It's called Afghan Rock for the cameleers who watered their camels there on their way through. While some water collects in pools on the top of these granite outcrops, a lot of it also soaks in around the base, so they could get water most of the year by digging.
I tried doing a bit of research before posting but it seams there are two Afghan Rocks in WA, the one we saw near Cue and another near Balladonia . . . buggered if I could figure out which was the history of the one we visited 😆
@@paulhardie Thank you very much for the comment, because I hardly know English and everything I write is from translation I can not understand what you mean at the end you write about Greece
@@GREEKEXPLORERS Sorry, I will ask again and try translating as well. I was wondering if you have many interesting rocks in Greece ? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Συγγνώμη, θα ρωτήσω ξανά και θα προσπαθήσω να μεταφράσω επίσης. Αναρωτιόμουν αν έχετε πολλούς ενδιαφέροντες βράχους στην Ελλάδα; 👍😃👍
@@paulhardie Good afternoon happy new year with health and many successes in the field!! Of great interest (worldwide) are the mines of Lavrio with over 700 types of minerals plus over 30 endemic minerals that have been found for the first time in the mines of Lavrion!! Almost all of Greece and especially in northern Greece is full of rocks such as jasper, agates, chalcedonians and petrified woods and in some areas plus some islands there are rubies, sapphires, gold and diamonds and many more in various areas!!
It seems your club members belong to "The gray gold club"😁. The stone club I'm a member of, are all members over 47 yers old. Funny rocks doesnt seem more attractive to younger people. Really good video. Happy New Year to you and yours🎉. Greetings from a stormy and wet 7 degrees Celsius Denmark.
We have quite a few "younger" members, the rock hunts are usually during school/work days so it's mostly retirees who go on them, although we did have a 13 year old on this one 👍and greetings from a hot and sticky Western Australia 😁
I guess it depends on how nice it looks and the colouring, here in Western Australia it is extremely common, however we also have Tiger Iron which is Banded Iron with bands of Tiger Eye mixed in, that is worth considerably more than plain Banded Iron, I made a short on it, see below 👍 ruclips.net/user/shortsc-aRW81K1HI?feature=share
Awesome adventure!!! Thanks for bringing us along 🙏🙏🙏
Glad you liked it Mahnee, I have two more installments from that trip to upload . . . slack . . . I know 😄
Another really interesting video Paul, some very nice finds indeed. Thankyou for taking us along on the adventure.
Thank you my friend, I'm glad you enjoyed it, two more to go from that trip 👍
Amazing!
Thank you Theo ☺
Thank you
I hope you enjoyed it Vicki 👍
Pink Clinozoisite, Rich Pseudomorphus after plagioclase AKA Marshmellow WA. Nice rock, and so is the Emeralds.
Yeah I knew all that 😆. . . not really . . . but I think I'll stick with Marshmallow Rock 😁
It's called Afghan Rock for the cameleers who watered their camels there on their way through. While some water collects in pools on the top of these granite outcrops, a lot of it also soaks in around the base, so they could get water most of the year by digging.
I tried doing a bit of research before posting but it seams there are two Afghan Rocks in WA, the one we saw near Cue and another near Balladonia . . . buggered if I could figure out which was the history of the one we visited 😆
@@paulhardie Probably both are named for the same thing.
@@victoryoneable quite possibly 😀
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
I just subscribed to your channel!!
Greetings from Greece!!
Thank you, I'm sure you'll enjoy the content, excuse my ignorance but do you get much in the way of interesting rocks in Greece ?
@@paulhardie Thank you very much for the comment, because I hardly know English and everything I write is from translation I can not understand what you mean at the end you write about Greece
@@GREEKEXPLORERS
Sorry, I will ask again and try translating as well.
I was wondering if you have many interesting rocks in Greece ?
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Συγγνώμη, θα ρωτήσω ξανά και θα προσπαθήσω να μεταφράσω επίσης.
Αναρωτιόμουν αν έχετε πολλούς ενδιαφέροντες βράχους στην Ελλάδα;
👍😃👍
@@paulhardie Good afternoon happy new year with health and many successes in the field!!
Of great interest (worldwide) are the mines of Lavrio with over 700 types of minerals plus over 30 endemic minerals that have been found for the first time in the mines of Lavrion!!
Almost all of Greece and especially in northern Greece is full of rocks such as jasper, agates, chalcedonians and petrified woods and in some areas plus some islands there are rubies, sapphires, gold and diamonds and many more in various areas!!
@@GREEKEXPLORERS WOW sounds like you have a terrific range of rocks over there, do you go out collecting ?
It seems your club members belong to "The gray gold club"😁. The stone club I'm a member of, are all members over 47 yers old. Funny rocks doesnt seem more attractive to younger people. Really good video. Happy New Year to you and yours🎉. Greetings from a stormy and wet 7 degrees Celsius Denmark.
We have quite a few "younger" members, the rock hunts are usually during school/work days so it's mostly retirees who go on them, although we did have a 13 year old on this one 👍and greetings from a hot and sticky Western Australia 😁
Is banded iron worth anything ? I’ve got an 88 pound banded iron rock
I guess it depends on how nice it looks and the colouring, here in Western Australia it is extremely common, however we also have Tiger Iron which is Banded Iron with bands of Tiger Eye mixed in, that is worth considerably more than plain Banded Iron, I made a short on it, see below 👍
ruclips.net/user/shortsc-aRW81K1HI?feature=share
WTF is Q?
😆it's the town after P just before you reach R 😆
The town of Cue in Western Australia 👍
@@paulhardie Oh, I thought maybe it was some form of bogan slang mispronunciation or something.
@@johnnynephrite6147 😆😆😆