A RARE Opportunity To Mine Wavellite Crystals in Arkansas!

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  • Опубликовано: 10 июн 2023
  • In this video, you will see a rare opportunity the Crystal Collector came into to be able to find wavellite crystals in Arkansas. This is a private claim owned by Avant Mining in Arkansas.
    The Crystal Collector was and is contracted out to dig this rare mineral out for the owner.
    If you're interested in minerals then be sure to watch this video! We'll discuss the location, the crystals and the opportunity in detail. It's a rare chance you don't want to miss, so be sure to subscribe now!

Комментарии • 153

  • @BearBoxBreaks
    @BearBoxBreaks Год назад +15

    At first I thought it was a fungus or some kind of mold that developed on the rock. Never heard of Wavellite before. Really nice pieces.

  • @BhongskieCaviteCrayfish
    @BhongskieCaviteCrayfish Год назад +19

    Thats the only thing can hurt Superman😅😅😅

  • @ActionAdventureTwins
    @ActionAdventureTwins Год назад +4

    Wow just wow. Blown away. Your a lucky man to be able to mine something like this

  • @JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life
    @JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life Год назад +4

    Whhhaaatt... I am a rock collector, but never even heard of that crazy cool crystal! Wow!!!

  • @user-qx5jh6vx9n
    @user-qx5jh6vx9n 2 месяца назад +3

    Been living in poverty my entire life, finally made it out at 57. Bought two properties in Arkansas not even knowing anything about the minerals and gems here. Collected fossils my entire life. Going to start digging soon, if i just find one fossil like that on your truck full i will probably wet my pants.

  • @lighttheoryllc4337
    @lighttheoryllc4337 Год назад +7

    The pattern is similar to Malachite after polished

  • @thatcrystallady_donna
    @thatcrystallady_donna Год назад +2

    I love it. Found some in crushed gravel in a parking lot in AR. Just little pieces but it's beautiful

  • @cynergy4
    @cynergy4 Год назад +1

    Insane bubbles and radical radials. Epic indeed! Always love seeing sweet Matrix ❤

  • @bobbysweeney5377
    @bobbysweeney5377 Год назад +11

    Okay those are beautiful. I'm an openly addicted rock hounder and I've never seen these before so thank you si very much for the introduction. I must say though, the whole video, I was saying out loud, "dude PLEASE tell me how and why they are formed."

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo Год назад +2

      Wavellite is a secondary mineral in the oxidation zone of low-grade metamorphic rocks, epithermal veins, and in phosphate-rich sedimentary deposits. It is known to occurs in association with crandallite and variscite.

    • @TheCrystalCollector
      @TheCrystalCollector  Год назад +10

      Yes, I’m actually going to be working on a future video of these and talk about how they form is actually very interesting!!!

    • @toneriufps7095
      @toneriufps7095 Год назад

      Parece um fungo 😳

    • @RonDonomo-uu4yl
      @RonDonomo-uu4yl 5 месяцев назад

      If anybody liked this stuff you found that it’s super expensive. I have it for cheaper prices. Cheapest

    • @RonDonomo-uu4yl
      @RonDonomo-uu4yl 5 месяцев назад

      If anybody liked this stuff you found that it’s super expensive. I have it for cheaper prices. Cheapest

  • @elizabethandrus3848
    @elizabethandrus3848 Год назад +1

    A new crystal for me. Fascinating what the earth produces. Thanks for teaching and giving us the thrill of your finds.

  • @gothcheese
    @gothcheese 10 месяцев назад +1

    These are some of the most beautiful crystals ive seen 😮

  • @lindafritz9447
    @lindafritz9447 Год назад +7

    I love this. The radial parts look like crop circles.

  • @johnandrew9501
    @johnandrew9501 Год назад +3

    Is that the same Seth from Fisher Mountain Mine who likes to wear a sombrero? He was super cool! Brad was fun to talk to there as well! Keep up the awesome vids!!

  • @mattculver5644
    @mattculver5644 8 месяцев назад +1

    Man you are living the dream my friend!! One day of digging and your gonna be there a few weeks😂😂😂 I wish

  • @a.katherinesuetterlin3028
    @a.katherinesuetterlin3028 Год назад +4

    I love rocks and crystals, and this is a new one on me! I even looked it up on Etsy to see if it's easily turned into jewelry. Apparently it's either super soft, super rare, or both, because on the jewelry end of things, I could only find wavellite pieces 25 mm in size that were either wrapped in wire or polished and cabbed (turned into cabochons and put in gold or silver settings), and they were not cheap. I mean, Etsy is what it's meant to be, but dang! I couldn't even find wavellite in round bead form for stringing. 😮 All the other wavellite specimens were raw, or tumbled and intended for artistic/crystal grid display purposes.

  • @TheDiplococcus
    @TheDiplococcus Год назад +2

    I'm not normally a big fan of the botryoidal stuff, but this is gorgeous. :)

  • @MrJeffgallo11
    @MrJeffgallo11 Год назад

    I just received my piece and it's beautiful! Thank you for the Amethyst bonus☺

  • @markgibsons_SWpottery
    @markgibsons_SWpottery Год назад +7

    better to have green balls than blue balls! LOL!

  • @Atkagg
    @Atkagg Год назад +2

    You don't even know how jealous I am that these specimens come out of the ground so easily and in such quantity. I hope that someday you will make a trip to Europe to get to know the most heavy matrix with my Wavellites 😂💚😘

  • @wookiee1807
    @wookiee1807 Год назад +1

    This is so cool! I hope I get to dig with you soon!
    I'm still mad at myself for missing the quartz dig in Mt Ida. I'm literally right up the road and go to crystal vista frequently

  • @Acerheart
    @Acerheart Год назад +2

    Well that's sick. Thanks for the content!

  • @ChertReynolds
    @ChertReynolds Год назад +2

    Great video Bryan can't wait to dig more with you! Keeping an eye on the poachers 😎

  • @thecrystalhunters
    @thecrystalhunters Год назад

    Incredible man! Stoked for you 🙌

  • @TheKimworldwide
    @TheKimworldwide Год назад +2

    Whaaaatttt!! Those are awesome 🙏♥️

  • @maryzefo3801
    @maryzefo3801 Год назад

    That green is so beautiful I wonder what it looks like under a backlight also I was so glad when I saw matrix I get worried when I don't see him he looks like such a sweet boy such a good companion....

  • @balesjo
    @balesjo Год назад +1

    One this about Arkansas, the Ouachitas have some great mineral localities. Mt. Ida and the Magnet Cove areas in particular.

  • @charlesrowe9183
    @charlesrowe9183 Год назад +1

    Woooow, that is incredible

  • @lordeagle100
    @lordeagle100 Год назад +2

    ✌️ man you got all the good spots....... Keep finding that good stuff....

  • @amazingalannah
    @amazingalannah Год назад

    Literally took my breath away and almost made me cry. Like wow!

  • @Evandodge17
    @Evandodge17 Год назад

    Wow! That stuff is really cool! Never even heard of it before.

  • @joshredding9588
    @joshredding9588 Год назад

    Dude those are amazing!!!
    Great content!!!
    Thx for sharing!!!

  • @thoughtpocket5189
    @thoughtpocket5189 7 месяцев назад

    Super cool, now I have to put Arkansas on my list of places to visit.

  • @dirtydogprospecting
    @dirtydogprospecting Год назад

    One of my bucket list minerals!

  • @Newnumberone
    @Newnumberone Год назад +2

    Love all your videos ;) Greetings from Down Under ;)
    And give Matrix a scratch behind his ears for me

  • @clintonneuhaus1818
    @clintonneuhaus1818 Год назад

    Beautiful finds!

  • @PureShineCrystals
    @PureShineCrystals Год назад +3

    I got a feeling somebody is gonna find a Clear Quartz cluster with this all around it 😮

  • @JimHerbertOutdoors
    @JimHerbertOutdoors Год назад +4

    It would be cool to have a private event here like yall did with the turqouise. Of course prices would have to be figured out but Id be down to pay. ✌ Is that ever going to happen again at the mona lisa mine? I missed the last one 😑

  • @samanthadiciccio936
    @samanthadiciccio936 Год назад

    I Love your Genuine Laugh!

  • @frankkratz5999
    @frankkratz5999 Год назад +2

    Epic find 👍🏻

  • @victoriaruth821
    @victoriaruth821 Год назад

    Those are some cool looking rocks!!!

  • @deannasoprito9451
    @deannasoprito9451 Год назад

    BRAD!!! YOU FOUND YOUR TRIBE!!! YOU ROCK!! LITERALLY!! Save me a piece!!

  • @JhonDiamond2021
    @JhonDiamond2021 Год назад

    crystals that you rarely find, this is very interesting, friend. Greetings from Indonesian agate hunters.

  • @user-iq6qz1zd1b
    @user-iq6qz1zd1b Год назад

    Wow I have never seen anything like these before. I only wish I could come out and go digging with you!

  • @tanktopdwarf888
    @tanktopdwarf888 Год назад

    wow, hope in future i can go and try to dig these beauties!

  • @komangayu1646
    @komangayu1646 Год назад

    Whaaaaaa 😮. soo beautifull 💚💚💚

  • @svartsno4061
    @svartsno4061 Год назад

    Damn!)
    Great job!

  • @michaelsadventures4261
    @michaelsadventures4261 3 месяца назад

    Awesome looking rocks.

  • @mineralhunter1
    @mineralhunter1 Год назад

    Wow, so great wavellite, with so beautiful color. Maybe I'll find them in a place in my homeland, so far only white and few found.

  • @user-kk5vv2ks5r
    @user-kk5vv2ks5r Год назад

    So cool!

  • @tomcurl8034
    @tomcurl8034 Год назад

    I’ve been to Arkansas, and dug wavellite and I found some good specimens, and I still have them. It was a real fun field trip with my hounding club.

    • @STACEYB3
      @STACEYB3 Год назад +1

      Can you share the place you were allowed to dig? I'd love to take a trip somewhere to mine this. Wavelite has quickly become one of my favorites

  • @kyanite2193
    @kyanite2193 Год назад +1

    Green is my favorite color!

  • @cindyzelmer9228
    @cindyzelmer9228 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful

  • @anurse2794
    @anurse2794 Год назад

    I get excited from watching your videos. I found 2 beautiful large amethysts at Myrtle beach on the shore. Have you left any there? ❤❤

  • @user-kk5vv2ks5r
    @user-kk5vv2ks5r Год назад

    Beautiful ❤❤

  • @florasastrealfaro90
    @florasastrealfaro90 Год назад

    Son impresionante!!!!! 😍👏👏👏👏

  • @scjjml
    @scjjml Год назад

    Beautiful.

  • @samuelfiore7949
    @samuelfiore7949 Год назад +1

    Those were amazing, if they are UV reactive Id love to see.

  • @gemsstonelangkat1484
    @gemsstonelangkat1484 Год назад

    Woow Amazing!!

  • @jennamayes4646
    @jennamayes4646 Год назад +2

    Welcome to my home state!! Woo pig sooie!!!!

  • @user-px2tw2ou1s
    @user-px2tw2ou1s Год назад

    Dude that is awesome

  • @pythonosaur
    @pythonosaur Год назад +3

    Anyone else see the Eye from the Death Star?? (Star Wars)

  • @graemero5532
    @graemero5532 Год назад

    Beautiful 🟢

  • @bandsupmell
    @bandsupmell Год назад

    Yayyyyy a new videooooooo 🔥🔥

  • @batman31261
    @batman31261 Год назад

    ❤😊❤ thanks 😊

  • @waynenew9778
    @waynenew9778 Год назад

    Cool crystals ! Is there any commercial use for wavelight

  • @lisa_h2702
    @lisa_h2702 Год назад

    Beautiful. Love the matrix too. What is that matrix?

  • @ccx1590
    @ccx1590 Год назад

    Do the starbursts feel glassy? The shine is amazing 🎉

  • @jameswelch1054
    @jameswelch1054 Год назад +3

    Beautiful, how do you get the stains out, with damaging the specimens?

    • @daniaann
      @daniaann 11 месяцев назад +1

      Iron out soak

  • @leegolden7435
    @leegolden7435 Год назад +1

    Hey Brian, I have a question for you. Have you made a video yet about the crazy lace agate mine in Summerville Georgia? I just talked with the mine owner recently and I'm planning on going there next month. Wondered if you've ever been there or not. The stuff is fantastic and so tremendously plentiful. Would like to get your opinion on the mine if you have been there yet.

  • @susansmith6680
    @susansmith6680 Год назад

    Love the Matrix 🐶 stretch.
    Wavelite is a miracle of nature.

  • @charlesmcdermott6139
    @charlesmcdermott6139 Год назад +1

    Bryan! I had never heard of nor seen wavelite before! what beautiful stones! Are these ever cut , polished and made into jewelry? If so, I would like to see some samples. 🤤😲

  • @jamesway4771
    @jamesway4771 Год назад +1

    "beautiful green balls" leave shrek alone he is married man broski

  • @tinastoddard5411
    @tinastoddard5411 Год назад +4

    I love the black radials. Or is it just a green that's so dark, that it looks black? Is that also considered wavellite?

    • @TheCrystalCollector
      @TheCrystalCollector  Год назад +2

      Yes, they are just so dark green/blue that they kind of look black!! 💎🙌💎

    • @tinastoddard5411
      @tinastoddard5411 Год назад

      @@TheCrystalCollector thank you. I received some super cool ones that had the black looking dials on the 2nd box I received. I'm still working on the 1st box. Now I want another one.

  • @BBermsWorld
    @BBermsWorld Год назад +1

    It is awesome that you can just dig these right out of the ground! crazy haul

  • @PennyPlant-fr1gd
    @PennyPlant-fr1gd Год назад

    I just went to a crystal convention yesterday. I wish I was rich.

  • @candyontherag8248
    @candyontherag8248 Год назад

    We have wavalight here in California to

  • @thegreatballplayer1
    @thegreatballplayer1 11 месяцев назад

    Oops, didn’t know that place was off limits. This looks like the same pit that I stumbled into on one of my rockhounding trips

  • @DollianneWright
    @DollianneWright Год назад

    I live right down the street. Take me next time please

  • @briannagiles1428
    @briannagiles1428 Год назад

    The druzy ones🤩

  • @cptnkaos5994
    @cptnkaos5994 Год назад

    Those specimens were amazing WWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTT ? ? ?

  • @depthgaming123
    @depthgaming123 Год назад

    1:38
    This part got me laughing so hard
    but anyways, thanks for the amazing content!
    whaaaaat

  • @juicedawell2402
    @juicedawell2402 Год назад

    Arkansas is crazy

  • @_Cheeba
    @_Cheeba Год назад +2

    Love the video. any tips on how to get access to these type of sites/digs

    • @TheCrystalCollector
      @TheCrystalCollector  Год назад +3

      I have built relationships up with these mine owners for over a decade in most situations, that’s how I have gotten into these private areas. Every location is different, sometimes it just takes a few dollars

    • @_Cheeba
      @_Cheeba Год назад

      @@TheCrystalCollector I understand, thanks for the insight

  • @plasmaapple8722
    @plasmaapple8722 Год назад

    Ive always wanted to do something like this, either recreationallly or professionally... can someone tell me how to get started? Do I need some kind of certification, or do I just head out to the mountains and start looking?

  • @Saritabanana
    @Saritabanana Год назад

    ? Have you dug around in chambers county Alabama? My mom has 97 acres there and I want to dig some holes! You can come out there with me!

  • @jeromeburchedder3810
    @jeromeburchedder3810 Месяц назад

    makes me almost believe in aliens. Gorgeous

  • @micheleross8565
    @micheleross8565 Год назад

  • @dustinfindsrocks
    @dustinfindsrocks Год назад +1

    I’m confused how mineral rights work but I heard Avant owns all the wavelite now 🤷🏻‍♂️ I don’t know.

  • @Zephyr9810
    @Zephyr9810 Год назад

    Yeah, YT showed 11:11 on the feed as the video length! 🥳

  • @sassy_toddler396
    @sassy_toddler396 Год назад +1

    Hello

  • @amywanden2094
    @amywanden2094 Год назад

    What kind of mineral are the green balls

  • @robertmcfarland3323
    @robertmcfarland3323 Год назад

    As much time you spend in Arkansas you might as well live there?

  • @chuckf3102
    @chuckf3102 Год назад +1

    Can it be made into jewelry?

  • @zimbabs
    @zimbabs Год назад +1

    WHAAAAT?!!!!

  • @user-cp1jf4vk8e
    @user-cp1jf4vk8e 11 месяцев назад

    FON❤❤❤

  • @sarahrose1454
    @sarahrose1454 Год назад +2

    Where can you buy this? Do they sell it?

  • @sunshinejones1775
    @sunshinejones1775 11 месяцев назад

    So bizarre and unique looking.... what can you do with it? Not gems so for show?

  • @seantilson6330
    @seantilson6330 Год назад

    WHAAAAT.!!? 😁👍

  • @BuboyandFengTV
    @BuboyandFengTV Год назад

    Is that precious, expensive

  • @sandrajones1609
    @sandrajones1609 Год назад +1

    😲 WoW 🌊'l💡