Finding Yooperlites on the Beach of Lake Superior in Michigan | Crystal Collecting
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2019
- Yooperlites were just discovered recently back in 2017 by Erik Rintamaki. Took him a year or so to figure out what they were but come to find out they are fluorescent sodalite along with some other properties. Being that he is the founder of this special mix of minerals he named them "yooperlites Yooper because that what the people call themselves in the region, and lite, because they light up.
You can find his site at yooperlites.com if you would like to join on his expeditions! Very highly recommended for sure!!!
This is one of the expeditions we took one night and had a blast!!! whaaaaaat! 
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If God gave it for free
That means it's free for all
Don't make money from free
It will go sour
You should slice these things.
@@kingxbacon i live in a mininning town trust me don't make a big scene about it just leave nature alone look but dont touch my mum always said it's a good rue
The Crystal Collector, nice stones 😍 this is a white opal mixed with lava in Volcanic movement
@@chaouchrayan u watch soon that nice shore will be trashed all because ???????????🙏 God Bless it protect it Amen
As a kid I imagined falling stars to look like that ❤
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Eeeek! That whole beach is a rockhound's dream!!!!
Most definitely! Just the "LSA's" alone are enough reason for me to go. (Lake superior agates)
For sure!!! I want them all!!!
Yeah and plus there’s tons of Petoskey stones
Got that damn straight
I would have a truckload of non-glowing rocks too before the night was over!
Yooperlites are fabulous. But some of those baby pink stones. Wow!!
Congrats to Erik Rintamaki for finding such an exciting rock and getting to name it! Wow. Thanks for taking us on the expedition to find some of your own ... that was fun. Thanks for sharing. .... I shared it too.
Thank you!
That’s insane how they light up like that. It’s almost like they’re from another world. This earth gives us the most beautiful things. Thanks Brian and Matrix!
Better still, where do they come from? What's down the bottom of that lake?
Forgive the pessimism a second; -10 bucks says whatever mystical and almost supernatural amazing life, growth, or formations are long destroyed by this disgustingly greedy race... well, not the whole human race, but you get my point. The altruistic of us are far to few, and the egoistic far to many. Now that's out of the way... lol
I too would love to see what wonders lurk beneath that mysterious lake. Wouldn't it be amazing to take a sub down there to find and investigate some old lava tubes or caves that link it to an ocean? The type of wildlife would be unimaginable.
Really cool.
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@@trupyrodice4462 Forgive the optimism a second; - we live in a wonderful and beautiful world with a Creator that is always revealing his creation.
Bryan!!! What a great video!!!!! Thank you for coming out with me and sharing my love of Yooperlites with the world!
They are amazing!! Can they be found in other locations or just that area??? I NEED ONE!!
@@sandiscuriousthings257 anywhere in the great lakes region that glaciers took stones.
Hmmm, I live in southeast Texas but I am near the big thicket which is where a glacier came through and melted. Maybe they are there as well?
@@sandiscuriousthings257 I doubt they would be in Texas but there are tons of fluorescent minerals in the United States. Get a light and go look. Ya never know until you try. I sell lights at www.yooperlites.com
It's so fun seeing yooperlites featured on one of my favorite youtube channels!
It's funny how I'm a Yooper and just found out about these last week. I need to take my kids for a ride now and get some uv lights.
This randomly showed up in my recommendations and it's making me want to start collecting again. So beautiful. Happily subscribed!
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Those are dragons eggs I don’t make the rules
Nickie B I feel bad for you
Exactly what I said to my mate on forwarding this video. "dragons eggs found"
@@nickieb5297 no I will not. I'm already 6ft 5.. And a pain to find jeans to fit me. If I grow up anymore that will make it impossible to find jeans.. Can I not grow out instead.??
H. D prospecting my brother got a growth spurt going from 6’2”-6’7” in 3 months and he got stretch marks on his back
@@joeschranz4525 damn
They look like little balls of lava as it starts to cool off..... amazing I like it !😝
Dang u likes balls hhahah lol LMFAO
Exactly what I thought too! Or hot coals in a BBQ.
Agree!! That is what I initially thought it was!
Michigan is the place to be for some beautiful rocks. Just another reason to plan a rock hunting trip😉. I would have been picking up rocks left and right. Awesome find
These are simply amazing! There is so much beauty on our planet if people would only take the time like you do to look for it. Because most of the time it's right in front of our face. Thank you so very much for sharing these are simply out of this world 🌍
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Whoa!!! Are you kidding me!? Those are incredible!!! It's like it's own volcano in there!!! I'm in awe!!!
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who else wants to build a city of this stone and use uv lamps to illuminate the whole thing xD
And then whole city people will get vanished together due to skin cancer.... 😇😅
I'm coming down on acid right now lol and you just painted the most beautiful picture in my mind, that's an awesome idea lol.
i hope you like beeing sun burnt, otherwise idk
Me
I thought about decorating my living room with these and have UV lights installed but then remembered how all the jizz would light up... they should have named it jizzlite
as a native of Michigan, I never knew!! those are awesome!!
As a Minnesota native I never knew either! I wonder how many are on the beach in Duluth?
This is sad. There are plenty for everyone. Why make it no fun like that?
@@sueiverson258 huh??
Great video! Awesome Yooperlites! Tyfs.
Wow... This is the beginning of a new chapter in rock hunting!
Stunning! I want some now! I live in Northern Cal and have to put this on the bucket list! How fun!
Me too ❤
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That is awesome! Congratulations😘
What a awesome discovery. Thanks for sharing the video. And your pup and his apple...so adorable !
Would love to make a rock garden with those stones
Or a trail with uv lights
That would be amazing .
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I remember swimming in Little Prescisle frequently as a kid🤗. And after one day complaining about the rocky beaches realizing how beautiful and awesome most the rocks were. My mom finally got an answer as to why i kept insisting to go out a little further/deeper than she liked. She was *not* used to that. As in the red river, much warmer water, i was spooked from a fish nibbling my toe. And she had no problems with me staying near😅. I told her there was a peaceful feeling out there, farther out. I asked about it being from the water and she said it sounded like i was speaking of the earth. She explained things to me about the surface and beneath. Probably the first time i made a "metaphysical" connection about stones. Or one that had actually became pesonal to me based on my experience. My middle name is Jade, so i was familiar with the concept.
Thanks for sharing the video guys 🤗🤗
Wow what a great story!! Thanks for sharing 🙌⚒💎💜
That is an awesome and brilliant discovery! Great video and video subject.
I’ve never been crystal hunting or geode hunting but have always been fascinated with stones of any kind, 68 now and a little old to start but sure do love your videos!!
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I live in the Granite Belt, a fantastic rock hounding area in south east Queensland in Australia. You can find tons of cool rocks including clear and blue topaz, low quality agates and enormous smoky quartz (up to a foot long in some places, no joke). I have even been fossicking for sapphires and opals away a few hours away from my place. But if I lived in America anywhere near Lake Superior, I would drop everything and go to look for these incredible yooperlites! I love these so much!
I reckon they should be given the nickname "night opal", because they looks so much like the orange glows you can get from opals.
Lachlan Smith I LOVE that as a trade name
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Wow! They're awesome...like the purple too! That would have to be fun! 👍
those in a fish tank would be magical
yesss
Some on RUclips has done that
Bro under high par blue reef lights!!$$
I am so glad that you had the opportunity to meet and hunt with Erik Ringtamke ( I know I spelled it wrong!) Mr Yooperlite himself. What an amazing rock to find! They just glow! Some look like they should be hot!
Yea me too! What an awesome time, it was just happenstance that we were in the same area at the same time, 🙌💎
What an amazing find, they are gorgeous and I loved the blue one you found Bryan. Well done Eric for finding something new. One of the mysteries of Mother Nature that has been discovered. Thank you for taking us along my friend. Take care, good luck and happy hunting Mary-Ellen UK
@@ABaumstumpf new to me as I have never heard of this.
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WOW!!! This is why I have been a rockhound all my life ...No two rocks,crystals or fossils are ever the same ...Rock hunting to me is always like Christmas morning ya never know what ya may find...( That toad was so cute.)
Forsure mother earths surprises
@@nickieb5297 I am always in awe...
I do concrete work 20years i still find time everyday to find a stone or fossil
Astounding! Meanwhile, admiring every other stone on the shore as well!
Love the Name! Proves that there are still amazing things to discovery in our world.
Omg. I want a house, sidewalk and kitchen counter made of this!!!
Emerald city exist ,there is a civilisation underground using all this ,and using us like slaves .
@@lenutaionascu9073 lololol
Oh the tabletops I could make with those! What an amazing artist Mother Nature is!
This inspired me so much that I wrote a poem! What should the title be??
I found a galaxy on the beach and had to take it home!
It was beautiful and speckled, and I swear to you it shone!
Under the autumn-moonlight I tried counting all its stars,
As I held it tightly in my hand, and climbed into the car...
I raised it to the window and I squinted both my eyes,
Because I’ve heard the poets say that galaxies are planets in disguise...
I held my breath as a shooting star flew right under my nose...
This galaxy inside my hands is living, I suppose!
And as the sky above me darkened and my own stars came into view,
I closed my eyes, wondering, if someone’s holding my galaxy too
That was Great, man! 👍👍👍
My young son loves hearing poems, I read yours aloud and he clapped very eagerly and giggled.
@@shakifaery wow 😌🥺 that’s the best compliment… I swear, that just made my whole week 💕
Cool stone!!! We love finding new rocks! Great video.
Those are so cool! Thanks for showing us how they're found.
What???? They are awesome!!! There's a rock covered beach in my hometown, I'm headed there with a blacklight pen ASAP!!!
9:40 - 9:46 you litterally just captured the frogs fart with the UV light.!! That's freaking cool and hilarious 😆 did anyone else notice this.!?
I saw that lol😆😆😆😆
Nature is beautiful xD
Frog farts
This man found glow stone from Minecraft
Yes just yes
Wait...in the over world?
Julie Greene
He got a Minecraft but no nether mod
Light model please
Or maybe "magma(block)" stone? :D
That whole beach is packed with gorgeous rocks, and round ones too, like perfect balls!!!
So cool! And Matrix is getting big! My dog always thinks Lake Superior is playing with her when the waves splash up. 😉
These are crazy beautiful!
Us government: *dumps radioactive waste in the lake*
RUclipsr 50 years later: *wow glowing rocks*
Wow.
So sad. Don't eat em or sleep with em!
I seen a video a while back, where a woman picked up a what she thought was a pretty rock at one of the beaches she went with her family. And she put it in her pocket. A little while later she felt this awful pain where she put the rock in her pocket. It ended up burning her so badly that she ended up in the ER. And she had 3 degree burns on her leg and need surgery. FOLKS, be careful what you pick up.
🤣 🤣 🤣
I was thinking about that because uranium ore glows under uv light. It would be nice to test it with a geiger counter
Wow! They are some beautiful rocks. Who would ever have guessed they existed
Absolutely beautiful!
Those yooperlites are so cool. Good find!
I have never seen so many gorgeous rocks on one shore in my life!!!
Whaaaat about all that green , and Chalcedony andxagates,and jasper laying there too! Lol. I would,have more,than i could,carry in 10 minutes. Here in NC you have to dig deep and long to find anything worth keeping.
Vermont is tough, too. I've spent years with little to show. But, I do have a few nice pieces. Some of the world's best garnet nearby, but not allowed in the area to look for it.😒
Teresa Salmon walking the beach during the day is a trap! I could stay for hours! You can only pick 25 pounds a year, so you have to be selective. Anything round or egg shaped catches my eye too. I’m sunk!
my pockets would be full!
You said it.
SuperKasper333 rr
Those are really neat. About the 3rd or 4th one from last one that you picked up there was a smaller glowing purple rock about, and I'm guessing, 8 to 10 inches above the one you took. I was hoping you'd see it and get it but that didn't happen. 😥
Alright I went back and looked again. It was at like 10:19 in the video. If you're looking on a phone you need to go fullscreen to see it.
I have to re-look, oh my goodness
You should try cracking one of them open to see if it's more clear in the middle and make a glowing geode.
Same on the inside as they are on the outside. Pattern runs all the way through.
So the Green glowing rocks at Fukashima should be called Fukalites?😂👍
LOL
LOL, How funny.
🤣
LOL 😂
They are amazing...great video thanks for sharing! ✌️
A floor made of that in the garage would be so cool 😘
I just can’t get over how beautiful they are! I want one!!!
Fantastic adventure wow some magnificent finds you said it piece of space frozen in time sweet thank u be safe
Hello from Minnesota! I hope you're having a great time finding great rocks on lake superiors shore!
The intro those gems are GLOWING
WoW, excelent, beautiful wow, Nice nice,congrulations!
Huge fan. I Love these glowing rocks!
Thanks so much for watching!
I would have named them lavamite !
possibly one of my new favourites. They look so plain in the normal light and so different in uv light! it's almost like looking at another planet.
Pretty cool rocks. I do rock shows and have recently noticed everyone walking around with their flashlights lol
ABSOLUTELY THE MOST SATISFYING VIDEO you’ve filmed ever! The water waves and the findings of these beauties, is beyond me!!!! This video is SOOO UNDERRATED!
Me: Sees way cool rock, stops video, goes to website, bookmarks it in my "To Buy" folder, resumes video...smiles.
I’ve never seen them. Super cool ! 😎✌🏼💫
I was hoping you'd go to Lake Superior, those Yooperlights are awesome
Absolutely cool!!! Thank you for sharing!
Crazy the things mother nature provides us if we just look. Another awesome video mate!
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Those are the coolest things EVER...When the UV light hits them they look like glowing embers🔥...And the smiley face one 😀...And the galaxy 🌌one and the other one that is your new favorite with the band that wraps around? - Sweeeeeet....Yes you rock dude!...(pun intended)
Somewhere along the shores of Lake superior is a Cliffside that fluoresces at night and we have not yet discovered it.Fabulous! My father, grand and great grandparents worked the copper mines of the UP, after immigrating from tin country in Cornwall GB. The Lake Superior round stones are fascinating! Congratulations on your discovery!
Oh man might have a new favourite stone! Just awesome mate!!!!! 👌✨
Great specimens Bryan. That blue one was really cool and unique. Outstanding video as usual!
Them are really cool stones, I will have to get a light and look for them in lower Michigan. Great video my friend.
Scott Holliday they can only be found on the shores of Lake Superior near Whitefish Point.
Now this is a trip I would love to take with my family. We are a very adventurous family. This is one we can not pass.
Oh wow these are just amazing,I wish the UK had got unique stones like this. These are STUNNING!
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Omg that's stunning 😍 my mind went crazy with ideas to use them lol.
Ann Davis Display case with a UV light. Dang, that galaxy one!
That is totally awesome. I've never heard of these and I live in Michigan. I'm going to make a trip up there in early spring right after ice out and the winter waves have washed up more. Thanks for the incredible video.
Yes I’ve heard about that event each spring, im gonna try to make it up for that also
your videos are awesome the one you did on Mar 30, 2017 about finding amethyst quartz crystals really brought back the rock hound in me i live in VA and we have a lot of clear quartz but people have found amethyst I'm still hopeful that i'll be able to find my chunk of Rockbridge County amethyst
makes me wanting to go to the U P of Michigan another time. Wish I would of heard of this last Year.
jons43 check any place in the Great Lakes area!! Need a uv light.
💥💥💥 Cosmic 💥💥💥 Galactic 💥💥💥 Fell from the galaxy is what it seems! Eric from Yooperlites ... u discovered something so cool! Never seen anything like it before. Bryan your vids are so much fun I wish I could wiggle my nose n magically be there. Love this
Thank you!
I love it. I would line my flower bed with them and put black light up at night
I was thinking along those lines myself. The landscaping possibilities are intriguing. I wonder if the site of the source rock is known?
@@charleskunkle7029 I'm sure they are along a big part of the North shore. Those glaciers spread stuff out far and wide a long with the ice on the lake every year then breaks up and carries rocks all over.
Uv may interfere with flowering cycle😝 infact
@@Zeddicus_Zorander Oh you're so right. Well then I would just use it for my front flower beds that actually have red wood chips and bolders and no flowers.
Way to cool. Thanks for the video. Some thing cool to do at night.
Wow!!! I love these awesome wonders 👩🏻🌺😊☀️🙏🏻👍🏻
Legit the coolest thing I've seen. It's straight up like an item out of a video game.
They are Beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with us! 👍
Wow, congratulations Erik🎉🎉🥳👍👍
This past year my brother and I traveled to the UP by lake superior and found a ton of yooperlites ourselves, really beautiful stones!
That’s awesome, it’s so much fun!
Ohand if you go to Munising to do the picture rocks, take the morning tour. It's best in the morning when the wind isn't blowing and the water is like a mirror and the reflection off the water and the colored rocks is incredible.
Oh wow thanks for the advice! That makes sense!!
I'd had no idea they were such a recent discovery! They're gorgeous.
Oh my gosh those are amazing! I’ve never seen anything like them! Thanks for sharing! 😍😃
And they say everything has been done. Beautiful.
Like opals for ravers. I bet you could cut and sell jewelry to dance club goers.
Honestly not a bad idea at all
I was thinking the same thing!
dchubb42 I have a pendant, but I’m far from a raver . 🤣
lmfao. raves. grow up
mdma
This is like wow! Thanks for the share.
I love all things sparkle and thought this was fascinating and just to add to all the others I've seen on your channel that I didn't even know existed lol. I love crystals thank you for sharing your channel
Yess! I started watching your videos when i lived in Colorado. I recently moved back to my home town in Michigan. Glad you made it up here!
Amazing stones! Thanks for sharing, diggin your channel!
I bought a cheap UV light, but forgot to take it with me on my annual trip to Lake Superior this summer. Bummer.
Wont find much with the cheapo lights.
@@yooperlites thanks, that's good to know.
I went out with a cheap light a week ago- don’t think my batteries were too good. My daughter found ONE, but had a different brand of light. I now have a new lamp, with more LEDs, and want to try it again. It’s always fun to go out, no matter what you find (or don’t find!LOL).
That’s so cool, guys! Thanks for sharing!
Definitely awesome. Thanks so much for sharing.