Precious Gems You Won't Believe Are Hiding in Plain Sight!

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @IBRAKEFORBEDROCK
    @IBRAKEFORBEDROCK 7 месяцев назад +8

    I`m always on the lookout for gems & minerals 💎 Jolly good show Chris ! ⛏⛏

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks. I like your large scale 4 tray dry washer.

    • @iinezlee6534
      @iinezlee6534 7 месяцев назад +1

      Hey hi I brakeforbedrock, I'm subscribed to your channel as well as this Chris Ralph's channel!!! I like you guys videos they rock!!!
      👍♥️

  • @John-ir2zf
    @John-ir2zf 7 месяцев назад +4

    I love gold.....who doesn't !
    But gems are actually more abundant and the variety lends itself to chances of finding a gemstone.
    I lived in western mass. for two decades and spent a lot of time at the old loudville lead and silver mine. But about 20 miles southwest of that mine is a small town named Blandford. The metamorphosed schist in that area has beautiful garnet and kyanite in it. I have found several inches long kyanite crystals with its classic triclinic shape and many garnets up to about a half inch across.
    Thank you for sharing this with everyone, it's a great thing to also help gold prospectors break up the monotony of solely searching for gold !!!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      When you are out prospecting, you might as well be aware of other stuff too.

  • @marclours
    @marclours 7 месяцев назад +1

    Very interesting and useful course. Thank you very much.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you liked it!

  • @michaelpaul2581
    @michaelpaul2581 7 месяцев назад

    Is this video about keeping your eyes open? Another awesome video professor sir Brotherman Chris!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Keeping your eyes open is one of the main points. Glad you liked the video.

  • @CarleneAugustus-v8l
    @CarleneAugustus-v8l 5 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the information

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  5 месяцев назад

      No worries, glad you enjoyed it.

  • @rayblazejko6908
    @rayblazejko6908 4 месяца назад

    Very informative . Cheers

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  4 месяца назад

      Glad it was helpful!

    • @rayblazejko6908
      @rayblazejko6908 4 месяца назад

      @@ChrisRalph I just put a black light on order

  • @visamedic
    @visamedic 7 месяцев назад +1

    Huh…I think I tossed some sapphires, maybe garnets. I’ll have to go back to Tamarack Creek next trip up. Just getting all my stuff together. It’s been in storage for so long. Been dying to go up and dig a bit. Definitely have to pay more attention to my pan or sluice. Thank you for the video. I have to admit I almost always watch and then jump to the next one without hitting the like button, but I’m getting better at it. Definitely a like 😂😁👍

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks, glad to hear that the video was helpful.

  • @toddeftsadams5909
    @toddeftsadams5909 7 месяцев назад +3

    I have found small clear diamonds here in that area in south Wyoming. I’m luck to live next door to those vents,

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      That is awesome! Congratulations.

    • @ModernProspector
      @ModernProspector 7 месяцев назад

      Which area of Wyoming? The stateline kimberlite district or the Cedar Mountain lamprophyre district?

  • @atifmehmoodkhan7056
    @atifmehmoodkhan7056 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks a lot Sir from core of my heart You are really Great God bless You❤

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      It's my pleasure

  • @Bluepanda555
    @Bluepanda555 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hello can you help me out in identifying if a rock is precious stones?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      I get quite a few people every day who want me to ID their rock and mineral photos. I do not offer a mineral ID service, mostly because it’s not as easy as you think. Usually, minerals cannot be identified from just a picture. Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/видео.html and Part 2 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/zOWo49X90gA/видео.html and Part 3 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/_ab5NngRlVw/видео.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions

    • @Bluepanda555
      @Bluepanda555 7 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisRalph ok thanks I will check them out

  • @Smithsgold
    @Smithsgold 7 месяцев назад +1

    sweet !!!!!!!!!

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @marlenejordaan2787
    @marlenejordaan2787 5 месяцев назад

    Hi, in northern Ontario by Dryden you think there could be any gemstones? I love gemstones.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  5 месяцев назад

      I live in the western USA and have never been to Ontario. So, do some research on Ontario with Google.

  • @psylocibin9359
    @psylocibin9359 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you as always! Could you make a video on placer gold in northern Spain? Geology shows there should be some good gold silver etc deposits but not much is mined since the romans. For example they started a mine just weeks before the civil war and in those 3 weeks they mines massive amounts of arsenopyrite/pyrite and at least 4 kilos of gold. When the war started they stopped and never went further. The mine is located in Cerler close to the French border

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      Maybe one day. I've never been to Spain, and less than 1 percent of my viewers are from Spain. Probably 99 percent of my viewers would have no interest in it. You would be interested but the vast majority, no.

    • @psylocibin9359
      @psylocibin9359 7 месяцев назад

      Alright that sounds fair😅​@@ChrisRalph

  • @briankerr4512
    @briankerr4512 7 месяцев назад

    you have a very interesting channel ... I used to have a rock collection when I was a young guy.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Glad you like the channel.

  • @daviddavey1727
    @daviddavey1727 7 месяцев назад +1

    The kind of rock formation and type gold and gemstones are found in are typically different from one another. Garnet and placer gold are an exception .

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Yes, but it is possible to have different types of rocks erroding to one drainage. Also quartz crystals and sometimes agates occur with gold / silver deposits.

    • @daviddavey1727
      @daviddavey1727 7 месяцев назад

      @@ChrisRalph In placer, the mixing of different deposits together is always a possibility

  • @JanineBoudreau-su1yk
    @JanineBoudreau-su1yk 7 месяцев назад

    Hi. I recently was in my fenced in compound backyard yard on a bug hunt. I caught a spider and accidentally put it in the same jar as my gold collection. My jar is fogging up. Im worried about my jar that the breath will make it crack and my gold might get webs on it what do i do. What do i doooo

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Flush the spider out with water.

  • @brownsvillebigu4955
    @brownsvillebigu4955 7 месяцев назад

    I found a rock and drilled holes in it. The dust has gold pieces in the dust with diamonds and the dark grayish spots on it I drilled holes and the inside is also the same darkish grey that looks like platinum. I need to send you pictures is there away I can reach you

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      I get quite a few people every day who want me to ID their rock and mineral photos. I do not offer a mineral ID service, mostly because it’s not as easy as you think. Usually, minerals cannot be identified from just a picture. Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/MpkW58ZeQlc/видео.html and Part 2 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/zOWo49X90gA/видео.html and Part 3 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/_ab5NngRlVw/видео.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions.

  • @kmagnussen1052
    @kmagnussen1052 7 месяцев назад +2

    To be pedantic gold is not heavy it is DENSE.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      And you notice that I said both dense and heavy in my discussion. Still you do win the pedantic comment of the week award. 🏆

    • @jarrodanderson2124
      @jarrodanderson2124 7 месяцев назад +1

      You nailed it

  • @FrancaFrancis-vw6kw
    @FrancaFrancis-vw6kw 7 месяцев назад

    When you find diamond do you take it to the government ?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Not in the USA. However, I don't know what country you live in.

    • @FrancaFrancis-vw6kw
      @FrancaFrancis-vw6kw 7 месяцев назад

      You don't say anything tiny

  • @JanineBoudreau-su1yk
    @JanineBoudreau-su1yk 7 месяцев назад

    There was a time long time ago where there was dirt floors and they used urine to tan clothes . And poor people would sell their urin in a pan to the tanning guy. Hence so broke didnt have a pan to do this now future advance have rose and we can pan gold

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад

      Panning gold is good 👍

  • @Tomcat8911
    @Tomcat8911 7 месяцев назад +1

    I have to laugh, the more I know actually means the less I know.Yes I can tell a "rock"from something of value. But many books later in general I still guess at what I have. Yes I do find good gems ,by accident. Good stuff you just know. 4y later still a rookie rock hound. 😂

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +1

      It takes time to learn, we all learn a little bit at a time.

    • @Tomcat8911
      @Tomcat8911 7 месяцев назад

      @ChrisRalph I will get your books as more knowledge can't hurt. I told myself not to get gold fever...lol

  • @davidrobinson8875
    @davidrobinson8875 7 месяцев назад

    What are the best gemstones to find in Alabama? I know of placer gold in places and flakes in the creeks but gemstones I am curious about

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  7 месяцев назад +2

      There are lots of gemstones to find in Alabama. Use Google to search for more specific information on places, types of stones available, etc.

  • @ameliamcgrath5669
    @ameliamcgrath5669 6 месяцев назад

    Could you consider copper-nickel and PGM..??

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  6 месяцев назад

      What do you think I should "Consider them as ... "?