Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Loved the pieces you got as well as the muuuuseum ones. Thanks again for the one of us that can't go. Best wishes from Houston Texas.
We have a mine near Grand Forks BC Canada that has a fluorite mine called the Rock Candy mine. Fluorite was used as a flux in smelters a long time ago. About half of it is green and half purple. One of the most awesome collections of minerals I have ever seem is in the El Eden mine in Zacatecas Mexico, I shot a video of it while I was there.
I actually live in marion and have a membership to the museum and can tell you they only keep a third of the entire collection in the building to rotate and freshen up
Is a very beautifully collect ion display are fantástico no very común. My congratulaciones Is very interesting museum of crystals. Your amancing display man.
Nice deep purple Fluorite Crystals. The Montrose Dumps in Niagara Falls, Ontario had some awesome purple and clear Fluorite crystals but they are getting harder to find every year.
I love fluorspar and it's my birthstone. We had a very nice museum in Rosiclare, IL but it caught on fire twice and was robbed before someone took the remaining spar and mining memorabilia to a secret location. Our hearts are broken and just don't know what to do! I have a small collection and my favorite piece weighs 15 lbs.
This video is really kool! I wish you could still get into those mines because i would LOVE to mine some of it! Is there anywhere around still that you know of that you can pay or join a club to get in?
@@code1555 Thanks I find a Ton of Quartz and geodes full of quartz at the farm at Glasgow & up at the house in Bullitt Co. I'm guessing it's like finding Ginseng it's hard till U find the first one then they just pop out at ya.
They have a new piece of clothing called 'waders' keeps your jeans from getting 'full of mudd' * rinses off with water. Sell 'em cheap at Walmart. But, available many stores...just a thought.
Steven perdue maybe you are 'naked' undeneath them.... I wear clothes underneath, extra protection from bears, snakes, & boars while digging for crystals...
Why are they going through so much trouble. There are literally mountains of flourite crystal in New Mexico. At the surface. Green, purple, clear yellow. And on the east side of turtle top mtn, in the journey of death desert, you can find all the fire opal you want, as well as satin spar, and much more. Have a good one.
Oh my.. where I live it's mostly gwarts and grey granite.. calcite, fluorite and other boring minerals that I can't remember the english name at that he moment.. it's saturday evening 20:00 and I've taken a few sauna beers.. :) But I'm a huge rock and mineral fan.. since 1982, when I learned to walk.. :D
Given that the fluorite found in this video presentation as a most acceptable example of this crystal, a place in Tasmania has provided fluorite crystal as the host rock of a natural created thin layer of crystal Gold thereupon. I have only had the chance to observe a small number of these scarce specimens even so I have seen these specimens "in the flesh" then that are said to be more valuable than natural Gold.
When I worked with the U of Illinois Film Production Unit, we spent time in a big deep underground fluorite mine in Southern Illinois.Didn't see much fluorite, though.Filed the process of digging and processing.
You have spots along the Potomac and James river as well as the Atlantic coast which have lots of marine fossils. Shark teeth, porpoise teeth, whale vertebrae, etc. They tend to fossilize black/dark gray/chocolate brown. They can be found in mostly miocene formations, typically at the foot of cliffs. However, also in the water. Beware, though, and look up local laws on fossil collecting. As I understand it, you can only collect in Virginia BELOW the low tide line. (Meaning out in the water.) A sifter helps, but I'd wear waders, since there are snakehead fish and lots of old fishing tackle and broken glass in the water.
Hardness test. Fluorite is a four and amethyst is a seven. If iron scratches it, it’s fluorite. Another way you can tell is to put it under an UV light, fluorite will glow.
Like anything, they are worth what someone will pay for them. However, most rock hounds are not doing this to get rich. We do it because we love it. We keep beautiful specimens of completely "worthless" rocks!
Any damn mineral now is expensive thanks to the healing crystal revolution. I swear I have a great time with some of these people. With all of the huge beautiful minerals specimens I have you would think I wouldn't have a problem in the world.
I made a video about a interesting rock I found, I'm not advertising but I need someone to tell me what kind of rock is could be or if it is an Indian artifact. Thanks!
Bryan, you need to visit the museum in Golden, Missouri. Best and biggest collection of gems and crystals ever! Free admission, and will take you hours to go through. Google it! :-)
I’m not sure this place is still opening up, I need to look into it and if so I need to go back soon, it’s so much fun it’s been years since I went, thanks for watching
I have. EarthLink is. amethist I have never cut into it but I can shine a light and it's purple white,and 180 pounds I was seeing if you had any interest I found it in Kentucky while I was fishing. please contact me
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Dude , those fluorites in the museum are mind blowing !!!
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I know right! they are to this day the best I've seen and I just got back from Tucson, they are world class for sure!
Really enjoyed this video. That museum was nuts. Sensory overload. The small fluorite that you found & showed at the end was really cool.
We visited the Ben E. Clement Museum last month. It was amazing! Sadly, the 2 sites that you visited are now closed to the public.
Problem is, if I did this, I couldn't sell any of them. I would hoard them all.
So far that’s all I’ve been doing with what I find and or buy... I’m terrible 😂
Same
I have 2 giant boxes full of them, planning on selling them, just need to make adjustments on them as in taking the unwanted stone off
Same lol!
Same
THAT'S THE BEST DISPLAY OF MINERALS I'VE EVER SEEN! LOVE THAT MUSEUM!
Looks like y'all are having some good muddy fun 👍👍💥
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Loved the pieces you got as well as the muuuuseum ones. Thanks again for the one of us that can't go. Best wishes from Houston Texas.
Thanks for another great show ..... Whaaaaaaaat!!! 😀😁😂😅😇
We have a mine near Grand Forks BC Canada that has a fluorite mine called the Rock Candy mine. Fluorite was used as a flux in smelters a long time ago. About half of it is green and half purple.
One of the most awesome collections of minerals I have ever seem is in the El Eden mine in Zacatecas Mexico, I shot a video of it while I was there.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines Im only a few hours away in Creston!!!
The older layers of fluorite is amber-colored, and some is the darkest purple I have ever seen - I thought it was coal at first.
So awesome. dreaming the next family vacation... Thank you for the great videos
Love going back and watching these old vids of you becoming The Crystal Collector.....You were much much more subdued...and no Matrix.
Oh wow my favourite colours. Wish I was there that's awesome. Your finds are beautiful. You lucky 😀 buggar! 👍
my great great grandfather had a Flourite mine in Marion, KY back in 1906
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Your finds are pretty remarkable. Cheers!
That museum is amazing man
Thank you for a great blog ! 😁😁😁Great job once again
There are a lot of places like that near CO Springs. The majority needs to be cut or tumbled. You got some awesome stuff there.
The Ben Clement Museum, whaaaaat!!!? Thanks a lot for all that you share in your videos.
I actually live in marion and have a membership to the museum and can tell you they only keep a third of the entire collection in the building to rotate and freshen up
🤩 Wow that’s a lot of fluorite! I have been in years, I bet it’s changed up a bit, I need to go back again!
awesome pieces. definitely going to that museum.
Finally someone who is not making videos of healing and magic cystals thank god!!
Your vids are awesome and interesting, keep it up!
VERY NICE MUSEUM, I MUST VISIT SOON!
Next time you are in Michigan, check out the Cranbrook Institute of Science, their mineral museum is insane!!
those have amazing color!
My uncle used to work in a coal mine and would bring me tons of this stuff home
Tydin flourite from a coal mine ??
@@brucepreston3794 it happens, its pretty common actually
@@youtheme8035 im not familiar with coal mining, but i have been in a flourite mine. Im a rock collector.
Do you still have some ??
you can find spears,rose bushes and ray guns back in some of these coal mines in eastern ky
Flourite, is my personal, love of all the crystals ever found. But this will be the first time, I've ever seen such beauties.
Just seeing this from Kentucky 7 years later
Fluorite blows my mind!!
who cares
@@camdendakotahuntermonizmcm7858 him, obviosly
Is a very beautifully collect ion display are fantástico no very común. My congratulaciones Is very interesting museum of crystals. Your amancing display man.
Nice deep purple Fluorite Crystals. The Montrose Dumps in Niagara Falls, Ontario had some awesome purple and clear Fluorite crystals but they are getting harder to find every year.
beautiful!
HE FOUND THE OLD CATERPILLAR! OMG!
LMAO I GET IN STEVEN JOKE
I love fluorspar and it's my birthstone. We had a very nice museum in Rosiclare, IL but it caught on fire twice and was robbed before someone took the remaining spar and mining memorabilia to a secret location. Our hearts are broken and just don't know what to do! I have a small collection and my favorite piece weighs 15 lbs.
awesome vid
just digging around is fun
it looks so fun
Holy Crap!! I didn't realize I made it into this video! (for a few seconds in the beginning anyway) Cool!!
lol
No one cares we love rocks more then you kid
I looooove stones/crystals
The fluorite where I live is mostly yellow. It's a nice find though when you can get it.
Mines mostly purple
@Steven r/cursedcomments
Mine is blue
very nice
This video is really kool! I wish you could still get into those mines because i would LOVE to mine some of it! Is there anywhere around still that you know of that you can pay or join a club to get in?
Thx for posting can any one go there or does it have to be with a club?
What is the best way to locate a fluorite vein?
So like can you just show up and pull rocks out of the ground or do you have to pay someone first?
7 years ago you were not so crazy!
So cool
are there any digging places in Lithuania?
Is this place still open? I got some nice pieces from here at a yard sale while back
I inherited a hill ledford collection many pieces over 35 40 lbs where can go and dig those????
great , thanx
I'm In KY do you think theres still some there?
Show,,,tudo muito lindo..
awesome! lucky you ;)
Who do you get in touch with to dig at these mines?
I'm from southern Illinois. I really wish they would reopen places to rockhound. More mines have opened here, but not certain of allowing rockhounds.
I'm in western kentucky dealing with the same problem
What types of gems,precious stone, minerals or crystals do we have in Kentucky??? I've always found quartz and Gio's full of quartz
Fluorite calcite barite amethyst and several varieties of quartz is what I find in western ky
@@code1555 Thanks I find a Ton of Quartz and geodes full of quartz at the farm at Glasgow & up at the house in Bullitt Co. I'm guessing it's like finding Ginseng it's hard till U find the first one then they just pop out at ya.
Amazing video hope the comments help
They have a new piece of clothing called 'waders' keeps your jeans from getting 'full of mudd' * rinses off with water.
Sell 'em cheap at Walmart. But, available many stores...just a thought.
Steven perdue maybe you are 'naked' undeneath them.... I wear clothes underneath, extra protection from bears, snakes, & boars while digging for crystals...
How do you find out about digs
prety cristalbeatiful
Do you ever find anything in Texas? My 11 year old nephew loves rocks and it would be so much fun to take him to dig.
kristyhk I'm wondering the same thing. I used to live in Oregon ,Washington, and Arizona. I miss rock hounding massively.
ARROWHEADS IN TEXAS! Flint Quaries.
Ok
Why are they going through so much trouble. There are literally mountains of flourite crystal in New Mexico. At the surface. Green, purple, clear yellow. And on the east side of turtle top mtn, in the journey of death desert, you can find all the fire opal you want, as well as satin spar, and much more. Have a good one.
Do u that in winter too ? I hate cold weather and getting wet ! But I like what ur doing guys !!
Any fluorite and clear quartz in georgia?
se oye bien esa música los minerales k en cuentras Se miran bien también buena combinación🙈🙉🙊👀👂👂👂👂👂👂
Oh my.. where I live it's mostly gwarts and grey granite.. calcite, fluorite and other boring minerals that I can't remember the english name at that he moment.. it's saturday evening 20:00 and I've taken a few sauna beers.. :) But I'm a huge rock and mineral fan.. since 1982, when I learned to walk.. :D
Quartz flourite and calcite are good and granite
Lies
How much do they cost?
Are these paid dig sites? (Columbia and Eureka)
0:18 Eureka Mine XD I am laughing bcoz of the name..
Given that the fluorite found in this video presentation as a most acceptable example of this crystal, a place in Tasmania has provided fluorite crystal as the host rock of a natural created thin layer of crystal Gold thereupon.
I have only had the chance to observe a small number of these scarce specimens even so I have seen these specimens "in the flesh" then that are said to be more valuable than natural Gold.
rock is love many personas make ring neck
How do u clean fluorite
Can you do a video on finding opals please
I live in Illinois and even though it's our state mineral, I can never seem to find any open fluorite mines :(
When I worked with the U of Illinois Film Production Unit, we spent time in a big deep underground fluorite mine in Southern Illinois.Didn't see much fluorite, though.Filed the process of digging and processing.
Is there anything worth digging for in the north east part of Virginia?
You have spots along the Potomac and James river as well as the Atlantic coast which have lots of marine fossils. Shark teeth, porpoise teeth, whale vertebrae, etc. They tend to fossilize black/dark gray/chocolate brown. They can be found in mostly miocene formations, typically at the foot of cliffs. However, also in the water. Beware, though, and look up local laws on fossil collecting. As I understand it, you can only collect in Virginia BELOW the low tide line. (Meaning out in the water.) A sifter helps, but I'd wear waders, since there are snakehead fish and lots of old fishing tackle and broken glass in the water.
have you be to Utah go
I wonder how to tell the difference between fluorite and amethyst by the naked eye, after its been cut
Hardness test. Fluorite is a four and amethyst is a seven. If iron scratches it, it’s fluorite. Another way you can tell is to put it under an UV light, fluorite will glow.
Fluorite forms in cubes and amethyst forms in hexagonal spears
Neither have to be cut to get those shapes its natural
How about telling us how much these crystals are worth when pulling them out.
brian hollis supply & demand. I imagine its forever changing due to geography of the sale & availability in that area. omo
Like anything, they are worth what someone will pay for them. However, most rock hounds are not doing this to get rich. We do it because we love it. We keep beautiful specimens of completely "worthless" rocks!
Any damn mineral now is expensive thanks to the healing crystal revolution. I swear I have a great time with some of these people. With all of the huge beautiful minerals specimens I have you would think I wouldn't have a problem in the world.
I went to the website in your bio and it isn't working
I made a video about a interesting rock I found, I'm not advertising but I need someone to tell me what kind of rock is could be or if it is an Indian artifact. Thanks!
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Bryan, you need to visit the museum in Golden, Missouri. Best and biggest collection of gems and crystals ever! Free admission, and will take you hours to go through. Google it! :-)
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I donts see any pure blue colors fluorites like they sell on ebay from China... what is your thinking, artificially colored?
There are some natural blues out there in fluorite, we just don’t get them here at this location
There is blue fluorite and green not to far from eureka mine
the only remains of kevin the cube :(
So what is fluorite good for?
David, I've never heard of making tea with fluorite. Could you elaborate?
How did you get permission to go here? I live nearbye and want to go but don't know if I need permission who to ask
I’m not sure this place is still opening up, I need to look into it and if so I need to go back soon, it’s so much fun it’s been years since I went, thanks for watching
@@TheCrystalCollector if you ever are planning a hunt there my husband and I would love to come.
How do I work for you
What mine is that. Those viens be great for jewelry making
Probably Eureka Mine and Columbia mine in Kentucky, did you not watch the video????? Smfh
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The fluorite I have is green, not purple
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any Arrowheads?
You can find a pocket if you dig deep enough, there about 3' too 5'. It's a waste of time to go past 8'. Good luck on your arrowhead dig.
You have become a better videographer. :)
Yeah back in the day I knew nothing, still only know a little bit, 😆
I have. EarthLink is. amethist I have never cut into it but I can shine a light and it's purple white,and 180 pounds I was seeing if you had any interest I found it in Kentucky while I was fishing. please contact me
But you never show you digging
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I wouldn't call these muddy holes mines. Nice mineral locations though.