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The awesome thing about your channel, is that you don’t discriminate any mineral formation. Most channels are.... agate... agate... jasper... And how about more agates???
Agreed! It's so much more exciting to explore all the minerals and the gifts of our planet. Honestly, I have always found agates and jasper on the boring side. That's not to say some don't catch my eye, e.g., bumble jasper, dragon bloodstone jasper, and dendritic agates. I still have an appreciation for all.
Nice job finding that road cut! Those are the kind of crystals I would love to find. Thanks for pointing out the safety concerns about parking and sticking to public land, and for showing Lake Roosevelt and a little about where the cement came from to build the Grand Coulee, super super fun video.
I'm glad you liked the video, its a good road cut and pretty wide for walking but not wide enough to pull over at and not block the road. Its a really lovely area.
There are really cool rocks around here. (I live in colville, 8 miles from kettle) You just have to know what you’re looking for. I’m still learning, but I’ve definitely found some neat places with amazing rocks within a 15-20 min drive from my house. Thank you for all your videos from around this area! Keeping the flame alive for learning all that I can.
So I recently learned calcite was used as a navigation tool thousands of years ago. I’m not sure exactly how it works but apparently due to its weird double refraction properties you can use it to pinpoint the location of the sun in the sky on cloudy days! Vikings used them on their ships and called them sun stones 👍🏼
Hello Master Rock Whisperer ready to search with your 🐾🐾 and Sarah your right hand mate ……I’m enjoying the video right here in my lawn chaise… 🥾🥾 🐈⬛🐾🐾 🐈⬛🐾🐾 happy rock hunting on this glorious day here in S.E. Michigan…!
I'm pretty sure I heard the dog say "take em aaaall" Yes. Take em all. Sidebar- there's rock everywhere. If there's mountains, or Rivers U CAN FIND ROCKS. My rock hounding motto is "if u go out looking for nothing u always find something " Quit being so picky and look at what's under ur feet. Cool shits everywhere
Haven't watched yet,,, I will! Working? Fishing? Trying to stand!!!!! not much good at any at the moment 😉 ... I'd like to send you a picture and have a opinion. Thanks and rock on
@@CurrentlyRockhounding good to hear, i'm down in the hills above the Bay Area, it was remote enough for a while but the last ten years ive bene jaw dropped by the expansion and development, so many areas that were good access now developed and land locked, its always been a struggle in CA, but the population size is the end all, no ones fault really just progress near an urban zone. thats why im ever more north, enjoy it up there for me : )
How long is the trip from Spokane Valley? Thinking about taking boys who are active and under the age of 9 years. I know they would really enjoy finding crystals like that though.
I went up that wall today! 🤪It was awesome. What a challenging location. Can't wait to share my pictures tonight. Winter project now is to finish my climbing gear setup and find a spot to practice. I would have been there all day if I was ready.
Awesome finds , wow a lot of calcite, yes beautiful area, I just found a piece of honey calcite on our vacation in Oregon it’s huge I did buy it at a shop not found my me but amazing stuff 😊💙, thank you 😊
What a grest roaside pick. Loved all the crystal and safety tips. I have never been anywhere that didn't have some sort of rock, crystal, fossil or other collectable. Even southern florida had Crystal's and fossils. Hi to the brains of the outfit and the smooch pooch. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. No king foo fighting today 😷⚒👌
That is wild! I love calcite, the waxy, satiny feel of it makes me happy. It’s neat to see the different ways it appears to form. I would fill my pockets for sure. Now I know what to do with the canvas shot bags I found. Fill them with rocks! One of the reasons I follow your channel is that I relate to your appreciation of all the rocks and you don’t “follow the crowd”. You cut your own path and encourage everyone to look at what’s in front of them not just the popular locations that get picked over fast. Rockhounding should be an adventure, not yet another hobby bandwagon of conformity.
Calcite is quite the mineral, I mean it comes in so many forms and colors it can be hard to really know what it is you're looking at sometimes. I appreciate you recognizing that in the channel. With over 4000 minerals in this world making up an even larger number of rocks how only be interested in a few?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I excelled in school when the subject was minerals and rocks. Unfortunately, none got down to the nitty-gritty (hey, that's kind of a pun) aka minutiae. Which can make identifying rocks in the wild a challenge. A challenge I relish.
I grew up close to there, basically across the water. I visit often for family and to have another spot to go check out is wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
What a neat find..!! I live here in Arkansas where we have the beautiful Quartz Crystals in the Hot Springs area and which goes into eastern Oklahoma. The geology that formed that part of Arkansas and Oklahoma was very dynamic and varied. But we do not have the amazing geology of the Northwest U.S.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Yes...I'm envious..!! I love watching Nick Zentner from Central Washington University and his explorations all over that area and have learned a lot. I also have watched his geology classes and learned a lot there as well. I was taking a geology class at the local Community College here and also watching Nick's class. Both classes covered basically the same information, but Nick focused on areas that my instructor did not so I got an even more in-depth education. Neat..!!
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The awesome thing about your channel, is that you don’t discriminate any mineral formation. Most channels are.... agate... agate... jasper... And how about more agates???
I enjoy finding all the minerals!
Agreed! It's so much more exciting to explore all the minerals and the gifts of our planet. Honestly, I have always found agates and jasper on the boring side. That's not to say some don't catch my eye, e.g., bumble jasper, dragon bloodstone jasper, and dendritic agates. I still have an appreciation for all.
If only more states are explored.
That was cool. You have a pile of calcite crystals sitting beside the road. 😁Nice stuff.
Also since this cut is so tall every winter more will be coming down.
Nice job finding that road cut! Those are the kind of crystals I would love to find. Thanks for pointing out the safety concerns about parking and sticking to public land, and for showing Lake Roosevelt and a little about where the cement came from to build the Grand Coulee, super super fun video.
I'm glad you liked the video, its a good road cut and pretty wide for walking but not wide enough to pull over at and not block the road. Its a really lovely area.
Very nice buddy, Love calcite and those are some neat specimen.
Is it UV reactive?
GO TO THE WEBSITE EVERYONE!!
The UV reaction of this stuff is super mild, like so mild its hard to show up on camera.
amazing a lot of crystal stones here, I like to see beautiful and beautiful stones. greetings from Indonesian agate seekers
Very cool stuff, love what you are doing by sharing info about your trips so other collectors can benefit.
Thank you, I do love what I'm doing here.
There are really cool rocks around here. (I live in colville, 8 miles from kettle) You just have to know what you’re looking for. I’m still learning, but I’ve definitely found some neat places with amazing rocks within a 15-20 min drive from my house. Thank you for all your videos from around this area! Keeping the flame alive for learning all that I can.
If you're looking for an easy specimen to collect then this would be the site.
I'm always keeping my eyes open for the low hanging fruit.
I would absolutely pee my pants if I stumbled upon a cornucopia of calcites like that! Another destination added to the list!
Its a good one and not that far from a camp ground.
These were beautiful. It is a gift to find treasures that nature gives us.
We go camping on deadman creek up there all the time
Time to go check it out!
So I recently learned calcite was used as a navigation tool thousands of years ago. I’m not sure exactly how it works but apparently due to its weird double refraction properties you can use it to pinpoint the location of the sun in the sky on cloudy days! Vikings used them on their ships and called them sun stones 👍🏼
Hmmmm I would love to see a demonstration of that.
Sweet Calcite! No UV test?! Whhhhaaaatttttt?!
It's has a super soft pink glow, so faint that it was hard to show on camera.
Excellent video my friend and gorgeous all the samples!!
Calcite is the first mineral I was collecting when I started the hobby!!
Thank you!
Hello Master Rock Whisperer ready to search with your 🐾🐾 and Sarah your right hand mate ……I’m enjoying the video right here in my lawn chaise…
🥾🥾 🐈⬛🐾🐾 🐈⬛🐾🐾
happy rock hunting on this glorious day here in S.E. Michigan…!
Thank you!
You tell em Bro! Respect }{--- {}
I admire your sense of adventure & rustic lifestyle!!
I love your direct delivery!! So
Intriguing!!
Thank you, I try to be really direct.
I'm pretty sure I heard the dog say "take em aaaall"
Yes. Take em all.
Sidebar- there's rock everywhere. If there's mountains, or Rivers U CAN FIND ROCKS.
My rock hounding motto is "if u go out looking for nothing u always find something "
Quit being so picky and look at what's under ur feet. Cool shits everywhere
Well said, everyone has interesting rocks and minerals around them.
Haven't watched yet,,, I will! Working? Fishing? Trying to stand!!!!! not much good at any at the moment 😉 ... I'd like to send you a picture and have a opinion. Thanks and rock on
I'm always happy to help!
Wow! Love that crystal seam! It would be hard to just pick out a few :). Road cut rockhounding always makes me nervous…glad you guys were safe!
I think for most places like this just a little bit is needed, much more than that and it will just sit around.
love the roadside geology ! thank you for giving the public spots to hunt, access is forever shrinking and every little spot helps , good on ya !
Out here it seems like nothing is going away any time soon.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding good to hear, i'm down in the hills above the Bay Area, it was remote enough for a while but the last ten years ive bene jaw dropped by the expansion and development, so many areas that were good access now developed and land locked, its always been a struggle in CA, but the population size is the end all, no ones fault really just progress near an urban zone. thats why im ever more north, enjoy it up there for me : )
@@QuestForDetails Have you considered relocating?
Nothing wrong with an impromptu cell phone video! I need to do more geology videos...
I dig your content!
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thanks!
How long is the trip from Spokane Valley? Thinking about taking boys who are active and under the age of 9 years. I know they would really enjoy finding crystals like that though.
It's up the Kettle Falls, all the details are listed on the website.
Wonderful chatoyancy! Nice crystals...how do you clean them? As my go to is vinegar, not great for those.
Mostly I just clean them up with hot water and soap.
That is a serious amount of calcite dude...and great stuff too. Awesome...
Sure is! I really like how tall the road cut is which means that every winter more will be breaking off and coming down.
I went up that wall today! 🤪It was awesome. What a challenging location. Can't wait to share my pictures tonight. Winter project now is to finish my climbing gear setup and find a spot to practice. I would have been there all day if I was ready.
It's a good spot to collect some specimens.
3:45 probably a good thing I wasn’t with you 😂 Boost me Jared!
Hahaha
The common and diverse species of calcite. Pret neat.
It's really neat to see all the forms that it can be found in.
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Thank you!
Awesome finds , wow a lot of calcite, yes beautiful area, I just found a piece of honey calcite on our vacation in Oregon it’s huge I did buy it at a shop not found my me but amazing stuff 😊💙, thank you 😊
Do you have a UV light, does your calcite glow?
Nope no UV light I’ll have to look at getting one
Gorgeous stuff. Make some dentures out of it.
Ha!
What a grest roaside pick. Loved all the crystal and safety tips. I have never been anywhere that didn't have some sort of rock, crystal, fossil or other collectable. Even southern florida had Crystal's and fossils. Hi to the brains of the outfit and the smooch pooch. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. No king foo fighting today
😷⚒👌
It's a big open world out there full of. interesting minerals.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding yes. Your absolutely right😀😁😂😃😎🤗
Thanks for the 🎥. Stay Crystal 💫
I'm glad you liked it!
Holy cow!!! What a cool place!
I know its a good one!
What is the difference between calcite and quartz. I will look it up and try to find out on my own.
They are two very different minerals. It's kind of hard to sum up the differences in a short comment.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I looked it up and yes they are very different. Thank you.
That is wild! I love calcite, the waxy, satiny feel of it makes me happy. It’s neat to see the different ways it appears to form. I would fill my pockets for sure. Now I know what to do with the canvas shot bags I found. Fill them with rocks! One of the reasons I follow your channel is that I relate to your appreciation of all the rocks and you don’t “follow the crowd”. You cut your own path and encourage everyone to look at what’s in front of them not just the popular locations that get picked over fast. Rockhounding should be an adventure, not yet another hobby bandwagon of conformity.
Calcite is quite the mineral, I mean it comes in so many forms and colors it can be hard to really know what it is you're looking at sometimes.
I appreciate you recognizing that in the channel. With over 4000 minerals in this world making up an even larger number of rocks how only be interested in a few?
@@CurrentlyRockhounding I excelled in school when the subject was minerals and rocks. Unfortunately, none got down to the nitty-gritty (hey, that's kind of a pun) aka minutiae. Which can make identifying rocks in the wild a challenge. A challenge I relish.
Amazing specimens
Thank you.
Amazing stuff
Thank you.
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Good stuff.
Thank you.
What is the hardness of that material?
It has a hardness of 3 on the MOHs scale.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thanks'!
Oh my goodness, it's raining already! Gotta love the PNW. Cool roadside crystal hunt, scored some pretties for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Winter comes early here and stays for a long time. We could really use the rain.
Did you pick up any gold in that?
Good question, I didn't even look.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding i live in Arkansas, and a lot of gold is found in rock like that.
Thank you for your vids I'll be watching. :)
Great spot, fun video, good material! Even Lyka had something to say. ❤️ You guys are the best!
I'm glad you liked it!
I grew up close to there, basically across the water. I visit often for family and to have another spot to go check out is wonderful! Thank you for sharing!
I'm glad you liked it and yeah next time you're in the area check it out.
What a neat find..!! I live here in Arkansas where we have the beautiful Quartz Crystals in the Hot Springs area and which goes into eastern Oklahoma. The geology that formed that part of Arkansas and Oklahoma was very dynamic and varied. But we do not have the amazing geology of the Northwest U.S.
The NW really has quite the variety of material and geology to explore.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding Yes...I'm envious..!! I love watching Nick Zentner from Central Washington University and his explorations all over that area and have learned a lot. I also have watched his geology classes and learned a lot there as well. I was taking a geology class at the local Community College here and also watching Nick's class. Both classes covered basically the same information, but Nick focused on areas that my instructor did not so I got an even more in-depth education. Neat..!!
@@marbleman52 Nick Zentner has done an amazing job sharing everything on this videos.