@@RockHoundingAdventures Would be a honor to be able to work with some of your great finds👍 Btw super cool Idea you announced in the last Rockhound Podcast Episode with Theo Kellison😉
Right about 4:30 there was a layered bit in olivine shades..the reddish jasper bits.. The fruita area has lots of agatized wood. I have a bit from there.. Thanks for sharing.
@@rebeccaofsunnybrookefarm8469 yes there is a nice verity of Agatized Wood there. I’ve found white Agatized Wood, black and red Agatized Wood in the area. South of Grand Junction I found a limb cast with red bark and black Agatized Wood.
Yes, at some point in time it was part of a river in another time era. It’s currently right off the Colorado River. Temps at that time were decent like the mid 80’s dry heat.
Interesting, it definitely looks like Fire. I will actually post a video making a free form Cabochon out of some of this material I collected from this video.
@@Jeff-bi7jn I do not believe so. I know there is a dealer in GJ that sells Colorado sapphire in matrix. But for finding your own I’d bet you would have to research it. Possibly found in the mountains in central part of the state.
I'd love to know the coordinates, as I hike all around here frequently, live very near by. I've found quite a few, though I never know if it's agate, common opal, or even Petrified wood. I also see the chocolate opal type stuff, but I thought it was chalcedony. How do you tell the difference?
@@sandyo5453 so the location is on the back side of opal hill passed the cattle guard on state owned land. Agate, pet wood, jasper, and chalcedony all have the same hardness. Opal is a lot softer in tone. And when handling it it has a different texture/feeling.
@@johnnynephrite6147 it certainly is but you need to know where you can go. BLM Land and State Land are ok for rock hunting but not in Conservation Land.
How can one tell Agate and Opal apart? I see Agate, Opal and Chert and for the most part they all look the same to me especially as here in NJ its all water worn as we use to be under the ocean or our geology is runoff from the mountains of NY and PA. Chert seems to me to be a bit more satin finish but even that I could be wrong about. Common misidentification on the internet is even more difficult and Specific gravity tends to be relatively all over for both stones overlapping at that :(
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: Pretty keepers. Loved the flower pictures. 🌼
@@kellyharper367 thanks for watching
I like the wild flowers!
Just as fun the second time around! Rock on!
Thanks for coming back
These red Agates are so beautiful...love them :)
I know... super beautiful and vivid
Very nice small specimens. 💚
Thanks, I’m going to go back soon
Definitely found some great material to tumble! I need to get my tumbler rollin... some really beautiful banded chert in my area.
When you get your tumbler up and running let me know and I’ll send you some tumbling material
Love that barite!!! I gotta get back out to the old barite mine near me!
Yes, you need to go back there. I enjoyed watching you find those.
Another amazing lesson of what to look for and such beautiful finds.
Thanks for watching.
Great finds, lovely colors. Wonderful
Thanks man, when I can I will have to send you some stuff to work
@@RockHoundingAdventures Would be a honor to be able to work with some of your great finds👍
Btw super cool Idea you announced in the last Rockhound Podcast Episode with Theo Kellison😉
You are so close to my relatives..
Whitewater is a great area as well as Clifton and grand junction. ..
I should have spent more time there.
Right about 4:30 there was a layered bit in olivine shades..the reddish jasper bits..
The fruita area has lots of agatized wood. I have a bit from there..
Thanks for sharing.
@@rebeccaofsunnybrookefarm8469 yes there is a nice verity of Agatized Wood there. I’ve found white Agatized Wood, black and red Agatized Wood in the area. South of Grand Junction I found a limb cast with red bark and black Agatized Wood.
Great video my brother, very beautiful rocks ❤️❤️ Keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks man
Nice finds
Thanks
Awesome video Kurt! The orange agates are awesome! I love the ending with all the rocks you kept and your intro!!!
Thanks, I’ll take you and will here
Kurt, really nice hunt out in the field. Great color agates, makes me want to go hounding. Thanks for the video, Take Care
Thanks man. I can’t wait to get back out
You definitely aren't going to run out of material for the tumbler! Sucks you had to edit out your sasquatch encounter, that was my favorite part! ;)
Lol 😂 agreed. It was so so cool to experience that encounter.
What? A real sasquatch?
Hey. I see the rocks are all well rounded. Was that a river bed a time point and how is the temp there?
Yes, at some point in time it was part of a river in another time era. It’s currently right off the Colorado River. Temps at that time were decent like the mid 80’s dry heat.
What are the gps coordinates? In Fruita now want to explore! Great videos too
Ive always heard of the red "agate" in with the common opal refferred to as fire opal or fire agate.
Interesting, it definitely looks like Fire. I will actually post a video making a free form Cabochon out of some of this material I collected from this video.
Love all the info in your videos. Just wondering if you can find sapphire in this location?
@@Jeff-bi7jn I do not believe so. I know there is a dealer in GJ that sells Colorado sapphire in matrix. But for finding your own I’d bet you would have to research it. Possibly found in the mountains in central part of the state.
How do you know what these are?? Where did you learn this. I want to learn about them
Can you provide time stamps of which part your referencing to so I can better help you? 😊
Go up 21 road to last left, up the hill almost to the top and on the right a big bone
@@RodHelms-e6k that’s cool. I’ll have to check it out next time I’m in the area. Thanks for the tip
I'd love to know the coordinates, as I hike all around here frequently, live very near by. I've found quite a few, though I never know if it's agate, common opal, or even Petrified wood. I also see the chocolate opal type stuff, but I thought it was chalcedony. How do you tell the difference?
@@sandyo5453 so the location is on the back side of opal hill passed the cattle guard on state owned land.
Agate, pet wood, jasper, and chalcedony all have the same hardness. Opal is a lot softer in tone. And when handling it it has a different texture/feeling.
I thought Fruita was for mountain biking. Rock hopping AND rock hounding!!!
@@johnnynephrite6147 it certainly is but you need to know where you can go. BLM Land and State Land are ok for rock hunting but not in Conservation Land.
How can one tell Agate and Opal apart? I see Agate, Opal and Chert and for the most part they all look the same to me especially as here in NJ its all water worn as we use to be under the ocean or our geology is runoff from the mountains of NY and PA. Chert seems to me to be a bit more satin finish but even that I could be wrong about. Common misidentification on the internet is even more difficult and Specific gravity tends to be relatively all over for both stones overlapping at that :(
too much jasper being called "common opal". Opal common or gem, is light and you might think its plastic, with a specific gravity of around 2.15.
I'll send you a message using messenger. :)