Taupo Obsidian 23
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2023
- Were back in the North Island and our first trip away was for one of my favorite rocks, Obsidian. Just off a quiet bay on the shores of Lake Taupo is the Ben Lomond volcanic dome Ben which was formed about
100,000 years ago. The Fe2O3 concentration in the Mahogany Obsidian is the same in both of the black and grey varieties, indicating that the red colour is not due to higher iron content but to the oxidation state of the iron. (Fe2O3 is the chemical formula for ferric oxide, also known as magnetite)
I love working obsidian and have made many pendants and bowls from it. At the end of the video I have included a short clip of some of my current work.
#THEFINDERS #OBSIDIAN #ROCKHOUNDING
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Heck yeah, some awesome finds!!!
Awsome gives you something to do outdoors great hobby. Thank you.
Yes it does.
After my accident it was rock carving that helped in my recovery and got my brain working again as I shaped and polished the rocks.
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Stunning stuff! Congratulations on the milestone!
Thank you I do enjoy working obsidian but collecting it is way more fun
What a great adventure, minus the car problems anyways! You got some gorgeous material! And the cravings you made out of the obsidian, were gorgeous! Really beautiful work! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on the ,1k subscribers! That's awesome!
Thanks,
Car problems come and go thankfully insurance sorts it out
Gd on your 1000 your very interesting gordon ta great clips
Thank you
20:28 almost looks like there's some fire or color in that shinier piece in the middle. That sure would be something. Really cool. Thank you. I really enjoyed this video & learning about NZ obsidian.
Thanks for watching, good spotting. I had a look and yes it does appear so but I think it is just the reflection off the red brick wall of our house
Great video.
I've carved a few pieces of obsidian and really like it.
I've been after a large clean piece to carve a bowl.
Wow a bowl would be great.
Whoa! I honestly didn't even know you had obsidian down there in NZ. Rock on 🐻🤙
There are only a handful of locations where obsidian is found here mostly around the Taupo Volcanic Zone and a location in Northland. It was a traded commodity in days gone by
Congratulations on 1000 subs.
I love your videos.
This one looked like so much fun.
It's cool that we have great stuff like this in the North island.
The volcanics of the North Island are pretty cool and I do enjoy them just as much as the South Island rocks we recently discovered
@@NewZealandRocksDownunder is that spot private, it looks like a fun place to hunt
Yes it is a private farm, club access only and is only open every couple of years for the club. One of the benefits of belonging to a local rock club
Awesome display pieces! Hard work but well worth the effort, sux's that the car had to join in and want to die. Congrats of 1000!!
We ended up going through 3 loan cars over 6 weeks before we got ours back from the shop, the second one sold so we were given another to use. It wasn't until I washed those pieces that I saw the spirulites, pretty happy with them
@@NewZealandRocksDownunder Thank goodness for courtesy cars, couldn't survive without a car/transport!.
Kia ora Gordon, lol I reckon I'm the 1000th subby 😁👍🏼 you popped up in my recommendations and as I'm watching your awesome channel, I'm thinking 🤔 you look so familiar, is this the 'Gordon from the shop I love to shop in, thank you for fixing my water pump 👍🏼I love your rock finds they're absolutely beautiful and so much obsidian and to learn about mahogany obsidian was absolutely fascinating 😍
Guilty as charged lol
Yes that's me and congratulations on being the 1000th sub.
Hi Gordon, firstly congrats on your 1000 subscribers. I think i met you in the stationary shop when it was in Kawerau. I have been loving your videos. We are going on a road trip next year to the south island and have been eagerly scouring your videos to find all the good spots. I didnt know there was a rock club here. How do you go about joining. I have been collecting shells and pebbles all my life. Only off Northland beaches and Ohope so far. Didnt really know much about them. Have learnt so much fyom you. Thank you. Its just made our road trip so much more exciting!
After 19 years of having the shop in Kawerau our building sold and we are now in the Mall in Edgecumbe.
The rock club is in Tauranga google
Tauranga Gem and Mineral Club.
You will love the South Island
It's always raining in Taupo 😅
Yip it is technically in the Waikato 😎
We watched this video last night and loved it thank you! My son is 7 and loves obsidian. We live in Taupo and have tried to find some decent pieces of obsidian but haven't had much luck yet. Can you help with where i should go to find some please? Renee
The roadcut on Poihipi Rd has been thrashed by people taking literally ute loads of if to sell on Facebook marketplace. Last time I had a look there there was only small pieces to be found. The other place where one can occasionally find good pieces is at Kinloch beach go to the right towards the cliffs it also gets washed down the streams there.
Thank you very much. We'll go to Kinloch where you said at the beach!
Just for the record I was 998 dammit
A very essential number thank you, everyone is awesome.