PLETHORA OF PYRITE - MASSIVE MARBLE MINE

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  • @warrenwall7095
    @warrenwall7095 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My 95yearold dad called tonite,I told him about your video's, how much fun they are,even your visit to the cemetery, thanks again

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Dad would have been the same age as yours. He never expected to survive flying Mosquitos in WW2, so every day afterwards to 92 was a bonus to him.

  • @sandyjamison5929
    @sandyjamison5929 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    We pay the greatest respect to those who have passed by remembering that they'd lived.
    No one truly dies who is in one's heart.
    You paid them all the greatest respect possible, thank you for being so kind 🙂❤️

  • @youtubemusic705
    @youtubemusic705 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this channel. You have the most informative videos for rockhounds on TH-cam. I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. Thanks for the nice comment.

    • @youtubemusic705
      @youtubemusic705 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      meMiner You’re welcome. I really appreciate your videos. There are a lot on rocks and minerals on here, but yours are detailed and show me what I want to see. You do a spectacular job!

  • @mikew2046
    @mikew2046 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ARR Matte you found the PYRITE STASH
    Thanks for another great show, and thanks for bringing us along
    I appreciate and learn so much from your adventures.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for dropping by and the nice comment.

  • @MrInsaint
    @MrInsaint 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You for a nice marble mountain trip. And I also enjoyed all the pyrite findings. I sent a large pyrite vein to laboratories in Holland. And it contains many ppm of gold :-)
    The only cemetery I have visited in the US, was Sims, a ghost town and coal mine in North Dakota. Because my relatives (Hoovestol) lived there from the 1880's. And I found the grave of Peder and Petrine Hoovestol.
    "It's very sad to see so many children in the graveyard you visited.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am sure that Peder and Petrine appreciated the visit.

  • @raindropsfukushemiaflavore9914
    @raindropsfukushemiaflavore9914 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an interesting video. I enjoyed seeing the church an cemetery. All those young people passing sure reminded me of how grateful I am to have a healthy an ~getting older~ family. Thanks for sharing your adventures. You're awesome!!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The good 'ole days had some major hardships. We are very lucky today to have a good understanding of medicine.

  • @sandyjamison5929
    @sandyjamison5929 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the rock hounding videos, tutorials and tours of Canada.
    I didn't feel right putting this comment with my other one.
    Happy Hounding 😀❤️

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I appreciate the nice comment(s). ;-)

  • @Rookie_Rockounding
    @Rookie_Rockounding 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How somber does it feel in old cemeteries. Especially amongst the young. Makes us appreciate what we have a bit more.
    Thanks for sharing man, beautiful pyrites too dude! Just beautiful!

  • @swiftrick15
    @swiftrick15 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Empathy is one of the greatest character traits one could have.
    Well done meMiner, much respect.
    Ooooh...and that Pyrite, wow...lol. Not just for kids. lol

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks swiftrick!

  • @ritadoucet-canada8480
    @ritadoucet-canada8480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would have kept that little pink rock that you held in first part of your video, seeing all those rocks just makes me think of a horn of plenty, we here in Ontario find treasures just by sifting through some old quarries, yet we look for treasures that are mass produced, materialism. Death is not sadness, it should be a happy remembrance of the person who has lived they have gone to find their maker/God, we do not know what death will bring us, I at least hope that it will be a happy event when I pass through the gates of heaven. A song that is special to me ** I am on my way to heaven ** such a joy to sing. Thanks for sharing.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was the only pink that I found that day. I was hoping for something a bit larger that I could polish. Thanks for the nice words on passing away.

  • @kellymartindale247
    @kellymartindale247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for sharing great video and wow oh so young souls in that pretty place measles may be a factor but so sad 😢 on another note your videos are so much clearer viewing great job great camera CHEERS

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I tried to match up some of the dates with known pandemics and they seemed to match up, especially the Russian Influenza and Spanish Flu. This was a remote location and yet they seemed to be victims of these worldwide pandemics. Also, they did not have the medical understanding back then and if you believe it would sometimes bleed the sick people as an attempted cure. Awful.

  • @sarejen6868
    @sarejen6868 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice marble quarry, so bright and white. Different shades of stone with the pyrite and other minerals, embedded in the stone. The old cemetery so many so young 😢 influenza, small pox, measles took so many. Thank you for sharing.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was bright white and hot from the sun reflecting on the rocks in the mine. Things were difficult and life was typically short for the original settlers.

  • @ClaytonCountyHistoryHound
    @ClaytonCountyHistoryHound 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice quarry. Bet that was a blast getting to run around in there for th he day. The cemetery had some beautiful headstones. Thanks for sharing. Take care.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love looking at old mines. Thanks for the nice comment.

  • @jkrahl8346
    @jkrahl8346 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Hey its Jason from the Trip, it was nice getting to meet you after having followed and watched all your videos.
    P.S. While difficult, I did end up splitting up that large rock and etching out the nice cubic specimens.... will be a perfect reminder of a good trip.
    Cheers Jason

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey Jason! It was great to meet up. Glad the rock worked out for you. Hope we cross paths again.

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      @arlosaul6587 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @kohencarlos1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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      @kohencarlos1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @Surrender17
    @Surrender17 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. I also like to see old graves and see how long people lived during that time period. It can be quite sad though.

  • @debiesubaugher
    @debiesubaugher 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to find pyrite as a kid, I think that is what first got me into rock hounding. This stuff you found is outstanding.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For me it was mica, but probably for the same reasons - easy to collect and pretty to look at. ;-)

  • @janvafa4253
    @janvafa4253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love that the old graves are still taken care of!!!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of the better kept spots that I have seen. The church was also in really good shape. Kudos to that community.

  • @meteoriter1647
    @meteoriter1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I also stop by those 19th Century graves and can't help wonder how they looked like or sounded like, but, yeah, the morose sometimes is a wake-up call to me at least when I feel like complaining. Those people lost young children one after another in a century that although was just over 120 years ago, but was really behind in medical care. RIP & respects to those folk from me too. Thanks meMiner for this video.

  • @mctron22rd
    @mctron22rd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love pyrite and wish I could find samples that beautifull!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pyrite is not uncommon. Google the name of your area and "pyrite mineral". You might be surprised by finding a place you can collect.

  • @Smithsgold
    @Smithsgold 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looked like a fun day !!!!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was also a really hot day. I did not take my dog Daisy along as she would have fried. The sun on the white rock was unbelievable. I feel sorry for the workers there who are outside in the summer.

  • @milesnn
    @milesnn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet adventure for rocks some nice looking pieces and area the graveyard is sad but glad to see it is kept up as a lot are not now a days

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for dropping by and your nice comment. It means a lot.

  • @warrenwall7095
    @warrenwall7095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not that cemeteries are fun,but that life is to be appreciated.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly right!

  • @memoryrinehart
    @memoryrinehart 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So did you have to pay for anything taken from the mine? Such beautiful shots of the white walls against the sky...

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was no charge, but had to be a member of a rock and mineral club on a prearranged tour.

  • @maxtheyouth
    @maxtheyouth 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    superbe location , vvery unique

  • @billiefloyd7106
    @billiefloyd7106 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting, alot of waste will they crush it up for something useful? Glad you knowyour minerals

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The piles were the waste rock. They are still mining in the pit for better quality rock.

  • @warrenwall7095
    @warrenwall7095 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dad was in WW2, came back with malaria also it stays in you,I ha e to watch for valley fever when hounding,Ive had it.

  • @ronniep777
    @ronniep777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is their any gold in any of those specimen?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I found one rock off camera that I want to test further. It sure seemed to contain VG along a narrow vein of quartz.

    • @ronniep777
      @ronniep777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I heard that their was opal around where im at and lots of gold .I have not found any yet but I'm looking.i stay around bass lake california. Have a great day.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are centered in a great spot. Lots of info online but here is one reference to get you started, with many "x marks the spot" to check out:
      www.mindat.org/loc-23537.html

  • @kolleraranka6204
    @kolleraranka6204 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful mineral.

  • @mollysingleton7001
    @mollysingleton7001 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pretty awesome video very white there lol pyrite is a cool mineral to collect I have found real nice pieces and cubed on the railroad tracks in the granite rock Also some pretty nice garnets I find really nice pieces in slate stone with theres another mineral that can look like pyrite but i can't remember the name got a brain fart lol it's the gold to grayish mineral that dissolves in the air and light but found some nice big mushroom looking pieces the size of a softball lol I can't think of that mineral I'm sure you no what I'm talking about anyways great video brother thanks for sharing

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ORPIMENT? Sometimes it can be associated with Red Realgar crystals. Both contain arsenic, so be sure to wash up after handling them...

  • @richardwarnock2789
    @richardwarnock2789 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That fun then sad them had a short life now have peace thanks!!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It must have been awful to see the young ones gets sick and not recover. Sometimes life is very unfair.

  • @stevestones7083
    @stevestones7083 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those mines are beautiful..

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting spot, for sure.

    • @stevestones7083
      @stevestones7083 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      By chance is it Open to public by appointment

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope. The only way to get into this and other active mines are to be with a club - with insurance, have the necessary safety gear and field trip personnel to keep everybody safe (stop people from doing dumb things). For sure it might be a liability thing, but could also be a government regulation.

  • @todtiger
    @todtiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @SmallWonda
    @SmallWonda 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! What a marble mine - my idea of Treasure Heaven - I'm always looking for white and or sparkly things for the garden! And sad - being I'm suffering from Megga Flu myself, I do wonder how those poor souls survived such things without Kleenex or lemons and honey, even. RIP - Very nice video 😎

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice and thoughtful comment. Thanks

  • @robrabbit2773
    @robrabbit2773 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought you were about to start filming a Sci Fi movie there for a minute 😆 What a cool place to get access to. We had an influenza pandemic here in NZ in 1918, killed about 9000 people in about 3months, terrible and very sad as it would have been in Canada. Feel blessed to have access to good healthcare in our day for sure.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It felt like a Sci Fi movie. All white rock reflecting the sun and the huge pit.

    • @meteoriter1647
      @meteoriter1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rob Rabbit; it is somewhat ironic that in the present Coronavirus pandemic, New Zealand did very well, you wrote that two years back probably little knowing New Zealand would do so well a 102 years later.

    • @robrabbit2773
      @robrabbit2773 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meteoriter1647 yes strange indeed but easier for us here with a smaller population and the ability to shut international flights out, breaks my heart what has happened in the rest of the world but humans being what we are it's not surprising this is happening. Three years ago I was working for a manufacturing jewellers and I started buying Silver bullion and coins (not because I'm a greedy hoarder) and my work colleagues commented on it being a bit silly, why bother with Silver, it'll never go up much, my reply was because " when something bad happens in the world again and it will and I'm in need, I'll have this silver as a little bit of a fallback" they still thought I was silly. So I now work for myself as a jeweller, silver has gone from $15 US an ounce to $26(approx) an ounce and I dont have to buy Sterling Silver and can make my own, saving a lot of Dosh😉 But I was the silly one🙄 Rock and mineral collecting is so similar, people called us silly three plus years ago and now its becoming so popular again to the point people can make real good living from it😄

    • @meteoriter1647
      @meteoriter1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robrabbit2773; indeed I agree, some people think rock-hounding is silly but in fact it has a holistic healing thing about it - for example I was speaking to this guy not too long ago about how people are so afraid of asbestos and I said you can't believe how beautiful tremolite is (it is one form of asbestos) and it makes for gems when you can find a clear piece of it and get to facet it, so green, can you believe what he said, he replied and so is crystal meth, a hurtful remark I thought. We rock-hounds speak from a different world, I appreciate nature and attribute the beauty to a creative power. Nature, God, whatever one chooses to call it. When I hold a clear crystal, best example being Cerussite I feel mesmerized by the cloudy-based crystals with very high refractive index towards their ends, simple-minded, superficial (key word, do you agree?) people might think we bunch are, but I am at that instant of holding that crystal outside of my selfish thoughts and in awe of that masterpiece. So I don't care what people say, you can't please everyone in any case, finally I had the last say, I said, did you also know that when tremolite is further metamorphosed it becomes jade? And everyone knows how valuable jade is. Did he care, I don't think so, but should I care if he cared or not? So in short, mineral collecting also has a philosophical quality to it as well, how the mundane and perhaps harmful asbestos can be transformed into a gem, much like a bad person can become a good person if they were to discipline and work on themselves. So my thought process goes. As the proverbial saying goes, he who laughs last, laughs best. The coronavirus pandemic has made some people come to their senses, take a step back and appreciate that what might appear simple is on a higher plane of thought very noble.

    • @robrabbit2773
      @robrabbit2773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meteoriter1647 Very well put👍👍

  • @JohnSmith-rx3on
    @JohnSmith-rx3on 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When i was a kid i told another kid i had a lump of gold (pyrite) and swapped him for loads of sweets 😀😀

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wonder if that would still work. LOL

    • @rickcruz3382
      @rickcruz3382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You scored!

  • @ralphf772
    @ralphf772 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should have taken a truck load of pyrite and marble home and built some decorative fence posts for your sidewalks.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good idea.

  • @karendarling7246
    @karendarling7246 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there any places in Tennessee to dig for stones

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are some known places. Maybe this will help get you started:
      tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/mining/

  • @wind571evergreen
    @wind571evergreen 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree it's sad so many were so young. 😇

  • @YvonneSebastian1980
    @YvonneSebastian1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok, first squint one eye..adjust your cowboy hat.hunker down a bit and insert an older southern draw..."There's gold in them their hills".. lol..ok sounded better in my head..love me some fools gold ..great video!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would do my best Marlboro Man impression and probably the comments would be "all fool, no gold". LOL

  • @jessewilson8676
    @jessewilson8676 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Years ago I got some pyrite and collected it fresh from a mine set it next to a pile of wood when I got home it was raining the next day was sunny and saw smoke the pyrite started the wood pile burning... no idea how but it did. We got it out easy enough but the pyrite was smoking in the rock and the smell it was putting off would choke you, like car battery. Careful how you store them.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pyrite is from the Greek word "pyr" which means “fire.” They called it that because you could get a hot spark to start a fire if you strike it with steel. However, I have never heard of spontaneous combustion. There must have been something else associated with your samples that got hot when exposed to air. The stink could have been sulfur in the pyrite.

    • @jessewilson8676
      @jessewilson8676 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/qo9Zwhvg5lE/w-d-xo.html. Found this example on YT a lot like what happened to us 40 years ago nut image the rocks placed next to wood pile dead grass etc.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing that video. I know Dan in BC but didn't see this video before. Interesting...

  • @paullabrosse5673
    @paullabrosse5673 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greig my back yard smiles My friend was Geologist there got a few cubes smiles re old cemeteries i found one on a trail 1838

  • @theogdirkdiggler
    @theogdirkdiggler 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ty for sharing

  • @bee4pcgoldrule592
    @bee4pcgoldrule592 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marble is used as a base in high end plaster wall applications in custom homes here . It polishes up real nice .but at a heavy instillation price.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is one of the things that the marble from this mine is used for. The same company has marble mines elsewhere that are for things like toothpaste. If you cannot grow it, you have to mine it...

  • @jeppi0285
    @jeppi0285 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shall I look in old Iron-and-marblemines to find some Pyrite.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pyrites are fairly common anywhere that fluids moved through bedrock. I have found pyrites in the old rock dumps at most abandoned mine sites: Iron, copper, marble, etc. However, for me, the best cubic pyrites have been in sedimentary rocks such as shales.

    • @jeppi0285
      @jeppi0285 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meMiner limestones to?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have looked in vugs in limestone for galena and crystals of calcite, fluorite, etc. Still, pyrite is possible.

  • @EricHe123
    @EricHe123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    grab a bug chunk that already has pyrite then etch the entire rock with acid to get good cubes

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would take quite a bit of acid but would be fun. ;-)

  • @lukecollins5215
    @lukecollins5215 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey im interested in finding some pyrite. I live in Peterborough ontario. I have looked online but cant pin point a spot to start searching. Can you send me in the right direction?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cubic pyrite crystals or massive pyrite?

    • @lukecollins5215
      @lukecollins5215 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meMiner mostly intetested in cubic.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      More difficult to find good cubic. I like it too. Best place I know is Temagami, which is about a 5 hour drive for you. I am sure there closer places that I am unaware.

    • @lukecollins5215
      @lukecollins5215 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meMiner thanks for reply! Maybe i should start with some massive pyrite, any suggestions for a good place to look for that stuff?

  • @tavaresward3626
    @tavaresward3626 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey MeMiner i have a few pieces of rock i need help identifying do u have a email i can send pics of them too?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My email is meminer@gmail.com It is difficult to ID a mineral from a picture. I usually direct people to the search function at mindat.org where you can enter what you know about the mineral and it will provide suggestions with pictures. ie. it is easier to narrow down the options based on location, hardness, etc and then look at pictures, rather than the other way around.

    • @tavaresward3626
      @tavaresward3626 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meMiner thank you!!! I really appreciate your help hope one day i can go to canada and learn some things

  • @michaelzsizseri8015
    @michaelzsizseri8015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    God bless 🙏

  • @warrenwall7095
    @warrenwall7095 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Steel toed boots very wise

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For sure. Those rocks in the dump are loose, wobbly and heavy.

  • @janvafa4253
    @janvafa4253 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tiger tail ice cream must be a Canadian thing!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe. LOL

  • @markthomas3730
    @markthomas3730 ปีที่แล้ว

    what town is this ??

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  ปีที่แล้ว

      Ontario (Canada0

  • @mixastar4072
    @mixastar4072 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this gold
    ؟؟

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is some gold associated with pyrite in this area.

  • @brandontwining9338
    @brandontwining9338 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have any apatite for sale?

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't currently sell my rocks. I collect for fun.

    • @brandontwining9338
      @brandontwining9338 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok ty

  • @rickcruz3382
    @rickcruz3382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bragged about my gold nuggets in elementary school on show and tell day at bransford elementary Fairfield Ca.
    That was a very sad ending simply because the age of the little ones

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Explorer Martin Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore on one of his trips across the Atlantic and brought back to England a shipload of worthless iron pyrite ('fool's gold'). Whoops. ;-)

    • @rickcruz3382
      @rickcruz3382 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@meMiner I'm guessing he was unemployed after that

  • @ogama843
    @ogama843 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like pyrite too. Guess I’m still a kid.

    • @ogama843
      @ogama843 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cherie Monique I know what he was saying. He’s still a kid too! It’s nice to still have childlike wonder, and what better way to nurture that than going rock hounding!

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still have a childlike wonder for crystals. ;-) I always have shiny rocks in my truck to give away to kids and other rockhounds who are interested.

  • @memoryrinehart
    @memoryrinehart 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You could have slammed a piece of that tremolite rock off---(with your goggles on) lol.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was end of day and I had been baking in the sun, including the walk to the bottom of the quarry. Last thing I wanted to do was get the sledge. It is there for the next guy...

  • @korpakukac
    @korpakukac 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude, font just smash stuff. You can dissolve that marble and get the crystals out undamaged.

  • @loyalkuhn5778
    @loyalkuhn5778 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Preceded by a bevy of birds and boulders...

  • @symonsheppard5519
    @symonsheppard5519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pandemics are a horrible thing, in the past the flu pandemics would completely destroy communities and strangely they would be fatal to some generations but not others, so sad when children pass before they have really experienced life.
    I didn't see one marble, not even any of the ones you've lost.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In some cases, the disease was bad, but the "cures" were worse. Bleeding, snake oil, etc. We are very lucky today with the current medical knowledge.

    • @symonsheppard5519
      @symonsheppard5519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      meMiner
      Come on Greig, we all know there is no cure for common cold, or influenza the germs are metamorphic , you can't cure something that keeps changing.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure but at least now they understand what is ailing you and have some strategies to address, contain or avoid it.

  • @BigFireDave
    @BigFireDave 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please dont get me wrong, I am not complaining or criticizing. But if you could would you make sure your video sound level is at least the same as the intro level. We can always turn the level down but when you are already at max level and still cant hear what your saying, well, sometimes I just skip the rest of the video and go on to another.

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the feedback. It is helpful.

  • @piratedredger1857
    @piratedredger1857 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello buddy can you not sell that fools gold lol .☠👍👍👍⛏💙

    • @meMiner
      @meMiner  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      True.