
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  • @cindysnow9166
    @cindysnow9166 Рік тому

    love your stuff! thank you however please don't repeat yourself so many times.....sorry it's just hard to keep listening to a slow moving highly repetitive info vid....hard to watch all the way, it's ok I'm just trying to say to help with your vids...God bless, go in peace

  • @kigarkbajarke6834
    @kigarkbajarke6834 3 роки тому

    The vagabond fur philosophically rub because secure mainly notice inside a bitter iron. possible, barbarous forest

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  3 роки тому

      OK. Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gymble in the wabe: