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Wow you guys sure found some ecellent pieces this time around! Those two keepers are really spectacular! Its always nice to return to a location and find what you initially went looking for! And the rest is really bonus material! Those magnatite crystals are pretty awesome! And like you said, this time around you are doing the thumbnail and perky box size specimens, so you dont have toug out big buckets full of material that you will probably just discard half way back to the car! Its way wasier to carry thing that fit in a thumbnail or a perky box size! That magnatite is really heavy stuff! Im glad you and sara had a better trip out there this time. That means you are doing it right! Lol! Great specimens and you only had to carry half the weight that you would normally have had to carry! Thank goodness for downsizing you specimens❣️ 😆 Thanks Jared and Sara for the fantastic adventure!
I really like looking for things with a very specific size in mind. It really helps to keep the collection in check. What I keep forgetting to do is to keep a thumbnail box in my pack for size checking.
Fun video, I don't know exactly why the apatite is formed like that but maybe the conditions for apatite formation wasn't great and so they mostly didn't fully crystallize and look very amorphous we have something like that happening to a lot of the apatite locations up here in Ontario the crystals seem to form with some interesting side effect, bolbbiness, skeletal forms, etc. Up here we have a couple theories like skeletal formations, long term etching, calcite pressing up against the crystals during formation, etc, and in all likeliness it's a combo of multiple factors during and after formation.
Great finds! I copied this information from Mindat.... "Fluorapatite is by far the most common species in the apatite group. It occurs in almost all igneous rocks, during initial phases of paragenesis, as an accessory mineral, commonly in microscopic crystals, and may occur as very large bodies as late-magmatic segregations in alkaline igneous rocks. Also occurs crystallized in pegmatitic facies of acidic and basic types of igneous rocks. Common in magnetite deposits, and in hydrothermal veins, particularly those formed at high temperatures, and in Alpine cleft-type veins."
I like her comment about who's backpack it is going into. Word of warning, if a geologist or rockhound says, can you help me I am moving, then start running fast.
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I love that Sarah is finding her voice on the videos! So much fun.
fun fact this is the southern end of a extint super volcano known as indian peaks super volcano
Great trip. I’m glad it was spring….not summer! No one else out there. Thanks.
Wow you guys sure found some ecellent pieces this time around! Those two keepers are really spectacular! Its always nice to return to a location and find what you initially went looking for! And the rest is really bonus material! Those magnatite crystals are pretty awesome! And like you said, this time around you are doing the thumbnail and perky box size specimens, so you dont have toug out big buckets full of material that you will probably just discard half way back to the car! Its way wasier to carry thing that fit in a thumbnail or a perky box size! That magnatite is really heavy stuff! Im glad you and sara had a better trip out there this time. That means you are doing it right! Lol! Great specimens and you only had to carry half the weight that you would normally have had to carry! Thank goodness for downsizing you specimens❣️ 😆 Thanks Jared and Sara for the fantastic adventure!
I really like looking for things with a very specific size in mind. It really helps to keep the collection in check. What I keep forgetting to do is to keep a thumbnail box in my pack for size checking.
Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!
Excellent Video, it is good to see you two having fun. Yes, I watch your channel because they are informative. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! I'm glad you like the videos.
Fun video, I don't know exactly why the apatite is formed like that but maybe the conditions for apatite formation wasn't great and so they mostly didn't fully crystallize and look very amorphous we have something like that happening to a lot of the apatite locations up here in Ontario the crystals seem to form with some interesting side effect, bolbbiness, skeletal forms, etc. Up here we have a couple theories like skeletal formations, long term etching, calcite pressing up against the crystals during formation, etc, and in all likeliness it's a combo of multiple factors during and after formation.
As always, your comments are insightful.
I'm also not sure why these formed like this and I'm also not really sure how to find out exactly.
I'm glad you were able to find whay you wanted on this trip. It is beautifully uv reactive. Thanks for the scenic trip .
That's some excellent fluorapatite.
Thank you!
Great finds! I copied this information from Mindat.... "Fluorapatite is by far the most common species in the apatite group. It occurs in almost all igneous rocks, during initial phases of paragenesis, as an accessory mineral, commonly in microscopic crystals, and may occur as very large bodies as late-magmatic segregations in alkaline igneous rocks. Also occurs crystallized in pegmatitic facies of acidic and basic types of igneous rocks. Common in magnetite deposits, and in hydrothermal veins, particularly those formed at high temperatures, and in Alpine cleft-type veins."
Love this area- I plan on looking for lodestone next time I'm down there.
That is also on my bucket list.
The green mineral looks more like epidote. Nice finds 👍
Awesome fluorescence
I have found the magnetite with banded agate in it. And if you go further west you can find awesome agates, Jasper and even geodes/thundereggs
I have seen some photos of those. Very nice stuff.
@CurrentlyRockhounding I can always show you photos and locations if your interested. I live in southern Utah and know most of the best locations.
Seriously want a piece to add to my uv collection. Too cool
Nice findzzz!!!
Cool.
Thank you!
Very interesting minerals
Agreed!
Bodacious!
I like her comment about who's backpack it is going into. Word of warning, if a geologist or rockhound says, can you help me I am moving, then start running fast.
Ha!
Mountain Goat it around indeed lol.
Some great finds!!!
I sure hope you have yourself "Secured"out in the wild.❤
I don't know what you're trying to say here.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Protection!
The green mineral is epidote
I'm sorry, but that is not correct.