Dan, how many years would it take for those (micro clusters ) to form and what are they made of ? Me & my daughter LOVE your videos. Most of all because you involve your family as we do and you ARE FOR REAL not like those gold rush tv shows where you dump a jar of minerals your looking for and film like you found them. You genuine and real. You may find nothing but it’s just relaxing sitting there with you and your family .. thank you Dan .
a Good Teacher inspires, a Great Teacher continues to inspire, you Dan Hurd are a Great Teacher!! (You notice, that I utilized 2wo exclamation points here. I think it's very nice that you get the entire family out searching with you. I'm looking forward to possibly beginning in this hard work myself. Thank you once again Mr. Hurd.
Very cool video! Am new to rock hounding and wishing to some day find some cool rocks like these! Always wanted to find a geode. Love the tiny crystals you were able to obtain and preserve!!
The type of rock you are working in is known in Germany as ' melaphyr ', or in layman terms ' almond rock '( Mandelstein), because of the characteristic almond-shaped bubbles. In Germany, it is predominantly found near the city Idar-Oberstein, a major gem producing locality. By the way, this guy reminds me of Yukon Cornelius from the Rudolph the red nosed reindeer movie.
We found some cystals near salmon arm that would have been beautiful had they not been crushed,mthe plate is about 6 x 6 and has many big crystals with the pointed ends and flat sides, some are as clear as glass, after I chipped away a bit of the layers we have some one inch full formed crystals, quite amazing and we found lots of what seems to be a clear agate or chalchedony as well. We also found some vugs to.
I live in west kelowna and am currently working on boucherie mtn building a subdivision and there's a lot of rock that has been blasted and we find stuff like that all the time it's pretty cool
Dan, those crystal clusters are all very nice to look at-- but what exactly *am* I looking at? What is the mineral? Chemical composition? How do they form? How long does it take them to form? Please, give us something more than an "ooh, ahh."
Amazing finds! I just started rockhounding and haven't made my "big" or really awesome find yet, but I can't wait to travel to a few good places to look for treasures like this!
I don't think these are Citrins in the vugs, f.e. at 2:30. The crystal geometry reminds me more of Apophyllite. Which would be even more fitting to the zeolith vug/basalt rock matrix. At arround 13:13 these might be Calcite crystals, as far as I can see. Just check hardness (with a needle of steel) and acid stability (with HCl) to become more sure. Regards from Germany!
I don't know if you still do this, but I'm new to you're channel. And I love these video's. I was hoping if you can do more rock hounding or collecting video's? Thanks!
Hay Dan! I was wondering what the rules were in B.C. about rockhounding? Are you allowed to chip away at the actual rock face? Or only allowed to sift through the tailings? I'm from Ablerta and am starting to take rockhounding trips when I can. With BC right next door, I'm looking at making more trips over when we can.
That Micro cluster in Dana's hand is either Natrolite or possibly Mesolite. I collected many while growing up in Patterson NJ in the US at New Street Quarry
I wouldn't have thought to check out that road cut but, it was pretty interesting@ 4:14 and 4:19, are there gold flakes in that rock? Or, is it pyrite like @4:26? BTW, you guys are some of the scariest-red redheads I've ever seen (3:36)!!
mike malo why scary? If it was a bunch of brunettes sat there, nothing would of been said! Being a redhead myself I felt I have to stick up for Dan and his scary red headed family. Maybe why he didn’t give you a like
Have you been hunting zeolite on table mountain yet? I found several areas with the same basalt vugs. The second eruption made all the cool crystals so look in the middle layer as he top and bottom layers contain no crystals.
Dan Hurd right next to the coors factory in golden. its a park or open space or something.do you have a Facebook page? I'll shoot you a picture of what I found there on friday.😉
Hi Dan, those sprays are likely Natrolite if you are into a zeolite deposit. I'm also wondering if those yellow crystals aren't quartz at all. They look too distinct to be quartz (although I could be wrong, I'm judging from photos which is never a good way to ID minerals) but could those be fluorapatite crystals? My logic being that if a chromophore was present to color the quartz yellow (typically Fe 2+ or Fe3+ ions) then why isn't the druze also yellow? Unless it is second generation growth filling the vug or calcite druze. So I'm inclined away from citrine which is typically created in a lab by irradiating low grade amethyst. Plus you mentioned a three sided shape but sometimes hexagonal crystals form very broad and narrow faces such that it looks like a triangular prism, but every other face is disproportionately broad or narrow. Who knows. I know I would love to get up there and run some tests! (hardness, streak, diffraction, etc...) Could also be pale epidote.
I found a rock that was rotting out of an 18th century wall, and it was full of intricate calcite crystals that just crumbled to pieces if you touched it.
yip a few years late but you could do some pics of the ones that have blue dots you more or less you got the pics from space of a soler system. well thats what some of your pics look like but cool find anyway.. what if you could take a rock and leave it for few years to grow inside the rock and have a few unbroken ones around your house. pity we cant buy a rock and have it. but it would cost a hell of a lot of money to even send it to new zealand
Those pockets were crustations sea shells that have opalized and form crystals I have toons of crystallized and opalescent shells and I've found quartz citrine amethyst terminations coming out or forming in the shell
I think you said the area was full of silicates. If so, those small sprays could be Anhydrite. Love the topaz, the person who wrote that is likely correct.
That really looks more like topaz than citrine. Citrine grows in more of an amethyst structure - shorter and wider. Topaz grows in a longer, narrower form like your crystals. The matrix looks right for topaz, too. I am not saying for certain that those are topaz, but I think that they are.
Dan, Lauren and I are loving your adventures! Your beautiful family is a real treasure. I've been meaning to say Helloo, but we usually watch you on TV. That looks a lot like topaz crystals occurring in basalt vugs from southern Colorado near Salida. Do they have a diamond shaped cross section?
Andrew Gray Unfortunately not that was zoomed way in so that would be about 1cm across. Also, that is all blast material in there. So just a rock shard.
Dan, how many years would it take for those (micro clusters ) to form and what are they made of ? Me & my daughter LOVE your videos. Most of all because you involve your family as we do and you ARE FOR REAL not like those gold rush tv shows where you dump a jar of minerals your looking for and film like you found them. You genuine and real. You may find nothing but it’s just relaxing sitting there with you and your family .. thank you Dan .
a Good Teacher inspires, a Great Teacher continues to inspire, you Dan Hurd are a Great Teacher!! (You notice, that I utilized 2wo exclamation points here. I think it's very nice that you get the entire family out searching with you.
I'm looking forward to possibly beginning in this hard work myself. Thank you once again Mr. Hurd.
You're welcome!!
These are absolutely stunning!! I'm loving binge watching your videos, thank you for sharing with us here in the UK.
You two are such amazing parents. Children need to get out more like your family does. This is so important for kids to do your awesome !!!
Very interesting informative and enjoyable experience 👍 😀
I went out today in the glenmore area of Kelowna BC and found an amazing one.. I wish I could post a picture of it on here.
Bit link buddy. Or any similar website.
So freaking cool- I find myself wanting to pull over & look at the rocks while driving since I started watching a ton of gem hunting videos.
Just watched this video. And wow you have changed and your personality is so different. Lol. I knew instantly it had to be older. Whoahhhh😅😂
Very cool video! Am new to rock hounding and wishing to some day find some cool rocks like these! Always wanted to find a geode. Love the tiny crystals you were able to obtain and preserve!!
The type of rock you are working in is known in Germany as ' melaphyr ', or in layman terms ' almond rock '( Mandelstein), because of the characteristic almond-shaped bubbles. In Germany, it is predominantly found near the city Idar-Oberstein, a major gem producing locality. By the way, this guy reminds me of Yukon Cornelius from the Rudolph the red nosed reindeer movie.
Imagine macro photography on those fine beauties!!! I love your video!
Hahaha. Was watching your last video and looked all over for clues to where ya from.....Wait a minute!!! Small world....
absolutely fantastic! Micro specimens are my favorite. Would love to get samples and view them under my digital microscope.
Thanks for posting.
The crystal Dana found is so pretty. It looks christmasy : )
Awesome video, love seeing others who enjoy the same thing as I do
Thanks!
We found some cystals near salmon arm that would have been beautiful had they not been crushed,mthe plate is about 6 x 6 and has many big crystals with the pointed ends and flat sides, some are as clear as glass, after I chipped away a bit of the layers we have some one inch full formed crystals, quite amazing and we found lots of what seems to be a clear agate or chalchedony as well. We also found some vugs to.
Looks like white and yellow calcite powdered like coating on the smokey and citrine quartz. And calcite spars. Super delicate.
I live in west kelowna and am currently working on boucherie mtn building a subdivision and there's a lot of rock that has been blasted and we find stuff like that all the time it's pretty cool
Dan, those crystal clusters are all very nice to look at-- but what exactly *am* I looking at? What is the mineral? Chemical composition? How do they form? How long does it take them to form? Please, give us something more than an "ooh, ahh."
I just wanted to say: Everyone in your family has the most beautiful red hair. Also, this is a very cool video.
Gorgeous! Microscopic
Amazing finds! I just started rockhounding and haven't made my "big" or really awesome find yet, but I can't wait to travel to a few good places to look for treasures like this!
I don't think these are Citrins in the vugs, f.e. at 2:30. The crystal geometry reminds me more of Apophyllite. Which would be even more fitting to the zeolith vug/basalt rock matrix. At arround 13:13 these might be Calcite crystals, as far as I can see. Just check hardness (with a needle of steel) and acid stability (with HCl) to become more sure. Regards from Germany!
3:00 looks like scolecite
@@brucepreston3794 correct it´s Scolezite,Natrolite and Phillipsite.
I don't know if you still do this, but I'm new to you're channel. And I love these video's. I was hoping if you can do more rock hounding or collecting video's? Thanks!
I drive past this exact spot every single day... How did I not know this
Cause you are dumb😂
Looks like citrine and the clear ones look like calcite. I think, very cool
The 3 sided yellow orange crystals look like Calcite, very common in Basalt, again collected many at the New Street Quarry in Patterson NJ.
Nice finds!
WOW those are crazy looking specs
Hay Dan! I was wondering what the rules were in B.C. about rockhounding? Are you allowed to chip away at the actual rock face? Or only allowed to sift through the tailings?
I'm from Ablerta and am starting to take rockhounding trips when I can. With BC right next door, I'm looking at making more trips over when we can.
Hold up highway 97 is in Oregon and other states is that where you’re from?
great idea. Thanks for the share.
That Micro cluster in Dana's hand is either Natrolite or possibly Mesolite. I collected many while growing up in Patterson NJ in the US at New Street Quarry
Ever figure out what the three sided crystal is it looks super cool
I wouldn't have thought to check out that road cut but, it was pretty interesting@ 4:14 and 4:19, are there gold flakes in that rock? Or, is it pyrite like @4:26? BTW, you guys are some of the scariest-red redheads I've ever seen (3:36)!!
mike malo why scary? If it was a bunch of brunettes sat there, nothing would of been said! Being a redhead myself I felt I have to stick up for Dan and his scary red headed family. Maybe why he didn’t give you a like
Omg i love his beard!!
Have you been hunting zeolite on table mountain yet? I found several areas with the same basalt vugs. The second eruption made all the cool crystals so look in the middle layer as he top and bottom layers contain no crystals.
Where's table mountain?
Dan Hurd right next to the coors factory in golden. its a park or open space or something.do you have a Facebook page? I'll shoot you a picture of what I found there on friday.😉
Yup - Dan Hurd Prospecting page
Very awesome day!
Just wondering if you can post the specifications for that microscope you were using - that was amazing!!!!
Hi Dan, those sprays are likely Natrolite if you are into a zeolite deposit.
I'm also wondering if those yellow crystals aren't quartz at all. They look too distinct to be quartz (although I could be wrong, I'm judging from photos which is never a good way to ID minerals) but could those be fluorapatite crystals? My logic being that if a chromophore was present to color the quartz yellow (typically Fe 2+ or Fe3+ ions) then why isn't the druze also yellow? Unless it is second generation growth filling the vug or calcite druze. So I'm inclined away from citrine which is typically created in a lab by irradiating low grade amethyst. Plus you mentioned a three sided shape but sometimes hexagonal crystals form very broad and narrow faces such that it looks like a triangular prism, but every other face is disproportionately broad or narrow. Who knows. I know I would love to get up there and run some tests! (hardness, streak, diffraction, etc...) Could also be pale epidote.
Did you ever find out what kind of crystal that special one was? Could it possibly be topaz crystal?
It's probably a form of calcite
I never knew about vugs... Ty 🙂
It’s amazing that these crystals survive the blasting..
im glad you got better cameras
Those are delicate zeolites
I love gems 💎
What state are you in here? Thank You for your wonderful videos👍💎
You still think there's lots there? I'm just getting into the hobby of prospecting and would love to check that out!
Have you ever considered encasing those delicate crystals in transparent epoxy, vacuumed to remove air bubbles to make it perfectly clear
Those are Topaz my Canadian fellow love your videos by the way keep up the good work ...and a nice hello from Trail B.C. just south of you ....
Really? Topaz in zeolite country?
Wow, what a great day.
VUG? Is that like a gas pocket that formed as basalt was hardening?
I found a rock that was rotting out of an 18th century wall, and it was full of intricate calcite crystals that just crumbled to pieces if you touched it.
Really really cool.
Thanks!
The coolest one I've found was like your 8:10 but the crystal was a reddish colour.
I love the little Druze ones. They are my favorites
The fragile ones would need to be mounted under a dome
I agree
This is so cool!
It was pretty neat to find!
Just found this spot on google maps, gonna go check it out next time im out that way.
Is either Uvite or a strange crystal refraction growth.
Have you tried to illuminate the crystals with ultraviolet light?
yip a few years late but you could do some pics of the ones that have blue dots you more or less you got the pics from space of a soler system. well thats what some of your pics look like but cool find anyway.. what if you could take a rock and leave it for few years to grow inside the rock and have a few unbroken ones around your house. pity we cant buy a rock and have it. but it would cost a hell of a lot of money to even send it to
new zealand
those yellow pointed ones look like calcit but one I saw at the road cut had a square termination and to me that looked like topaz.
Those pockets were crustations sea shells that have opalized and form crystals I have toons of crystallized and opalescent shells and I've found quartz citrine amethyst terminations coming out or forming in the shell
kool Dan love it
I’m new to this but if you cut one of those holes out would the crystals still grow in its hole?
hey dan ive been trying to find this for ever on a map any better clues to where this location is ? thanks for all the vids
Kelowna BC
8:08 it's topaz around calcite citrine is much different
Calcite on Topaz, 100% agree. But some citrine are not typical...
Are these tiny crystals worth anything?
Enjoyed your video! May I ask, what kind of microscope are you using? I like the image quality you're getting with it.
I think you said the area was full of silicates. If so, those small sprays could be Anhydrite. Love the topaz, the person who wrote that is likely correct.
topaz is 4 sided, that was at least 8 sided crystal structure.
Those fragile ones look like fiber optics. They would look cool with colored lights under them.
Are they yellow topaz crystals?
Very good
Do you have any suggestions on what I might find near Quesnel (other than gold hunting)?
+G. Webster Don't know that area at all. Sorry
I think you mean - Well, hellooo everyone. lol Thank you for sharing.
You've got that right!
Wow the vugs are awesome, and nice work on capturing the macro on such cool little crystals. Is that in basalt?
Yes, that's in basalt!
Dan Hurd dude the mini crystals are just awesome to look at hey, they deserve to be appreciated as much as the big one I reckon.
Locating old Volcanos?
Its something how mother nature can have such destructive forces and turn around and make small crystals like that
Thank-you, Dan.
near those spines. are iron bearing rocks.
That really looks more like topaz than citrine. Citrine grows in more of an amethyst structure - shorter and wider. Topaz grows in a longer, narrower form like your crystals. The matrix looks right for topaz, too. I am not saying for certain that those are topaz, but I think that they are.
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
love the rockhounding stuff and microscope shots! keep'em coming!
Dan,
Lauren and I are loving your adventures! Your beautiful family is a real treasure.
I've been meaning to say Helloo, but we usually watch you on TV.
That looks a lot like topaz crystals occurring in basalt vugs from southern Colorado near Salida. Do they have a diamond shaped cross section?
Have you tried looking at those angels under black light?
If I can, those crystals seems not quartz but some carbonate like aragonite. And yellowish/orange crystals could be calcite or barite.
so those little pockets are little geodes right?
awesome stuff wish i could be there
Stillbite, zeolite :) cool.
very cool!!!!
Thanks!
Awesome
Those small "micro cluster" use some scott tape and just lay it on the crystal and let it do the work.
I used to do this with my old man😂 coolest rock I found was this blood red rock from a river near Bancroft. No idea what it was
Carnelian
Arizona?
BC
I think the triangle crystal is dogtooth spar.
at 409 is that a arrowhead next to the crysyal
Andrew Gray Unfortunately not that was zoomed way in so that would be about 1cm across. Also, that is all blast material in there. So just a rock shard.
I would've taken that whole first rock home with me. Even if I had to leave it until I was on my way back to the truck.
where is this road and what state?
+Bruce Bunten West Kelowna, B.C. Canada
T hank you
Did you live in escondido?
You disturbed them. They were still in the growth process.
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So what state is this in ?
BC, Canada
@@Danhurd thank you. Im a rock digger, myself.
@@brucepreston3794 Nice! What state are you in?
Those crystals do they have any significant