Rob I found this lesson in geology fascinating!! At 70, I still have so much to learn about rocks. I've always looked at rocks and wondered what they went through to form them into what we see when we find them. Growing up, we always looked for Lake Superior Agates. Your channel has helped me to gain appreciation for other rocks!
@@MichiganRocks I don’t think I’ve ever found an agate. Not much in Milwaukee county in that regard unless I’ve just been unlucky! But but I love basalt, and yes Rob, I love granite too!😁
Rob, thank you so much for taking us on an absolutely fun day of rock collecting. And extra thanks to you and Nancy for such a delicious dinner! We look forward to seeing you again!
I'm glad you enjoyed the day, Nat. I sure did too and Nancy and I both enjoyed dinner and good conversation with you and Paul at our house. If we don't get a chance to see each other in the U.P. let's make sure we get together again next summer.
Wow !! After watching this video & hearing the 2 geologists explain how rocks are formed & their names, I realize how little I know about rocks. I know a few, but not even close to identifying them like they do. Great educational video 👍
@@MichiganRocks This video is an absolute must for rockhounding to educate people on the variety of rocks & how they came to be. I didn't realize how many types of rocks moved from here in Canada to where you are in Michigan
love this video . i learned so much. They're explanations of what the rock is and how it was formed was so easy to understand. I could listen to them for hours at a time. Thank you for having them on your video. 👍
Oh my gosh! I have large Stramatoporoid here in the rocks in my yard!! Everyone always comments; “What the heck is that?” Now to remember that tongue twister!🤪🤣 Now I finally know! Their knowledge is incredible!Thanks!
Thank you, Paul, Nat, and Rob! That was a very cool lesson! I love hearing about the history of rocks. That's what makes them special to me. Dr Nat's videos are great!
Thank you for having them with you on what looks to be a beautiful day by the shore. There is so much to learn. Another day where you hit the Jackpot on finding rocks.
@@MichiganRocks tell them to come up north for the summer. Better weather up here then. We'd all love it! They help bring what we see come together, make sense.
Super informative and interesting as heck. I love their obvious joy in their craft, this video blew by so fast for me. Another great share, thanks Rob!
Great information. My cottage is in Hillman Michigan, Lake Avalon. The rocks I find are similar to the ones you’re showing me from Lake Huron. Awesome.
Thanks Rob, this video was very helpful to me, especially since I find a lot of the same rocks being an roughly 2-2.5 hours south from you. I plan on watching this one a few time, because there's so much great information throughout the whole video, non-stop knowledge. I really love geology, just have no clue where to start, so I start with your videos! Wow so many different kind of rocks and fossils I've heard of before.
Paul, Nat, and Rob thank you for the rock lessons. Nat I took a look at many of your short clips on your channel...LOVED THEM. All of you are amazing teachers and speak to us, with limited geology backgrounds, in a way that we understand. Thank you!🤗
I agree. Paul makes a lot of comments on my videos and has never once made me feel stupid, even when he's correcting me. I'm not sure what he's thinking though!
Thank you very much Rob, Nat and Paul, it's SO INTERESTING to ear all these explanations, how were born these rocks and what are they made of! I hope there will be more of these great collaborations. Good idea also to have transcribed in clear the names 😊
@@MichiganRocks Hi!!! I just got this reply from you tonight!!! You Welcomed me a month ago!!! I see you have some new videos!! I’ll check them out later today!!! Been busy! Let us hope we get this beautiful Fall weather for along time!!! Let’s say, “Tell January!!!!!”. Onky in our dreams, huh?!?!? Take Care, both you and Nancy!!! 🤗❤️🙏
@@kimfrommn7162 That's weird. At least you got it eventually. I have a few projects I'd like to get done before the snow flies too, so I hope we have a long, warmish fall.
I have never been particularly interested in rocks. I spend every summer on Lake Huron in Ontario, so when this video was suggested to me, it caught my interest. I have watched quite a few in the past week, but this video was by far the most informative and interesting!
Nat and Paul are great. They really know how to explain things at a level I can understand. Do you have Petoskey Stones on your side of the lake? Anything over there that is common that wasn't covered in this video?
We just got to Cheboygan and I see this pop up! Great timing as my 8 year old girl loves rocks. She wants to find a pudding stone, a petoskey stone, and we hope to make it up to find a Yooperlite. It’s nice seeing what other rocks and fossils we can see since we are staying on Lake Huron. We are horrible rock finders as we are very new to the hobby, but Michigan Rocks has provided a great education. Thank you for the great content.
You're too far north to find Petoskeys. You might get luck and find a stray one, but most are south of Rogers City. Cheyboygan is a great area for finding puddingstones though.
Thanks to the three of you. That was very interesting and informative information. My wife, dogs, and I were in the UP and around the upper glove a couple of weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed our trip.
Thank you Dr. Nat, Captain Paul and Rob. This was excellent !!! I’ll be reviewing this quite often and I’ve learned what some of the rocks are that I’ve been wandering what they were. I’m going to share this with my rockhounding daughters.
This was an awesome video with so much info! I was in michigan last week and I was surprised at myself for being able to identify so many rocks! I owe that to your channel Michigan Rocks!
@@MichiganRocks interesting! Watching your videos it always seemed like huron was different. The Petoskey often looks different to me and ive never found a pudding stone... but maybe i just havent gone far enough north. I hunt manistee to Leland...
@@enricojaun2880 Hey Enrico, do you live in the Manistee area ? We hunt between Manistee and Charlavoix and the Pudding stones are almost nonexistent. If you do find one there very small. I live in extreme northern Indiana but have a place in Wellston, Mi which is on M-55 about half way between Manistee and Cadilac.
@@davidhile5363 hi david, i wish i lived up that way! Im unfortunately in Maryland, but we have a family cottage in manistee that my grandfather had built. I get up there for 2 or 3 weeks of vacation a year... Thanks for the pudding stone info!
Wow this was a awesome video. Thanks Paul and Nat! So interesting listening to them identifying rocks and hearing how they were made. I just got a book on Great Lakes rocks. And have been reading about the ice ages and the Canadian shield. Thanks Rob!
I have been mentally teleported back to my physical geography classes in the 1980s. Had a geologist boyfriend back then, too. This channel is about the hunt for me but it was fun getting more of the science for a change.
What a great video Rob, it was gneiss, well interesting anyway. My identification of rock my just improve for green ones, red ones, striped ones and lumpy ones. Oh and George, the name rocks get if I don’t know what they are. Thanks for sharing
🙋♀️🌞Neat! Your friends are excellent teachers! I'll put this one aside to watch again and learn a bit. But I'm sure glad there won't be a test on Monday!🙃
Thanks for the amazing and informative video Paul Nat and Rob. Wish there was a way to download all that knowledge to my brain cause it would be nice to know more of what I'm looking at or for. Will say though that you can't replace the experiences and memories while learning while you're out rock hounding.
Jerry from S.W. Michigan. My father and I were rockhounding all over Upper and Lower Peninsulas' back in the late 50s through the 70s.One time near Petoskey in the woods we found a rock 3 foot in diameter. it was covered in Petoskey stone. We ended up just chipping a piece off to prove our story. Love the videos, but most I love the rocks, because Michigan "ROCKS"
There's a huge Petoskey Stone at the Besser Museum in Alpena. It's probably a couple feet square and it's completely Petoskey Stone all over. It's an awesome rock.
duuuude... this was AWESOME! Rob you gotta bring them along with you more often each year! Please do more of these videos. ....and i dunno if you've ever been to the Canadian side of Huron, but all the way from Tobermory down to Grand Bend, there remains an extraordinary assortment to marvel at. This is now one of my favourite videos... hundreds of types to find, would love to learn them all ;-)
I’d love to have Nat and Paul on more often, but they live in Texas. They come to Michigan every summer, so I’ll try to meet up with them at least once a year.
Great video. I have a 5 gallon bucket full of porphyritic basalt in all different colors, very common rock in Southern Colorado. Makes nice landscaping rock.
Great informative video! By the way Rob, I finally was able to get one of your Petoskey stone turtles and a few of your crosses. They are beautiful! Love your videos, keep em coming! 👍😊
Wow, a lot of words I have to look up! Thank you Paul and Nat for your thoroughly interesting geology lesson. I'm going to be busy tonight reading definitions and rewatching the video. And, of course, thank you Rob for having these wonderful experts on to educate me so I can brag to my two sons about how much geology I know, next time we are rock hounding on the great Gitchie Gumee! 😅
That was really kind of you to include me in the list of people to give you a geology lesson. In reality, I was just the guy holding the camera. I hope you really impress your sons with your newfound knowledge.
@@MichiganRocks I've learned a lot from you too!! You were literally the first channel that I found that renewed my interest in rock hounding and lapidary work. You also introduced me to Agate Dad, Wild Kyle and now Paul and Nat. I'm struggling with lower back issues right now and haven't been able to get out on the beaches of late but I am hoping for late September after my therapy is finished. You keep me excited about what's out there to find when I'm up and at it again. Dude, you're the GOAT! ☺
My fiancé got his Masters in geology (studied geography as an undergrad) and he loves it when I show you his videos! He grew up within spitting distance of Lake Michigan and I went to school in Duluth and, suffice it to say, we both LOVE the Great Lakes and love looking at Lake Michigan from a different perspective (as well as Lake Huron)!!
I have a little red rock with a white stripe through it I got from lake Michigan, Indiana dunes side. I thought it was a little piece of marble. I guess it's not?
Wow! I really enjoyed having Dr. Nat and Paul describing the processes of formation and history of each stone. THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! LOL! I'm subbing Dr. Nat's channel. Thanks for having them on.
Very nice team you’ve put together, always so cool to learn things, but more info on our rocks? Outstanding! Thanks to your guests as well as you Rob. Your work is always appreciated.
@@MichiganRocks Agreed! I’ve already followed up on your recommendation on Dr. Nat’s videos. I watched the one on the formation of banded iron (fascinating), then subscribed. Good stuff.
This was super cool, I just got back from Mi visited the lakes of the green lake Huron national forest, and the Ausable river. I have some of those rocks, exciting to see what I found, and to see what some of those rocks were cuuuzzzz I was wondering 2 🤣😉🦈💙❤️💖
What an awesome video, what a treat! That was a great refresher for rock identification. Thanks for the fun video and please pass along my appreciation to Paul and Nat!
Beautiful enthusiasm this is exactly why I love RUclips videos like this, you get to see people talking about subjects you know nothing about and their passion brings it alive in the exact same way that you remember the good teachers in school making a subject more interesting by the passion they bring to it.
this was fantastic! both are very knowledgeable & great at explaining how/what/why. what a great idea to have geologists on a rock hunt. brilliant! but i enjoy your enthusiasm on a regular basis. having experts is good on an occasional basis. btw the spotty rock at 11:50 is gorgeous. at 14:40 this reminds me of a gustav klimt painting. 17:20 is stunning but somehow nightmarish. there’s a slimy creature wrapping itself around the pale stone. lots of great examples today. i’m def going to watch again
There's a new Lake Superior version of this video with 47 rocks identified here: ruclips.net/video/lWTgUbdccJE/видео.html
Thank you so much I am enjoying these videos so much❤
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Wow, she has an incredible wealth of knowledge about geology. Please tell her thank you so much for sharing her time with us. It was awesome!
I think you just did. I'm pretty sure they're reading the comments too.
Absolutely amazing! I was holding my breath, I got so drawn into her play by play explanations! Next level educational work, thank you so much.
She is amazing! Does she teach somewhere? I'd love to take her class if she does. Last name?
So thoughtful of Canada to share their rocks with us. I like those better than the cold winds they send in the winter.
Thanks Canada!
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You’re welcome 😁
Love their enthusiasm; it's definitely contagious! Very fascinating video. Thanks, Rob!
Rob I found this lesson in geology fascinating!! At 70, I still have so much to learn about rocks. I've always looked at rocks and wondered what they went through to form them into what we see when we find them. Growing up, we always looked for Lake Superior Agates. Your channel has helped me to gain appreciation for other rocks!
There are lots of pretty rocks on the beach, but agates are like the grand prize.
@@MichiganRocks I don’t think I’ve ever found an agate. Not much in Milwaukee county in that regard unless I’ve just been unlucky! But but I love basalt, and yes Rob, I love granite too!😁
Gracias a los 3❤
I love the casual way they can just jump into an amazingly detailed explanation of all these random rocks. Amazing!
I agree!
Rob, thank you so much for taking us on an absolutely fun day of rock collecting. And extra thanks to you and Nancy for such a delicious dinner! We look forward to seeing you again!
I'm glad you enjoyed the day, Nat. I sure did too and Nancy and I both enjoyed dinner and good conversation with you and Paul at our house. If we don't get a chance to see each other in the U.P. let's make sure we get together again next summer.
My god Nat is a living breathing geology text book. Awesome education yall gave us, ty :)
I am in awe of Dr Nat’s knowledge of geology!
That quartzite that shows markings from a river back when it was just sandstone was one of the coolest to me! Really puts it into perspective
That was pretty cool. I've seen quite a few rocks like that. We found another one after shooting the one you saw.
What a great geology lesson and tutorial on how these rocks are formed and recreated . Thanks Rob , see you soon my friend . Cheers
Wow !! After watching this video & hearing the 2 geologists explain how rocks are formed & their names, I realize how little I know about rocks. I know a few, but not even close to identifying them like they do. Great educational video 👍
I was pretty sure I knew how little I knew, this just confirmed it.
@@MichiganRocks This video is an absolute must for rockhounding to educate people on the variety of rocks & how they came to be. I didn't realize how many types of rocks moved from here in Canada to where you are in Michigan
@@OntarioRob Yes, I should send Canada a thank you card.
@@MichiganRocks On behalf of Canada, you're welcome. Lol
They seem like great-well educated people. Need more videos like this!!! I learned so much!
They're both geology professors with PhDs, so yes, they're very well educated. I'm thrilled that they were willing to do a video with me.
@@MichiganRocks I’m thrilled for you!! Thank you for sharing them !
What a variety of rocks! I enjoyed the identification and formation history.
Great idea to have geologists on!!! Like knowing what kind of rocks they are.
love this video . i learned so much. They're explanations of what the rock is and how it was formed was so easy to understand. I could listen to them for hours at a time. Thank you for having them on your video. 👍
I have thanked them. I was really happy to have them on again.
Wow, great program! Thank you for exceeding any expectation
Well done, best ever
I have been looking forward to them coming here for over a year. I wasn't disappointed either. That was a fun and educational day.
I really found the quartz versus quartzite comparison helpful
I learned that I have been calling a lot of stuff quartz that is actually quartzite.
Oh my gosh! I have large Stramatoporoid here in the rocks in my yard!! Everyone always comments; “What the heck is that?” Now to remember that tongue twister!🤪🤣
Now I finally know!
Their knowledge is incredible!Thanks!
It's fun to learn new, big words, isn't it?
I really enjoyed your guests sharing their knowledge with us. Thank you.
Thank you, Paul, Nat, and Rob! That was a very cool lesson! I love hearing about the history of rocks. That's what makes them special to me. Dr Nat's videos are great!
Her videos are great!
Lots of experience and training on display here. Very helpful!
Thank you for having them with you on what looks to be a beautiful day by the shore. There is so much to learn. Another day where you hit the Jackpot on finding rocks.
Every day is a jackpot when you get to spend it on the beach.
Exceptional video! Combining two of my fav channels - Michigan Rocks + Dr. Nat. What a great idea! Hope you guys can do a part two at some point.
I hope so too.
I live on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. I wish there was also an “Ontario Rocks” RUclips channel ! Keep up the great work!
@@vicbertfartingclack4559 Maybe you should start that channel! @MeMiner is in Ontario.
ruclips.net/user/meMinerRocks
Rob, That was a real schooling I just got. Thanks to Paul and Nat, what a great video sharing your knowledge.
You and me both!
Amazingly helpful video. Thank you Rob, Paul, and Nat!
This was a great video. Thanks for taking the time to identify rocks.
They were great and so informative! Please have them as regular guests.
They live in Texas, so that's not too easy. I'd love to have them on regularly though.
@@MichiganRocks tell them to come up north for the summer. Better weather up here then. We'd all love it! They help bring what we see come together, make sense.
@@vickicook3094 They do come to Michigan every summer, but they don't stay near me.
I’d be interested in hearing what they could observe from the white mountains in New Hampshire, the granite is pink there.
Super informative and interesting as heck. I love their obvious joy in their craft, this video blew by so fast for me. Another great share, thanks Rob!
They are pretty enthusiastic, aren't they? That was such a fun day.
What a lesson. I am rewatching it not to miss any details. Love your work!!!
Best Great Lakes beach rockhounding video ever made, thanks for this!!!
Wait, what about all the ones with just me? I guess I'll have to retire.
Great information. My cottage is in Hillman Michigan, Lake Avalon. The rocks I find are similar to the ones you’re showing me from Lake Huron. Awesome.
Yep, I would expect a lot of the same stuff to be in Hillman.
We need more hands on show's like this! This is how I learn... hand's on!
Did you see the one from this year? ruclips.net/video/lWTgUbdccJE/видео.html
Thanks Rob, this video was very helpful to me, especially since I find a lot of the same rocks being an roughly 2-2.5 hours south from you. I plan on watching this one a few time, because there's so much great information throughout the whole video, non-stop knowledge. I really love geology, just have no clue where to start, so I start with your videos! Wow so many different kind of rocks and fossils I've heard of before.
Check out Nat's channel too. She has whole geology courses there. I'm going to be watching this video a few times too. There's a lot there.
@@MichiganRocks thanks Rob, just subscribed. I will watch her videos.
Paul, Nat, and Rob thank you for the rock lessons. Nat I took a look at many of your short clips on your channel...LOVED THEM. All of you are amazing teachers and speak to us, with limited geology backgrounds, in a way that we understand. Thank you!🤗
I agree. Paul makes a lot of comments on my videos and has never once made me feel stupid, even when he's correcting me. I'm not sure what he's thinking though!
Thanks Rob. That was really interesting! It had a lot of good information.
That was fascinating. Very nicely explained with great detail by Paul and Nat. Really enjoyed it. Thanks Rob, Paul and Nat!
You're welcome!
Thank you very much Rob, Nat and Paul, it's SO INTERESTING to ear all these explanations, how were born these rocks and what are they made of! I hope there will be more of these great collaborations.
Good idea also to have transcribed in clear the names 😊
I hope so too. I’ll try to get them on again sometime.
Very Very Interesting!!! Thank You for sharing these people with us!!!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼
You're welcome!
@@MichiganRocks Hi!!! I just got this reply from you tonight!!! You Welcomed me a month ago!!! I see you have some new videos!! I’ll check them out later today!!! Been busy! Let us hope we get this beautiful Fall weather for along time!!! Let’s say, “Tell January!!!!!”. Onky in our dreams, huh?!?!? Take Care, both you and Nancy!!! 🤗❤️🙏
@@kimfrommn7162 That's weird. At least you got it eventually. I have a few projects I'd like to get done before the snow flies too, so I hope we have a long, warmish fall.
I have never been particularly interested in rocks. I spend every summer on Lake Huron in Ontario, so when this video was suggested to me, it caught my interest. I have watched quite a few in the past week, but this video was by far the most informative and interesting!
Nat and Paul are great. They really know how to explain things at a level I can understand.
Do you have Petoskey Stones on your side of the lake? Anything over there that is common that wasn't covered in this video?
This was very interesting! I love learning something new every day and this was my learning today on an otherwise lazy Saturday ☺️
This might hold you for the whole week! I know I learned more than one day's worth.
Thanks!
Wow, thanks! I appreciate that.
This was so informational! Thanks to all of you for taking time to educate us!
Lots of nice finds and I feel like I learned so much. Will go check out Dr. Nats videos for sure. Was fun to watch. Great video
Wow that was an awesome video. Very informative. I'm glad you met up with them and taught us all something. Thank you. I really enjoyed it.
We just got to Cheboygan and I see this pop up! Great timing as my 8 year old girl loves rocks. She wants to find a pudding stone, a petoskey stone, and we hope to make it up to find a Yooperlite. It’s nice seeing what other rocks and fossils we can see since we are staying on Lake Huron. We are horrible rock finders as we are very new to the hobby, but Michigan Rocks has provided a great education. Thank you for the great content.
You're too far north to find Petoskeys. You might get luck and find a stray one, but most are south of Rogers City. Cheyboygan is a great area for finding puddingstones though.
Thanks to the three of you. That was very interesting and informative information. My wife, dogs, and I were in the UP and around the upper glove a couple of weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed our trip.
The U.P. is always fun to visit.
Thank you Dr. Nat, Captain Paul and Rob. This was excellent !!! I’ll be reviewing this quite often and I’ve learned what some of the rocks are that I’ve been wandering what they were. I’m going to share this with my rockhounding daughters.
You're not the only one who will be watching this one more than once. I will be too.
Very informative! I learned a lot and you guys found a lot of very unique rocks !😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks, Indyana!
@@MichiganRocks Your welcome! 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
This was an awesome video with so much info! I was in michigan last week and I was surprised at myself for being able to identify so many rocks! I owe that to your channel Michigan Rocks!
I'm glad I could help, although I know very little compared to people like Nat and Paul who are actually educated about geology.
This is awesome!!! It would be interesting to do this on lake Michigan, superior, and Huron. Especially if there are minerals unique to each lake!
From my experience, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have similar rocks. I'd love to do a Lake Superior hunt with them sometime.
@@MichiganRocks interesting! Watching your videos it always seemed like huron was different. The Petoskey often looks different to me and ive never found a pudding stone... but maybe i just havent gone far enough north. I hunt manistee to Leland...
@@enricojaun2880 Hey Enrico, do you live in the Manistee area ? We hunt between Manistee and Charlavoix and the Pudding stones are almost nonexistent. If you do find one there very small. I live in extreme northern Indiana but have a place in Wellston, Mi which is on M-55 about half way between Manistee and Cadilac.
@@davidhile5363 hi david, i wish i lived up that way! Im unfortunately in Maryland, but we have a family cottage in manistee that my grandfather had built. I get up there for 2 or 3 weeks of vacation a year...
Thanks for the pudding stone info!
@@davidhile5363 @Enrico Juan I agree that puddingstones are much more common over here in Lake Huron, although I've found a few in Lake Michigan.
Awesome to have rocks I often see so well identified. Once again You Rock
I don't think I rocked in this video. I held the camera. Nat and Paul sure rocked though.
Wow this was a awesome video. Thanks Paul and Nat! So interesting listening to them identifying rocks and hearing how they were made. I just got a book on Great Lakes rocks. And have been reading about the ice ages and the Canadian shield. Thanks Rob!
Good book? What's the title?
@@MichiganRocks Lake Superior Rocks and Minerals by Dan and Bob Lynch. Very good book. Great pictures and how to identify.
@@wyomingadventures I have that one. I agree it's a good one. There's also a Michigan Rocks book by the same authors. There's a lot of overlap.
Bob Lynch operates a wonderful agate shop in Two Harbors, MN that is worth the visit if you're in the area...
@@captpaul8827 thank you! I will be in Duluth the end of September. Appreciate your help.
I have been mentally teleported back to my physical geography classes in the 1980s. Had a geologist boyfriend back then, too. This channel is about the hunt for me but it was fun getting more of the science for a change.
I’m glad you like the hunt videos better, because I can’t provide this much geography on a regular basis.
Thank you Rob, this was so informative. I really enjoyed today's video. Wow, we sure live in a pretty darn cool state. Thanks again
We do live in a cool state. I don't think I deserve any credit for this video though, I basically just held the camera.
I want to go to the beach with this lady! Brilliant woman. Thank you
You should check out her channel.
Very well done video. Learned a lot. Thanks
Thank you! My wife has been waiting for this one for a long time!
You're welcome, I'm glad she found it helpful.
Great stuff Rob! Learning is a never ending process.
You've got that right.
Wow. This video is a keeper; must go back again and re-listen to some of geological terms being toss around. Nice content, thank you!
The trick is tossing them around the right rocks.
What a great video Rob, it was gneiss, well interesting anyway. My identification of rock my just improve for green ones, red ones, striped ones and lumpy ones. Oh and George, the name rocks get if I don’t know what they are. Thanks for sharing
George is always a safe bet.
🙋♀️🌞Neat! Your friends are excellent teachers! I'll put this one aside to watch again and learn a bit. But I'm sure glad there won't be a test on Monday!🙃
That was a lot of information in a short period of time. I'll be watching again too.
Thanks for the amazing and informative video Paul Nat and Rob. Wish there was a way to download all that knowledge to my brain cause it would be nice to know more of what I'm looking at or for. Will say though that you can't replace the experiences and memories while learning while you're out rock hounding.
I hope everyone doesn't expect me to remember all that either. I figure if I just learn a little bit, I'm better off than I was before.
Jerry from S.W. Michigan. My father and I were rockhounding all over Upper and Lower Peninsulas' back in the late 50s through the 70s.One time near Petoskey in the woods we found a rock 3 foot in diameter. it was covered in Petoskey stone. We ended up just chipping a piece off to prove our story. Love the videos, but most I love the rocks, because Michigan "ROCKS"
There's a huge Petoskey Stone at the Besser Museum in Alpena. It's probably a couple feet square and it's completely Petoskey Stone all over. It's an awesome rock.
duuuude... this was AWESOME!
Rob you gotta bring them along with you more often each year! Please do more of these videos.
....and i dunno if you've ever been to the Canadian side of Huron, but all the way from Tobermory down to Grand Bend, there remains an extraordinary assortment to marvel at.
This is now one of my favourite videos... hundreds of types to find, would love to learn them all ;-)
I’d love to have Nat and Paul on more often, but they live in Texas. They come to Michigan every summer, so I’ll try to meet up with them at least once a year.
Great video. I have a 5 gallon bucket full of porphyritic basalt in all different colors, very common rock in Southern Colorado. Makes nice landscaping rock.
It's pretty stuff.
Thank you so much!! That was terrific.You are great teachers!
Wow what a blast!!! Thanks!!
Very educational! Thank you for sharing!
Wow! That was very interesting. Enjoyed it. Thanks, S
That was awesome Rob, I love these vlogs
Enjoyed watching and learning all of the different types of rocks you have. Take care and Happy Hunting!
Thanks!
Great informative video! By the way Rob, I finally was able to get one of your Petoskey stone turtles and a few of your crosses. They are beautiful! Love your videos, keep em coming! 👍😊
Thanks for buying some of my stuff! I'm glad you like them.
Wow, a lot of words I have to look up!
Thank you Paul and Nat for your thoroughly interesting geology lesson. I'm going to be busy tonight reading definitions and rewatching the video.
And, of course, thank you Rob for having these wonderful experts on to educate me so I can brag to my two sons about how much geology I know, next time we are rock hounding on the great Gitchie Gumee! 😅
That was really kind of you to include me in the list of people to give you a geology lesson. In reality, I was just the guy holding the camera. I hope you really impress your sons with your newfound knowledge.
@@MichiganRocks I've learned a lot from you too!!
You were literally the first channel that I found that renewed my interest in rock hounding and lapidary work. You also introduced me to Agate Dad, Wild Kyle and now Paul and Nat.
I'm struggling with lower back issues right now and haven't been able to get out on the beaches of late but I am hoping for late September after my therapy is finished.
You keep me excited about what's out there to find when I'm up and at it again.
Dude, you're the GOAT! ☺
@@mom42boys I hope that back heals up. I have occasional back problems and it's not fun at all.
Awesome video! That was very educational and interesting! Keep up the great work haha
WOW what a memory! I love geology, but i never could remember that much info!!! brilliant!
Nat and Paul are both college professors, so they're reviewing this material all the time.
My fiancé got his Masters in geology (studied geography as an undergrad) and he loves it when I show you his videos!
He grew up within spitting distance of Lake Michigan and I went to school in Duluth and, suffice it to say, we both LOVE the Great Lakes and love looking at Lake Michigan from a different perspective (as well as Lake Huron)!!
The Great Lakes are awesome and the rocks are great too.
geology class, glad i don't have to get quizzes and tests and grades for that. i love geology! 👍😁
Check out Dr. Nat's channel here: ruclips.net/user/DrNat13
I just subscribed.
I'd love her to identify some of my stones.
Itvwould be great to have her along for a rock hunt. 😊😊😊😊
I subscribed
I have a little red rock with a white stripe through it I got from lake Michigan, Indiana dunes side. I thought it was a little piece of marble. I guess it's not?
Oh! Jasper!
Wow! I really enjoyed having Dr. Nat and Paul describing the processes of formation and history of each stone. THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! LOL! I'm subbing Dr. Nat's channel. Thanks for having them on.
Yay! This was great Rob, thanks!
Thank you for this video!! I really enjoyed it. I appreciate your adding the word on the screen when introducing new vocabulary!!
There were a lot of new words for me, so I figured other people would appreciate seeing them too.
Wow so interesting and what an amazing woman full of knowledge and expertise, 😍 loved it 🥰
You have the finest friends…great rock lovers!
Very nice team you’ve put together, always so cool to learn things, but more info on our rocks? Outstanding! Thanks to your guests as well as you Rob. Your work is always appreciated.
Paul and Nat deserve the thanks for this one. I had the easy job.
@@MichiganRocks Agreed! I’ve already followed up on your recommendation on Dr. Nat’s videos. I watched the one on the formation of banded iron (fascinating), then subscribed. Good stuff.
Super cool video! Almost makes me wish I had pursued my childhood dream of becoming a geologist!
Very interesting. Enough to make me realize that I don't know much about rocks!
Thank you for this informative video. Would love to take you all out next time I go rock hounding!
We need more videos with these guys!
Did you see the one from a few weeks ago on Lake Superior? ruclips.net/video/lWTgUbdccJE/видео.html
This was super cool, I just got back from Mi visited the lakes of the green lake Huron national forest, and the Ausable river. I have some of those rocks, exciting to see what I found, and to see what some of those rocks were cuuuzzzz I was wondering 2 🤣😉🦈💙❤️💖
Sounds like a fun vacation. Did you canoe or kayak the Ausable?
@@MichiganRocks neither we tubed! 😂 It was amazing! Seen 2 black bears good sized!
@@michellestultz5529 Wow, the black bears are a big bonus.
Yes I couldn't believe it seeing one but 2! We go every year. Next yr I'll send u a msg, may b we rock hound a beach together.😁
Greenstone in a New Zealand context is Jade, or in the Māori language Pounamu. It is considered a sacred rock here.
Sounds like there are lots of different meanings for the term “greenstone”.
Thanks so much. I wish I had those two with me when I'm rock hunting. Lol
Thanks for sharing.
Me too, usually, I'm not so lucky.
Yes!!!! Love love love women who are absolutely brilliant. THIS is a queen!!
Loved this!!! I leaned so much!
What an awesome video, what a treat! That was a great refresher for rock identification. Thanks for the fun video and please pass along my appreciation to Paul and Nat!
I'll do that, David. Looking forward to hunting some rocks with another geologist next week.
Thanks for introducing us to them and vise versa.
You're welcome, Rebecca.
That was the most informative video ever! I found it fascinating! Thanks so much.
I enjoyed this one and learned a lot too.
Very infomative. Thanks to Paul and Nat for taking the time to share their knowledge. Another great vid from Michigan Rocks
Beautiful enthusiasm this is exactly why I love RUclips videos like this, you get to see people talking about subjects you know nothing about and their passion brings it alive in the exact same way that you remember the good teachers in school making a subject more interesting by the passion they bring to it.
Yep, enthusiasm is contagious.
Very good video Rob.🙏🙏
this was fantastic! both are very knowledgeable & great at explaining how/what/why. what a great idea to have geologists on a rock hunt. brilliant! but i enjoy your enthusiasm on a regular basis. having experts is good on an occasional basis. btw the spotty rock at 11:50 is gorgeous. at 14:40 this reminds me of a gustav klimt painting. 17:20 is stunning but somehow nightmarish. there’s a slimy creature wrapping itself around the pale stone. lots of great examples today. i’m def going to watch again
I really didn't expect to be looking up someone named Gustav in order to respond to a comment, but here we are. I did see a slight resemblance.
@@MichiganRocks 😂