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Off The Beaten Path Crystals
Canada
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Join me (Jeff) on my Rockhounding, Crystal Digging, Lapidary and Gem & Mineral related adventures. I go digging for Crystals at a variety of mineral collecting sites around Ontario, Canada in my search for the perfect specimen. Quartz, Apatite and Titanite Crystals are my favorites to search for. The sites I visit in the Bancroft area are known the world over for producing museum quality specimens and have some amazing crystal producing pegmatites just waiting to be searched.
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Come and join me on some short adventures while I explore on and off the beaten path.
Contact me at speed74jdc@hotmail.com
Disclaimer. Hike, explore and mineral collect at your own risk. Please stay on the trails.
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Come and join me on some short adventures while I explore on and off the beaten path.
Contact me at speed74jdc@hotmail.com
Disclaimer. Hike, explore and mineral collect at your own risk. Please stay on the trails.
Quartz Crystal Pocket, Rattlesnake Encounter & Amazing Vista (McCrae-Six Mile Lake Dig) Rockhounding
I find Quartz crystals at the Lake Road road cut beside Six Mile Lake Provincial Park. This well known Quartz Crystal collecting spot has produced some stunning specimens over the years. One crystal pocket is 20 feet deep! I also visit McCrae Lake to check out the amazing vista at the scenic look out.
Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
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Finding Graphite At The Harcourt Graphite Mine (An Ontario, Canada Mineral & Crystal Exploration)
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I come across the old abandoned Harcourt Graphite mine while exploring the Schickler Property for new places to dig. This old mine contains numerous open pits and an adit as well as a three story mill where the Graphite was processed. Join me while I explore this abandoned mine site. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Bushwhacking To Find The Hidden Plexman Prospect (A Quartz, Magnetic Mineral & Rockhound Adventure)
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I search and find the long forgotten Plexman Mine - Prospect located just outside of Madawaska, Ontario. It took some searching and some luck, but I found this very overgrown and forgotten mine lost in the forest. I found loads of Smokey Quartz and an unidentified Magnetic mineral. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Faraday Hill Roadcut Occurrence (Mineral & Crystal Dig) Monck Road, Cardiff, Ontario, Canada
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I visit the Faraday Hill roadcut on Monck Road just outside of Cardiff, Ontario. This roadcut is known for small Blue Apatite Crystals, Tremolite Crystals and Uraninite Crystals. After my adventure I discovered that the Blue Apatite Crystals are located in the Orange Calcite. Join me while I search this roadcut for the elusive Blue Apatite Crystals. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at...
Silver Crater Crystal Collecting & Mine Exploration (Rockhounding Cardiff, Ontario)
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I visit and Rockhound the old Silver Crater mine in Cardiff, Ontario, Canada. This site has produced museum quality Betafite Crystals and was mines for it's Radioactive minerals back in the 1950's. I am on the search or Apatite Crystals and will be searching the calcite spoils piles for these allusive crystals. Rockhound, explore, hike and visit the mine at your own risk. Mines are inherently d...
Orange Calcite & Molybdenum (Rockhounding The Desmont Mine) A Canada Crystal & Mineral Journey
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I rockhound and explore the Desmont Mine outside of Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada. I am searching for Molybdenum but end up finding Molybdenum and lots of bright Orange Calcite. Join me on this mineral & crystal collecting adventure while I explore this Highlands East mine claim. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
20+ Pounds Of Crystals In One Calcite Pocket (How I Find & Clean Crystals) Titanite Hill Public Site
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Crystals galore at Titanite Hill outside of Bancroft, Ontario. I open up a virgin untouched calcite pocket full of 20 pounds of Apatite Crystals. Watch me experience perhaps my best pocket of crystals I have ever found at this well know public dig site. The Apatite crystals I find are a super gemmy green and would make any person into lapidary, Jewelry & Minerals jealous. You too can find gems ...
Finding Crystals In The Forest (A Miller/Smart Mine Calcite Pegmatite Digging Adventure)
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I spend the day searching and digging at the Miller/Smart mine by Lake Clear just outside of Eganville, Ontario. These Calcite pegmatite trenches are full of crystals dissolved out of the Calcite over the eons. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Corundum Crystals In The Clouds (A Gem Adventure At The Craigmont Mountain Mine)
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I climb a mountain in search of Corundum Crystals. This site is located in Craigmont, Ontario, Canada and is know for it's large Corundum mine. As far as I know no Sapphires or Rubies are found at this site, but I wont turn down a grey or gold colored Corundum Crystal if I find one. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Amazing blue-green Amazonite found at the Beryl Pit (re-post better quality video)
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I visit the Beryl Pit just outside of Quadeville, Ontario for some Amazonite mining fun. Turns out the mine is under new ownership and the old dumps and spoils piles have been refreshed or turned over as well as the path in has been improved. I was able to locate some good chunks of Amazonite, Quartz and Schorl (Tourmaline group). Sadly I found no Beryl on this trip but the large chunk of Amazo...
Digging Open A Cave Sealed For 20+ Years, A Claustrophobic Underground Grotto Adventure
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I join fellow cavers Greg and Marcus in our attempt to dig and re-open a Southern Ontario cave that was sealed by a landslide over twenty years ago. The cave entrance was a bit claustrophobic, but the inside turned out better that everyone imagined. Cave, explore, dig and hike at your own risk.
(Private Mine Claim Dig) Searching For Crazy Tremolite & Apatite Crystals North Of Toronto
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I visit a friends private mine claim on the search for the perfect crystal. I end up finding loads of Tremolite and Apatite crystals. Collect, rock hound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk
Abandoned Mine Exploration - A Gypsum Mine Adventure On The Grand River Near Paris Ontario
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I explore and old abandoned gypsum mine near Paris Ontario. Collect, rockhound, explore, dig and hike at your own risk.
How To Dissolve Calcite With Muriatic Acid & Expose The Hidden Crystals - A Rockhounding Tutorial
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A short how to tutorial showing how I use muriatic acid to dissolve Calcite and expose the hidden crystals that are sealed inside the rock. I you have been thinking of trying this process then this short video is for you. These mineral specimens are from and old abandoned gold mine in the Marmora Ontario area and are full of micro Arsenopyrite Crystals just waiting to be revealed. Soon I will d...
Knocked Over By A Vicious Dog While Collecting Crystals At Titanite Hill, A Dog Slobber Adventure
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I venture up to Titanite Hill (AKA) Gibson Road East Occurrence in Ontario Canada for some Spring mineral and crystal collecting fun, Shelby the over excite dog makes an appearance.
Double Terminated Calcite Phantom & A Sunrise For The Ages, A Neon Green Mineral Road Trip Adventure
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Double Terminated Calcite Phantom & A Sunrise For The Ages, A Neon Green Mineral Road Trip Adventure
Monstereo Covering MC5's (Looking at You) at the Planet Bean Halloween Bash Oct 29-2023
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Monstereo Covering MC5's (Looking at You) at the Planet Bean Halloween Bash Oct 29-2023
Meminer And His Metal Bar Of Crystal Extraction, Hard Work Pays Off!!! (Lake Clear Part 2)
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Meminer And His Metal Bar Of Crystal Extraction, Hard Work Pays Off!!! (Lake Clear Part 2)
Rockhounding My Happy Place (Lake Clear) (PART 1) Crystals galore in the Bonnechere Valley.
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Rockhounding My Happy Place (Lake Clear) (PART 1) Crystals galore in the Bonnechere Valley.
Niagara Area Quarry Trip Hosted By The (The Central Canadian Federation Of Mineralogical Societies)
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Niagara Area Quarry Trip Hosted By The (The Central Canadian Federation Of Mineralogical Societies)
Finding Sky Blue Celestine Crystals Clusters and Points (Limestone Quarry Club Trip)
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Finding Sky Blue Celestine Crystals Clusters and Points (Limestone Quarry Club Trip)
Searching For Elusive Smoky Quartz Crystals At The Gibson Road Occurrence (Persistence Pays Off)
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Searching For Elusive Smoky Quartz Crystals At The Gibson Road Occurrence (Persistence Pays Off)
Finding Natural Silver At An Old Silver Mine
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Finding Natural Silver At An Old Silver Mine
Finding Crystals In A (New!!!!) Roadcut By Kingston
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Finding Crystals In A (New!!!!) Roadcut By Kingston
A Digital Microscope Adventure (Crystal Inclusions & Oddities Virtually Naked To The Eye)
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A Digital Microscope Adventure (Crystal Inclusions & Oddities Virtually Naked To The Eye)
Titanite Hill, Miller Mine, Caver461's House, Madoc and more! My Crystal wins and fails of the year
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Titanite Hill, Miller Mine, Caver461's House, Madoc and more! My Crystal wins and fails of the year
Random Fluorite Found While Hiking (CRYSTAL VUG)
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Random Fluorite Found While Hiking (CRYSTAL VUG)
Finding Lapidary Grade Sunstone, Quartz & Blue Apatite. Caver461 joins me on this CRYSTAL Adventure
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Finding Lapidary Grade Sunstone, Quartz & Blue Apatite. Caver461 joins me on this CRYSTAL Adventure
How to find crystals in a limestone quarry (mineral collecting club trip) My best finds of the year!
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How to find crystals in a limestone quarry (mineral collecting club trip) My best finds of the year!
2022 A Crystal Odyssey (Crazy Quartz Pocket Find) Rockhounding Madawaska Ontario
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2022 A Crystal Odyssey (Crazy Quartz Pocket Find) Rockhounding Madawaska Ontario