Luv the video, your enthusiasm, narration, and especially the comedy. The details you give is fantastic. Im in my late 50's just learning the rockhounding hobby, I learned so much from just this one video, thanks!! and keep it up!! I look forward to your future videos.....
Thank you so much for the wonderfully kind words! Your comment really means a lot to me... I'm glad you enjoyed the video and that you found it both helpful and entertaining. Rockhounding is definitely a super fun hobby and I'm glad you're getting into it!!!
Hey bro im headed to the Virgin Mnts this weekend. Ive been following your vids for the past year, and want to thank you for giving me leads for collecting rocks. If you ever need more hiking buddys im down to join. Peace
Thank you! I'm glad you found my video insightful, and I definitely recommend making a trip out there to do some rockhounding. Thanks for your support!
Thank you for the support and the kind words! Geology is my passion and soon-to-be-career (I graduate with my BS in Geology in a week and I'm stoked!!!) Luckily, I have not had a run in with an aggressive cow... I'd be terrified to have an experience like that haha!
@@RagnarRocks oh man, I LOVE Washington state... we have family friends in Bellingham and Seattle and I’ve got a specimen of Stilpnomelane from the Northern Cascades... WA has amazing geology and scenery. I’ll be there soon my friend, that’s for sure
Makes sense, Green Muscovite arguably sounds cooler than Beryl 😂 I know you do your research in this area, you’re the expert here! I was in your petrology class at UNLV (well Arya’s, but you were the TA)!
@@solomonsoutdooradventures Some of the coordinates for these locations on mindat vs. the Olson and Hinrich (1960) paper (which does not give a great description of their location for sampled pegmatites) are a bit misleading. If you go back, I recommend going up the hillside that is on your right at 3:31 for beryl and fine-grained (aplitic) spessartine. And going to Taglo Mine through Cabin Canyon for chrysoberyl and 4-10 cm muscovite books. There is also massive chrysoberyl in a large pegmatite boulder at the entrance to Cabin Canyon with very large garnets (a few several cm's wide but impossible to get out) on top of the boulder. Unfortunately, there are also no Li-minerals here (other than some minor Li muscovite that is only mentioned in the literature), so there should be no lepidolite.
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you mention that you can rockhound on the west of the main dirt road, it seems that the most of the mountain is BLM land. Couldn't you rockhound anywhere out there?
Luv the video, your enthusiasm, narration, and especially the comedy. The details you give is fantastic. Im in my late 50's just learning the rockhounding hobby, I learned so much from just this one video, thanks!! and keep it up!! I look forward to your future videos.....
Thank you so much for the wonderfully kind words! Your comment really means a lot to me... I'm glad you enjoyed the video and that you found it both helpful and entertaining. Rockhounding is definitely a super fun hobby and I'm glad you're getting into it!!!
First vid I've watched of yours, great stuff
Great work. Incredible finds and entertaining. Thank you for sharing.
Good Job !!
Like your videos !!
You should get best new channel in 2021! Your not dull and full of knowledge!
You should have more followers for how much info you blend into the finding..I am impressed.
Hey bro im headed to the Virgin Mnts this weekend. Ive been following your vids for the past year, and want to thank you for giving me leads for collecting rocks. If you ever need more hiking buddys im down to join. Peace
This is a great video! I wish I could identify everything I see when I go out! Also your voice quality sounds great when your outdoors.
Awesome videos, helps me with my fascination of the Mojave and Las Vegas. Hope you keep it up man! Cheers from Canada!
Thank you for your support!!! I’m super happy that you’re enjoying the channel :) Cheers from Vegas!
There's Petrified Wood about a mile or two from that spot btw.. Good Luck Hunting!
You deserve way more subscribers my man
Good video y'all
Enjoying your rockhounding videos very much. Keep up the good work.
I've lived in vegas for over a year now. Great information you give. Have been wanting to go rockhounding and didn't know where in vegas.
Thank you! I'm glad you found my video insightful, and I definitely recommend making a trip out there to do some rockhounding. Thanks for your support!
You are really good with your materials and what you are looking at and for, good job and liking what you are putting out there
awesome finds, I wish I was there...
Thanks man! I highly recommend making a trip out here, if anything it's a new perspective from what you usually see around Vegas haha
I drove through that area when I was there 10 years ago. It's a cool place, I would like to go back there. Thanks for the information.
Of course! I'd never been there before we went on this adventure, the are is REALLY cool...
I had a black tourmaline crystal I found on a mine dump and 2 tiny blue sapphire crystals.
Would like some more definitions
I should have done a reacting video to this- HILARIOUS! the pixelated thumb area-DEAD!
Do you take a gps with you to get coordinates of the area where you find rocks?
went up to that exact spot yesterday, took my quad so I didn't walk as much as y'all did. lol
Great video, have you checked out Gold Mtn yet?
great videos man how do u know where to dig to try to find stuff lol
Just found your channel, great video! I love how knowledgeable you are and sweet finds! Have you have a run in with an aggressive cow?! haha
Thank you for the support and the kind words! Geology is my passion and soon-to-be-career (I graduate with my BS in Geology in a week and I'm stoked!!!) Luckily, I have not had a run in with an aggressive cow... I'd be terrified to have an experience like that haha!
@@solomonsoutdooradventures That's awesome, well done! We have some really crazy geology going on in Washington, you should come up this summer
@@RagnarRocks oh man, I LOVE Washington state... we have family friends in Bellingham and Seattle and I’ve got a specimen of Stilpnomelane from the Northern Cascades... WA has amazing geology and scenery. I’ll be there soon my friend, that’s for sure
@@solomonsoutdooradventures awesome! We do a lot of camping east of Bellingham near baker, great area
@@RagnarRocks Great area indeed my friend, great area indeed
You should have went to red pocket tanks. Looks like a nice "cool" spring. May be why the cattle are in the area.
going to check out chad my soon, i live in henderson:)
My toxic trait thinking I can ride the cows to find more spots on the mountain
I don't think that's beryl...that's green muscovite. It gains a greenish color when it occurs in more evolved pegmatites.
Also, I wonder how you heard about this place #fieldarea. Good video.
Makes sense, Green Muscovite arguably sounds cooler than Beryl 😂 I know you do your research in this area, you’re the expert here! I was in your petrology class at UNLV (well Arya’s, but you were the TA)!
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed the video. I remember hearing about the Virgin Mountains in class and I just basically consulted some old USGS maps 😂
@@solomonsoutdooradventures Some of the coordinates for these locations on mindat vs. the Olson and Hinrich (1960) paper (which does not give a great description of their location for sampled pegmatites) are a bit misleading. If you go back, I recommend going up the hillside that is on your right at 3:31 for beryl and fine-grained (aplitic) spessartine. And going to Taglo Mine through Cabin Canyon for chrysoberyl and 4-10 cm muscovite books. There is also massive chrysoberyl in a large pegmatite boulder at the entrance to Cabin Canyon with very large garnets (a few several cm's wide but impossible to get out) on top of the boulder. Unfortunately, there are also no Li-minerals here (other than some minor Li muscovite that is only mentioned in the literature), so there should be no lepidolite.
Yeah you should be able to scratch it with your finger nail
Bundy cows, not far from where the standoff was.
Love your videos man! If you ever want Invisalign or braces let me know. I’m an orthodontic resident at Roseman in Henderson. Super high tech clinic and like half the price of most places cause it’s a educational institution. Hmu and I’ll hook you up w a discount lol. Not saying you have bad teeth…I just see the potential in your smile! Also not tryna make this sound like an advertisement…I don’t make a dime off patients, I still pay tuition. Anyways, keep it up brotha!
Beware the cows
you mention that you can rockhound on the west of the main dirt road, it seems that the most of the mountain is BLM land. Couldn't you rockhound anywhere out there?
Video is 12 minutes too long of nonsense