Going there in November for the first time in 50 years!!!! Dug in it in the fall of 1967!! Was called the Big Beryl Mine then!!!! Can still taste and feel the dirt!!!!! Cannot wait!!!
carving grade. the right person could turn it into a masterpiece. . if you ever get the chance to attend the gem and mineral show in tuscon arizona you can make connections with the right skilled artist that can make that into more then just a cool specimen.
Thanks! Will be moving back to Colorado (my home state, we homesteaded there in 1899) soon, so will be digging out IN CO, WY, UT, NV, NE, NM, AZ, KS, etc soon!
I'm guessing you were at the Hog Mine. I went back in 2008 while Rodney still owned it. Saw a large solid gem Aqua about that size that was found in a tailings pile. Was completed covered in that red clay mud, you would have never known what was inside unless rinsed off. We came away with a good bit of smaller aqua pieces and a few large specimens as well as two buckets full of rose quartz. I've cut some really nice stones from it all.
Actually Rodney was long gone by that point, but you hit it on the head. So much of the material from there has, for lack of better words, a skin...the epitome of beauty only being skin deep... I've had pieces fugly as a mother trucker, then some IronOut, some time with a flashlight (really density helps tell the tale too), and then some punching, microchisel, a dental descaler, and/or sandblaster with Mohs 5-6 media (vs Mohs 8 solid beryl, flaky rotted beryl, and < Mohs 7 biotite, etc... Its amazing what one finds out about their actual haul.
Mr. Kraft the Georgia red clay contrasted with the aqua in person on a sunny day makes the stuff look magic. Never cared for aqua until I dug my own at the Hogg...then it became an addiction almost as bad as my opals.
Where in the mine did you find this and where in the mine would you suggest digging ik the pits are a good spot but what about the edges or back of the mine I've been going every chance I get I recently found a few small pieces my first day I found a 28 carat dark piece owner says he can make a cats eye out of it just trying to get as much advice as I can any at all would be greatly appreciated.
@gabumonboys I tend to focus on where the white clay meets the mica, rotted black tourmaline, tan clay, the quartz, smokey quartz, and feldspars...if it looks like cookie dough ice cream with silver sparkles, brownie bits, cinnamon, caramel, oreo...you are on the trail of some candy. Ironically, often if it smells like a fart...what you find isn't a turd either... Think hydrothermal growth and sulfides...but, the description of the smell is pretty straight.
Hope that helps. Don't feel bad... 20 years in Colorado rock hunting, even in Gunnison where there are pegmatities and I didn't know for sure what a pegmatite was until I moved out here. Hopefully the ice cream hurricane helps you develop a mental picture of what I would chase. Next time I have time and find a good example that leads to something video worthy, I will try and point out what led me there...other than my gut feelings... :)
4th Dimension Gems and Jewelry I haven't ever noticed any smell around the area but I have dug in the white clay and found a rock that has a little bit of the shape of natural tourmaline. For some reason, the white clay doesn't fade into the surrounding clay it's a very stark contrast between white and orange clay. Thanks for the tips though!
You might want to check the Georgia Geologic Survey and see what is near by, the depth of the pegmatite in the area, etc. epd.georgia.gov/georgia-geologic-survey-maps, also USGS has a Geospatially Enabled Database for querying for reports in a bounding box: data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/#fq=dataType%3A(collection%20OR%20non-collection%20OR%20supercollection)&q=*%3A*, so, all is not lost, you just need data to get you there...hope that helps!
It depends on the carat of the gem but good quality aquamarine can sell for thousands at that size, a good quality facet grade aquamarine the size of half a pinki finger can sell for hundreds so this would be worth quite a bit
Susie Hudson yeah they do! Some people mine crystals for a living and sell them on and some source crystals from mines and sell them on to retailers, the crystal business is actually pretty profitable.
@@susiehudson6458 we try to. Half the time I find I make less than a burger flipper at MickeyDs, but such is the economy right now. Thankfully I have 30+ years and 3 prior generations of material, so the choices I made as a kid between whether I'd get the latest toy or save up for a hunk of rock paid off. Wish I had spent all my money I invested in comics back then on gems too... At least the gem market didn't go belly up.
Hey great find. How long have you been prospecting around Georgia?I have found some very large clusters of a milky quartz close to my house, some are ten or more pounds..Just wanted to say something about Georgia.
Scott, in Georgia since 2008. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, the Dakotas, and Montana since my parents decided I was smart enough to come with them and stay clear of the buzztails. I remember showing off a spear head at my Kindergarten Show and tell...so at least 5 years old. Mom carried me in a papoose like contraption before that. Lots of rocks licked coast to coast...Did Califonia when I was stationed there and planned my route when I moved from CA to GA all around Mom and Pop Rock Shops and Digging...lol..added a few thousand miles to the trip...was worth every second. So are you finding full points? That is flipping awesome! When I was a kid, Mom would let us dig in the garden...she didnt expect one year for us to organize and go down 10 feet...found selenite formations right there in Thornton, CO... Love digging. Thanks for the kind words and stopping by. Keep in touch!
I'm aware that the value of quartz isn't that high, but what is the value of them? Because I dug them up in my backyard as a kid. Some the size of my pinky nail, others the size of half my palm or more.
That is kind of a loaded question...in the end...it comes down to many factors...just like diamonds...there are the 4Cs...color, clarity, carats, cut...then locale...is it facet or cabochon grade...does it have any special inclusions...does it cut an asterated stone like in my profile picture with the star rose quartz...Silicon Dioxide is the most common mineral on earth...however...if it is Siberian Blue Amethyst, large, VVS with strong blue hue...it can run as much as $200 per carat...that being set...retail at a brick and mortar store...not to me, not wholesale, and not as rough...and therein between the ground and the brick and mortar establishment...there are people like me...who...depending on where we sit...may, on a very very rare occasion get a retail price for a stone...but usually are at 1/8th retail to 1/4 retail so we have to buy it for less than even that if it is rough...assuming on a good day that one gets a 35% yield on a faceted stone...that means the big rock...is now a little over 1/3 the size as a cut stone than it was as a rough stone...and in that...if we mined it ourselves we have to be considerate to the market value of the rough stone, the time it took for us to find it (time = money...i.e., you have to pay yourself a fair hourly wage), gas, tools, food, all the operating costs (it may seem like a vacation...some mistakenly who are doing this as a business think of it as such...but...if you are in this for money, it is not a vacation it is a business trip and all expenses must be considered), if we didn't mine it, then we have to consider how much time it took to source the stone (again...you have to pay yourself a fair hourly wage), how much it cost, shipping...possibly duties...plan before hand for taxes, calculate in the fact that when you price it...are you pricing it to sell...and then never be able to afford another like it...or does one have to plan to get another...if so...then that goes in...but if you are only planning on swapping one for one...that is stagnation...no growth...so you have to plan in the fact that you need to grow...buy more, get more tools, machines, supplies, skills (schools, certifications, time to just sit down and hammer something out without having to worry about the business), like all employers even if you are self employed, unless you want to be the worst boss ever...and the crappiest employer ever...you have to consider benefits...health care, vacation time, that as the employee of yourself...you are making enough to live. enjoy life...(i.e. vs just working to exist), and save for the future...since we all get old and need to retire...from the other side as the company you have to consider all the same things for the company... So...while it seems like there is an easy equation and there are guide books...in the end...it comes down to...how much is someone who isn't me, willing to pay for it...how much are you willing to part with it for, and ultimately your intentions in selling it and goals and plans for the future...and if it is just the asstonite variety of quartz...which comprises the majority of the 20% of the earths crust, not the small fraction of gem grade material...then you are talking about a landscaping rock, not a gemstone, and that is a totally different ballgame... The readers digest version...I have sold $35,000 stones for $3,500...it wasn't what it was worth...in fact, the stone at that price I will not be able to replace even...but it was what someone was willing to pay at the time and in that instance the short term benefit of the $3,500 was worth more to me than the long term...and not guaranteed sale at who knows what value... I wish there were an easy answer and equation...the easiest...use google...look at what they are selling for...and be cynical towards what you have so you are honest with yourself...then check eBay...not the currently for sale items...but the actual sold items via the advanced search...and from there...consider still all the factors above...and that what they sold it for is not what you will likely sell it to them for...some...may be fair...and maybe double their money is good enough for them in the profit scale...others will be completely the opposite and if they are not making 100 times their investment tell you to kick rocks...and others...may have 10,000 lbs of it and not want it...or it may not be their thing...even if they have it...which depends of factors like...when did they get it...why...was it part of a larger deal...and...is that stone or locale even...popular at this time...
It was an exciting find for sure. I wish it were 3 million in the bank. Taking it apart, it was all cabochon grade, but, there were several large cores of glacial blue cat's eye aquamarine material, so, when you look at the market for bleh, foreign cat's eye aquamarine that barely has enough blue to be called aquamarine and borders on goshenite, going for $50 per carat...Add the glacial blue factor, the rare locale factor, yeah, there is a bit of money there... Sadly, unlike gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds, most colored stones, even my finest opals, are just rocks...until someone buys them...rock rich, cash poor, and a greedy, cheap, and unappreciative market where the only ones allowed to make a profit are "not me" and the next level buyers unabashedly will turn down a double their investment million dollar profit because it isn't triple-key...they would rather earn that million on the tears of the mark or sucker, paying them $100 to make a $1,000,000, and act like you raked them over the coals to get $1,000 out of them...yeah...oh well... It's the reality of the gemstone world. Which is why I always tell people this... Don't go digging or prospecting expecting to get rich...you will most often leave disappointed and miss out on the richest part of it, which isn't money...its the beauty, the process, and the excitement of the find, and when you find something amazing, the cathartic release resulting from the realization and the tangible product of the hard work you did to get that gem... I had a close friend that used to dig with me, who, it became about money and the bigger than last time score, and I watched as, since he had hit a high-water mark (big find), the frustration and the need to find that bigger score, ruin what was previously an enjoyable thing for him and a mental vacation from the drone of everyday life... Always focus on the beauty, the fact that you are not in a cubicle, on a production line, running merchandise from base operations to customers and that you are outside, in the fresh air and sunlight... Enjoy the fact that you are an adult, getting to splash and play in the mud, roll around in the dirt...and it is normal...and you won't be taken off to the loony bin for it. Take the value of the thrill of the find, the cathartic release that makes the finest and most expensive liquor look like well mash and the best, cleanest, purest, high that you will ever get without using anything to cause it but your own muscle and determination to find that gem, and count that as a wealth that even multimillionaires will rarely if ever feel. Then, if you are into it, or you get into it...one day you will have another moment...could be on the best day of digging ever or the worst...at the end of the day, when you are packed up and heading in...you find yourself thinking about nothing, but lost in your thoughts, nothing worrying you, nothing affecting you, and you have a half smile, a 1000 yard stare, and a sense of nirvana and bliss that has no rational source... That moment, know...you are screwed...your life just changed...you will dig until your bones hurt...and the value, beauty, and entire experience of the gem world will never be the same for you and those that have never done what you have, will never understand exactly what it is you see in a gem, unless they go to that happy place too... Really, digging can be a very meditative process and a healing process (though you may come out cut up, sore, and bloody), you can come in with problems on your mind...leave them in the bottom of the hole, and take back real gems and gems of a more metaphorical nature from the experience... For those that love gemstones but have never gone after them themselves (not at a tourist trap that is salted either), but at a real site, I highly encourage you to get dirty...your life will be better for it. I have had many friends that had "hobbies" gamers, programmers (I am one...its nice to see functioning code, but you can't put it on a shelf), etc that their hobby didn't actually produce a tangible product for their effort and eventually they would have the "Dark Night of the Soul" and I would talk to them about what was eating them, often, it was an issue of self-worth...and I would help them find something they enjoyed doing (carpentry, painting, drawing, carving, pottery, jewelry, or even prospecting) and get them into it...and their lives changed...because they had something tangible that was theirs, a product of their own focus, motivation, effort, and direction...unrelated to their jobs or every day life...that redefined them and connected them with their self-worth... There is something to be said about productive hobbies, and even in this...if you never find the gem of your dreams...did you have a dream? Yes. Did you do something to achieve it? Yes. Do you have tangible results from your efforts that are still beautiful and amazing? Yes. Did you actually achieve your dream? Yes... Dream big...but realize that the reality of the physical world is infinitesimally smaller than the reality of the mind and the vision of the minds eye...if you learn to appreciate the little things...you will find that the dream and the reality may have already intersected, and if not, it will.
Indeed.Love rockhounding. One time my husband and I went out with our metal detectors,looking for gold.Instead,we found a rare mussel bed in the river,and a king bolete mushroom under an oak,in the summertime! We walked all over the place,waded in the river for awhile,and looked up the story about the mussels.One time I just found a cool rock-a heart shape in the middle of the rock!All that glitters is not gold.
My grandma knew about all the standard valuable stones, but her favorite was the natural formations that looked like animals, or that were like worry stones...in meteorites those are called regmaglypts, when she gave me her collection, she was still alive, but couldn't remember where she found the few extraterrestrial "worry stones" that were in her collection. #1 rule of rock hounding...if it doesn't look like the other 3 billion other rocks around you...unless you are standing in a treasure chest (been there, done that, even then, the outliers were special though)....its probably special... #2...sometimes its not the destination, but the journey... Found one hell of a blue agate spot on the way to another spot due to a flat tire... and of course... #3... Always keep the high grade for yourself...lol.
@@4thDimensionGemsandJewelry man you said it... I know exactly what you mean... once you see it in the wall, the glimmer of purple, or sparkle of something else in a dark cave... yeah... I've never been the same... love how you put it out there.
@@Tdowns77 Thank you... Its nice to know there are others out there that have a similar passion and view... Just by the way you posted, I know whether it was 7 lbs or 0.2g I bet you would have appreciated both similarly... That is rare... And something I respect. Without diving too deep into my soapbox... Too many are so obsessed with clout, how much something is worth, how big it is (so many comments and correlations there it's hilarious), how long they have been doing it, how much they spend, make, have, think they know, who they know.... That they miss the awe-f***ing inspiring moments in their own lives...be they finds like this or bigger...a deal...an unexpected revelation...etc...ruining the moment with ego or materialism...while crapping on others that it breaks my heart... This industry didn't used to be this way... The hobby didn't used to be this way... Thank you T Downs for keeping a candle lit for the 'good old days'
I wish, but no. Maybe a million Doll Ears ;). There was around 1000 cts of top blue facet grade in it, so $200,000 retail after faceting. Lots of pretty translucent cab grade material, around $15 to $50 per ct cut. Some big cats eye material... Cant guesstimate there still have to cut it.
Something like this is the exception not the rule. I dug my ass off for a year and a half after my beginners luck find to see a nice blue hunk... Meanwhile a young girl finds a hand sized hunk Ida given my soul for 30 yards away... LOL... First time out for her... Nothing I love more than seeing that happen... I like that more than finding them myself even...to see a passion ignite in someone and the joy and surprise... Its priceless.
RamcioELDiablo high pressure water digging takes lots of permits and can cause pollution issues. It's not impossible, just not as simple as bringing out a big tank, a Genny, and a pressure washer. Figure a weak electric pressure washer can dump 1.5 gallons a minute, that means a 250 gallon tank would be empty in 2.7 hours. Bring in a huge tanker...Then you need to have a regulation containment pond, extra pump system, etc... Everything is possible, but sometimes the easy way is the most expensive...a couple million dollars, petitions, building an infrastructure, one could even have a conveyor belt, use blasting, have water jet cutters to cut through the core...or...in the absence of that, staying legal, you do things the hard way.
RamcioELDiablo I'd gladly sell my entire opal collection and top gems to make that happen (which would be enough to buy a few sites, a large excavator, and my heart's desire), but gems are just rocks until someone pays for them and those with the deep pockets and big money have yet to grace me with their needs...most of the time it's people that want the world for a dime and expect a quarter in change when all they give me is a nickle.
How would one learn about quality, brand new at this and I really would love to know ( besides the adrenalin high) if I found something really special. Meaning I can actualy gift it. Instead of thinking I'm gifting a quality stone I gift low grade quality. I get the 4cs, I guess what I'm asking is how would you test them?
GIA has distance learning, IGS has lots of online courses, Coursera has geology courses, William Holland has Lapidary classes, Google, Books, and you can look to see if you have a local rock and gem club. All good starts.
@@jomamma349 just an FYI, if you are still on your learning path. I will be releasing a few prototype gem labs soon (Spectrometer (145nm to 10,000nm with near 1nm resolution, 37 Excitation Sources, Direct DB Access), Colorimeter, True Digital Refractometer with 589nm std source), Reflectometer, Geiger Counter, Scale (0.001g, quadruple redundant accuracy), 3D scanner, 48MP Camera and 1000x Optical Zoom Microscope, Polarimeter, you name it.... Will be making some less advanced ones as well... Hit me up on Etsy if you have any needs.
Depends... As a specimen, not much... As lapidary rough, it had a good deal of cats eye and star rough (80% of its weight), so assuming a 50% yield on cutting 80% of its weight and that cats eyes are the same value as VVS faceted of the same color and star is 5x VVS faceted of the same color and the star is Santa Maria level double blue... A good deal... Add the premium for it being American and American cut...
Yup! I found that spot in November of 2014, almost got struck by lightning that Sunday working it in the pouring rain, worked it like a dog every weekend for over a year. We finally have come close to cashing that little 10 ft wide area (out of 1.5+ acres or so), but it is still putting out...when I am not there, people have pulled out even more remarkable stones. It collapsed a few weeks ago and a solid double blue full hex fell out bigger than that. The Hogg is one of my favorite haunts.
Hard to tell if you know the meaning of gem quality... The value of it as cut stones ranges from $100 per carat for the cat's eye material from it and up to $1500 per ct for the facet grade that came from it. In the end...who cares about value...
what i meant was, can it be cut into a single large stone or must it be broken into a bunch of tiny ones before faceting, or could it even be cut at all, not all gems can be faceted into a cut stone, because of fractures and inclusions. thanks for the fast response, I live close and was curious if it would be worth my time to look for some in my area or not.
IF you go out there expecting to find riches, you will not have fun. If you go out there for fun...you will have a good time and find stuff... Personally, in rock hunting and prospecting, until you own your own claim or mine, if you go out expecting anything else, you are setting yourself up for failure and disappointment... Sometimes it is just learning an area, I found a good Santa Maria Blue specimen my first time there...is that the rule, no, does it happen, the area favors the newcomer that is motivated and combine the two, I see lots of beginners luck. I have seen people find palm sized facet grade pieces on their first time...I have never found a pure one that big...the thing about gemstones that makes them valuable is rarity, if a yard of dirt is $20, then figure that if you want to find a $2000 stone, just statistically, you will be moving 100 yards of dirt. If you are in the wrong spot...then more... Go for the experience...not expecting riches and you will have a great time...and if you find a whopper...don't use it as a litmus test for every other time you go out...otherwise, lets suppose that stone is your high water mark, the best you will ever find in your life...that means the rest of your life will be disappointment. I grew up doing this since I could walk with 3 generations of family there to teach me and take me out...before it was ever about money, it was about fun, beauty, passion, being outside in the sun, nature, and the adventure....its not the destination it is the journey...and if you just find regular old porcelain beryl...as long as you are personable and friendly, you just may meet something more important than a gemstone...good people...I would take 1000 amazing and wonderful people and 1000 fond memories over 1000 cts of good gemstone any day.... When I am out, I help out people left and right, however a lot of people lose my free service when it becomes about...how much is this worth....how much can I make from this...where is the high grade (as if I knew and wasn't digging there myself because I had lost my mind...but alas, no, I am looking for the next good spot just like everyone else)... I rocked that spot for almost a year and a half...my girlfriend and I moved by hand, at least two 18 wheelers full of dirt...and I walked away with hundreds of pounds of cabochon grade material, facet grade, nice specimens...but more than that...I walked away with great memories, fun times, and the girl of my dreams...which is worth more and will last longer? The latter. Others make it a jockstrap thing in this industry, somehow the size of their gemstone is equivalent to the size of their cup, or IQ, or worth in this life...I have little time for that, I have a safe full of gobstoppers, yeah, they are neat, but at the end of the day, until someone buys them...they are just rocks, pretty rocks which have little to do with whether I am smart, have a big cup in my jock strap, am a name, or am some sort of rock star...all of these things for me are trivial... Do it for the love...or don't do it at all...if you do the former vs the latter, you will never have a bad day.
Sadly, you have to break it up...and that is where the conundrum comes from...to keep a beautiful specimen or break it up. I choose the latter and was happy as a mad hatter. Often times the material from there will be deceptive as well...I have had pieces that looked like porcelain beryl, white on the outside, and then gemmy as heck on the inside.
Abstract value... All the effort of digging it out and a year and a half of working that exact spot... Monetary value: Top Facet Grade Material (65% est weight loss in cutting): Once the facet grade is all cut $500 to $2500 per ct Commercial Grade Faceted Material: $250 to $750 per ct once cut Cabochon Material Once Cut (assumes 50 to 60% yield) : Top Grade Cats Eye (Deep Blue Tight, Prominent Cats Eye), $250 to $1500 per ct Commercial Grade Cats Eye: $50 to $100 per ct Normal Cabochon Material: $15 to $100 per ct. Top Santa Maria Blue Star Aquamarine with no flaws and strong star, per IGS minimum 5 x the value for faceted material of the same weight and color. In short... A buck or three... 😁
Hi Tony, thanks for asking. After about 8 months of temptation and trepidation, I grew a set, put on my 'you gotta be nuts' cap, and I broke it up into cutting rough. About 90% of it was beautiful cabochon grade, Star (very uncommon optical phenomenon in Beryl due to the difference in how it forms vs star corundum, got a very small amount of small pieces there), Cats Eye, and Chatoyant (but not strong enough to cats eye) material, about 1% was facet grade and a fraction of that Santa Maria Blue/Double Blue/Top Blue, then 9% junk porcelain Beryl. I cut a few of the first cats eyes I have ever cut from that locale due to that piece. I have been pondering putting them up for sale on my Etsy, but for most, the price would be prohibitive. However for a serious collector, I think a set on a solid flawless rose quartz base with engraved plaque (18K white gold with 18K yellow gold with locale, species, miner/cutter (me), and a museum glass cover (18K corners) and 18K holders with the faceted Aquamarine piece, a killer cats eye, an asterated piece, a fine aquamarine crystal, a faceted star rose, cabbed star rose, and rough star rose, faceted Smokey, star Smokey, rough Smokey point (I have one of 4 found there (unless new ones have been found) , faceted Amethyst (Rose de France color), cabbed (bet it stars), and maybe a black Tourmaline set would be fun to make, though it may end up on my shelf forever...
I may have to come down to Georgia sometime and see what I can dig up. I majored in Computer Science and minored in Geology. I am rusty so I may have a hard time telling the difference between a rock and something Gneiss, but I still have a great Apatite for gemstones!
Thx for posting! Thrilling to find such a large pcs like that!!!
Thanks for the thanks! It was quite a thrill... I need to edit up my 5lb video and get it posted, just keep forgetting.
What is the market value of your finding?
That is a very large piece...., truly enjoyed your digging adventure....
Aquamarine is my birthstone. It's so beautiful to see it in the natural way.
I second that sentiment!
Alyssa, have you seen the Aquamarine in my shop? It's all cut, but I also have fine rough pieces I can list for you.
That's just truly awesome.....!!!
What a beautiful find!!
So happy for you!!
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Going there in November for the first time in 50 years!!!! Dug in it in the fall of 1967!! Was called the Big Beryl Mine then!!!! Can still taste and feel the dirt!!!!! Cannot wait!!!
Too awesome!!
Absolutely awesome
Now that was worth digging for. Happy find. So happy for you too.
Thank you!
Awesome find!!! That was fun to watch!
Thanks Rich!
An epic find and always a great day out digging!
Been too long for me... Hopefully will get out and play soon.
HOOLY SHIT. they dont find these huge rockes in prospectors! God damn, congrats!
Beautiful
Cool stone , but hard to watch , great find !
carving grade. the right person could turn it into a masterpiece. . if you ever get the chance to attend the gem and mineral show in tuscon arizona you can make connections with the right skilled artist that can make that into more then just a cool specimen.
I broke it up and pulled out a clean crack free cat's eye core a while back...just haven't had the time to get on it...
Rockhounds Paradise! Love the video! I'm jealous 💗💎😁
Thanks! Will be moving back to Colorado (my home state, we homesteaded there in 1899) soon, so will be digging out IN CO, WY, UT, NV, NE, NM, AZ, KS, etc soon!
So happy for you
Thank you!
Oh..... My..... God..... ITS SOOOOOOO PRETTYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flat out awesome video...
4:45 awesome dark aquamarine right there..
Thanks!
lol
I'm guessing you were at the Hog Mine. I went back in 2008 while Rodney still owned it. Saw a large solid gem Aqua about that size that was found in a tailings pile. Was completed covered in that red clay mud, you would have never known what was inside unless rinsed off. We came away with a good bit of smaller aqua pieces and a few large specimens as well as two buckets full of rose quartz. I've cut some really nice stones from it all.
Actually Rodney was long gone by that point, but you hit it on the head. So much of the material from there has, for lack of better words, a skin...the epitome of beauty only being skin deep... I've had pieces fugly as a mother trucker, then some IronOut, some time with a flashlight (really density helps tell the tale too), and then some punching, microchisel, a dental descaler, and/or sandblaster with Mohs 5-6 media (vs Mohs 8 solid beryl, flaky rotted beryl, and < Mohs 7 biotite, etc... Its amazing what one finds out about their actual haul.
The cat is cute!
beatriz boccheciampe lol...Had to include him, can't be a proper TH-cam video without a 🐈 ya know 🤣. Thanks for the smile.
That’s just so cool to see that big stone...
Thank you Gary n Doris... It was quite fun finding it... Was my first big hunk.
It's like some rare stone from green lantern or Thor's hammer
Mr. Kraft the Georgia red clay contrasted with the aqua in person on a sunny day makes the stuff look magic. Never cared for aqua until I dug my own at the Hogg...then it became an addiction almost as bad as my opals.
now that's a dandy find for sure
I want to bring my new power washer out there! I will have that thing out of there in no time! HAHA
Awesome
Kitty! kitty! more kitty!
Lolol... Guess I gotta find more feline sized stuff huh?
This is July of 2017, can you tell us what the approx. value of the 7# Aqua. was worth? It's a beautiful piece...
Dunno...never really thought about it in that sense.
I was never able to get rid of the minerals that we collected.... I wasn't aware of what you did with your collection, good for you!
@@MikeDesertHunterHale If your goal was to “get rid” of them, why did you collect them? 😮
An incredible find b
Wow !!!
Fun watching!
Thank you!
looks like good times !
nw prospecting and outdoors sure is...haven't been out all year..
getting cabin fever.
Where in the mine did you find this and where in the mine would you suggest digging ik the pits are a good spot but what about the edges or back of the mine I've been going every chance I get I recently found a few small pieces my first day I found a 28 carat dark piece owner says he can make a cats eye out of it just trying to get as much advice as I can any at all would be greatly appreciated.
Nice
Where would you sell something like that? Or gold, any kind of gem stones
Amazing
Should I dig around white clay veins in Georgia? There are many milky quarts rocks but not Crystals with facets where I want to dig.
@gabumonboys I tend to focus on where the white clay meets the mica, rotted black tourmaline, tan clay, the quartz, smokey quartz, and feldspars...if it looks like cookie dough ice cream with silver sparkles, brownie bits, cinnamon, caramel, oreo...you are on the trail of some candy. Ironically, often if it smells like a fart...what you find isn't a turd either... Think hydrothermal growth and sulfides...but, the description of the smell is pretty straight.
Hope that helps. Don't feel bad... 20 years in Colorado rock hunting, even in Gunnison where there are pegmatities and I didn't know for sure what a pegmatite was until I moved out here. Hopefully the ice cream hurricane helps you develop a mental picture of what I would chase. Next time I have time and find a good example that leads to something video worthy, I will try and point out what led me there...other than my gut feelings... :)
4th Dimension Gems and Jewelry I haven't ever noticed any smell around the area but I have dug in the white clay and found a rock that has a little bit of the shape of natural tourmaline. For some reason, the white clay doesn't fade into the surrounding clay it's a very stark contrast between white and orange clay. Thanks for the tips though!
You might want to check the Georgia Geologic Survey and see what is near by, the depth of the pegmatite in the area, etc. epd.georgia.gov/georgia-geologic-survey-maps, also USGS has a Geospatially Enabled Database for querying for reports in a bounding box: data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/#fq=dataType%3A(collection%20OR%20non-collection%20OR%20supercollection)&q=*%3A*, so, all is not lost, you just need data to get you there...hope that helps!
This May also be a good resource...ngmdb.usgs.gov/ngm-bin/ngm_compsearch.pl
daaamn nice pull for sure!!!
Is this worth $... Like most gem videos- they r very beautiful n very interesting... But is it worth $???
It depends on the carat of the gem but good quality aquamarine can sell for thousands at that size, a good quality facet grade aquamarine the size of half a pinki finger can sell for hundreds so this would be worth quite a bit
@@goopygremlin7304 thank u for the info.... Do people make an actual living doing this
Susie Hudson yeah they do! Some people mine crystals for a living and sell them on and some source crystals from mines and sell them on to retailers, the crystal business is actually pretty profitable.
@@susiehudson6458 we try to. Half the time I find I make less than a burger flipper at MickeyDs, but such is the economy right now. Thankfully I have 30+ years and 3 prior generations of material, so the choices I made as a kid between whether I'd get the latest toy or save up for a hunk of rock paid off. Wish I had spent all my money I invested in comics back then on gems too... At least the gem market didn't go belly up.
@@goopygremlin7304 yay! I love it when other folk provide excellent answers to the questions I miss... Thank you @Halcyon_yellow
Lindas aguas marinhas!
I like aquamarine I'm pisces ♓
*NUUUUUU MY BIRTHSTONE*
thats the \biggest aqua ive ever seen by far, it not being gem quality is secondary to the monster size of it lol
The best reply ever... Thank you. I'm glad to see that not everyone is obsessed with value and something being facet grade... 🙏
Hey great find. How long have you been prospecting around Georgia?I have found some very large clusters of a milky quartz close to my house, some are ten or more pounds..Just wanted to say something about Georgia.
Scott, in Georgia since 2008. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, the Dakotas, and Montana since my parents decided I was smart enough to come with them and stay clear of the buzztails. I remember showing off a spear head at my Kindergarten Show and tell...so at least 5 years old. Mom carried me in a papoose like contraption before that. Lots of rocks licked coast to coast...Did Califonia when I was stationed there and planned my route when I moved from CA to GA all around Mom and Pop Rock Shops and Digging...lol..added a few thousand miles to the trip...was worth every second. So are you finding full points? That is flipping awesome! When I was a kid, Mom would let us dig in the garden...she didnt expect one year for us to organize and go down 10 feet...found selenite formations right there in Thornton, CO... Love digging. Thanks for the kind words and stopping by. Keep in touch!
Hey scott I am very interested in the milky quartz clusters I am a arrowhead maker and would be interested in finding some good size milky quartz
Precioso!
I'm aware that the value of quartz isn't that high, but what is the value of them? Because I dug them up in my backyard as a kid. Some the size of my pinky nail, others the size of half my palm or more.
That is kind of a loaded question...in the end...it comes down to many factors...just like diamonds...there are the 4Cs...color, clarity, carats, cut...then locale...is it facet or cabochon grade...does it have any special inclusions...does it cut an asterated stone like in my profile picture with the star rose quartz...Silicon Dioxide is the most common mineral on earth...however...if it is Siberian Blue Amethyst, large, VVS with strong blue hue...it can run as much as $200 per carat...that being set...retail at a brick and mortar store...not to me, not wholesale, and not as rough...and therein between the ground and the brick and mortar establishment...there are people like me...who...depending on where we sit...may, on a very very rare occasion get a retail price for a stone...but usually are at 1/8th retail to 1/4 retail so we have to buy it for less than even that if it is rough...assuming on a good day that one gets a 35% yield on a faceted stone...that means the big rock...is now a little over 1/3 the size as a cut stone than it was as a rough stone...and in that...if we mined it ourselves we have to be considerate to the market value of the rough stone, the time it took for us to find it (time = money...i.e., you have to pay yourself a fair hourly wage), gas, tools, food, all the operating costs (it may seem like a vacation...some mistakenly who are doing this as a business think of it as such...but...if you are in this for money, it is not a vacation it is a business trip and all expenses must be considered), if we didn't mine it, then we have to consider how much time it took to source the stone (again...you have to pay yourself a fair hourly wage), how much it cost, shipping...possibly duties...plan before hand for taxes, calculate in the fact that when you price it...are you pricing it to sell...and then never be able to afford another like it...or does one have to plan to get another...if so...then that goes in...but if you are only planning on swapping one for one...that is stagnation...no growth...so you have to plan in the fact that you need to grow...buy more, get more tools, machines, supplies, skills (schools, certifications, time to just sit down and hammer something out without having to worry about the business), like all employers even if you are self employed, unless you want to be the worst boss ever...and the crappiest employer ever...you have to consider benefits...health care, vacation time, that as the employee of yourself...you are making enough to live. enjoy life...(i.e. vs just working to exist), and save for the future...since we all get old and need to retire...from the other side as the company you have to consider all the same things for the company... So...while it seems like there is an easy equation and there are guide books...in the end...it comes down to...how much is someone who isn't me, willing to pay for it...how much are you willing to part with it for, and ultimately your intentions in selling it and goals and plans for the future...and if it is just the asstonite variety of quartz...which comprises the majority of the 20% of the earths crust, not the small fraction of gem grade material...then you are talking about a landscaping rock, not a gemstone, and that is a totally different ballgame... The readers digest version...I have sold $35,000 stones for $3,500...it wasn't what it was worth...in fact, the stone at that price I will not be able to replace even...but it was what someone was willing to pay at the time and in that instance the short term benefit of the $3,500 was worth more to me than the long term...and not guaranteed sale at who knows what value... I wish there were an easy answer and equation...the easiest...use google...look at what they are selling for...and be cynical towards what you have so you are honest with yourself...then check eBay...not the currently for sale items...but the actual sold items via the advanced search...and from there...consider still all the factors above...and that what they sold it for is not what you will likely sell it to them for...some...may be fair...and maybe double their money is good enough for them in the profit scale...others will be completely the opposite and if they are not making 100 times their investment tell you to kick rocks...and others...may have 10,000 lbs of it and not want it...or it may not be their thing...even if they have it...which depends of factors like...when did they get it...why...was it part of a larger deal...and...is that stone or locale even...popular at this time...
Where are you? Hogg Mine?
I mean unreal... 7 lbs that's like a 3 million dollar stone depending on how it was graded but looks like 121 at least
It was an exciting find for sure. I wish it were 3 million in the bank. Taking it apart, it was all cabochon grade, but, there were several large cores of glacial blue cat's eye aquamarine material, so, when you look at the market for bleh, foreign cat's eye aquamarine that barely has enough blue to be called aquamarine and borders on goshenite, going for $50 per carat...Add the glacial blue factor, the rare locale factor, yeah, there is a bit of money there... Sadly, unlike gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds, most colored stones, even my finest opals, are just rocks...until someone buys them...rock rich, cash poor, and a greedy, cheap, and unappreciative market where the only ones allowed to make a profit are "not me" and the next level buyers unabashedly will turn down a double their investment million dollar profit because it isn't triple-key...they would rather earn that million on the tears of the mark or sucker, paying them $100 to make a $1,000,000, and act like you raked them over the coals to get $1,000 out of them...yeah...oh well... It's the reality of the gemstone world. Which is why I always tell people this... Don't go digging or prospecting expecting to get rich...you will most often leave disappointed and miss out on the richest part of it, which isn't money...its the beauty, the process, and the excitement of the find, and when you find something amazing, the cathartic release resulting from the realization and the tangible product of the hard work you did to get that gem... I had a close friend that used to dig with me, who, it became about money and the bigger than last time score, and I watched as, since he had hit a high-water mark (big find), the frustration and the need to find that bigger score, ruin what was previously an enjoyable thing for him and a mental vacation from the drone of everyday life... Always focus on the beauty, the fact that you are not in a cubicle, on a production line, running merchandise from base operations to customers and that you are outside, in the fresh air and sunlight... Enjoy the fact that you are an adult, getting to splash and play in the mud, roll around in the dirt...and it is normal...and you won't be taken off to the loony bin for it. Take the value of the thrill of the find, the cathartic release that makes the finest and most expensive liquor look like well mash and the best, cleanest, purest, high that you will ever get without using anything to cause it but your own muscle and determination to find that gem, and count that as a wealth that even multimillionaires will rarely if ever feel. Then, if you are into it, or you get into it...one day you will have another moment...could be on the best day of digging ever or the worst...at the end of the day, when you are packed up and heading in...you find yourself thinking about nothing, but lost in your thoughts, nothing worrying you, nothing affecting you, and you have a half smile, a 1000 yard stare, and a sense of nirvana and bliss that has no rational source... That moment, know...you are screwed...your life just changed...you will dig until your bones hurt...and the value, beauty, and entire experience of the gem world will never be the same for you and those that have never done what you have, will never understand exactly what it is you see in a gem, unless they go to that happy place too... Really, digging can be a very meditative process and a healing process (though you may come out cut up, sore, and bloody), you can come in with problems on your mind...leave them in the bottom of the hole, and take back real gems and gems of a more metaphorical nature from the experience... For those that love gemstones but have never gone after them themselves (not at a tourist trap that is salted either), but at a real site, I highly encourage you to get dirty...your life will be better for it. I have had many friends that had "hobbies" gamers, programmers (I am one...its nice to see functioning code, but you can't put it on a shelf), etc that their hobby didn't actually produce a tangible product for their effort and eventually they would have the "Dark Night of the Soul" and I would talk to them about what was eating them, often, it was an issue of self-worth...and I would help them find something they enjoyed doing (carpentry, painting, drawing, carving, pottery, jewelry, or even prospecting) and get them into it...and their lives changed...because they had something tangible that was theirs, a product of their own focus, motivation, effort, and direction...unrelated to their jobs or every day life...that redefined them and connected them with their self-worth... There is something to be said about productive hobbies, and even in this...if you never find the gem of your dreams...did you have a dream? Yes. Did you do something to achieve it? Yes. Do you have tangible results from your efforts that are still beautiful and amazing? Yes. Did you actually achieve your dream? Yes... Dream big...but realize that the reality of the physical world is infinitesimally smaller than the reality of the mind and the vision of the minds eye...if you learn to appreciate the little things...you will find that the dream and the reality may have already intersected, and if not, it will.
Indeed.Love rockhounding. One time my husband and I went out with our metal detectors,looking for gold.Instead,we found a rare mussel bed in the river,and a king bolete mushroom under an oak,in the summertime! We walked all over the place,waded in the river for awhile,and looked up the story about the mussels.One time I just found a cool rock-a heart shape in the middle of the rock!All that glitters is not gold.
My grandma knew about all the standard valuable stones, but her favorite was the natural formations that looked like animals, or that were like worry stones...in meteorites those are called regmaglypts, when she gave me her collection, she was still alive, but couldn't remember where she found the few extraterrestrial "worry stones" that were in her collection. #1 rule of rock hounding...if it doesn't look like the other 3 billion other rocks around you...unless you are standing in a treasure chest (been there, done that, even then, the outliers were special though)....its probably special... #2...sometimes its not the destination, but the journey... Found one hell of a blue agate spot on the way to another spot due to a flat tire... and of course... #3... Always keep the high grade for yourself...lol.
@@4thDimensionGemsandJewelry man you said it... I know exactly what you mean... once you see it in the wall, the glimmer of purple, or sparkle of something else in a dark cave... yeah... I've never been the same... love how you put it out there.
@@Tdowns77 Thank you... Its nice to know there are others out there that have a similar passion and view... Just by the way you posted, I know whether it was 7 lbs or 0.2g I bet you would have appreciated both similarly... That is rare... And something I respect. Without diving too deep into my soapbox... Too many are so obsessed with clout, how much something is worth, how big it is (so many comments and correlations there it's hilarious), how long they have been doing it, how much they spend, make, have, think they know, who they know.... That they miss the awe-f***ing inspiring moments in their own lives...be they finds like this or bigger...a deal...an unexpected revelation...etc...ruining the moment with ego or materialism...while crapping on others that it breaks my heart... This industry didn't used to be this way... The hobby didn't used to be this way... Thank you T Downs for keeping a candle lit for the 'good old days'
looks like amazonite
Opal_Prince Might want to check those eyeball spectrometers.
Im just saying its very rough
I know its not feldspar just camparing
Where did you find that in ga I'm live in ga
Hogg Mine: hoggmine.com/
Oh okay I've heard of it thanks and good find
what part of ga was this found
A bit smaller than Dom Pedro,
What part of the State are you in?
The boring part, Disgusta (aka Augusta...),but luckily 2 hours equidistant from tons of good digs.
Oh my god how
could that be worth of 1 million dollars?
I wish, but no. Maybe a million Doll Ears ;). There was around 1000 cts of top blue facet grade in it, so $200,000 retail after faceting. Lots of pretty translucent cab grade material, around $15 to $50 per ct cut. Some big cats eye material... Cant guesstimate there still have to cut it.
Something like this is the exception not the rule. I dug my ass off for a year and a half after my beginners luck find to see a nice blue hunk... Meanwhile a young girl finds a hand sized hunk Ida given my soul for 30 yards away... LOL... First time out for her... Nothing I love more than seeing that happen... I like that more than finding them myself even...to see a passion ignite in someone and the joy and surprise... Its priceless.
Would you mind giving location?
why all have to damage the gems. Can not you clean the place with high pressure water?
RamcioELDiablo high pressure water digging takes lots of permits and can cause pollution issues. It's not impossible, just not as simple as bringing out a big tank, a Genny, and a pressure washer. Figure a weak electric pressure washer can dump 1.5 gallons a minute, that means a 250 gallon tank would be empty in 2.7 hours. Bring in a huge tanker...Then you need to have a regulation containment pond, extra pump system, etc... Everything is possible, but sometimes the easy way is the most expensive...a couple million dollars, petitions, building an infrastructure, one could even have a conveyor belt, use blasting, have water jet cutters to cut through the core...or...in the absence of that, staying legal, you do things the hard way.
4th Dimension Gems and Jewelry thanks.
RamcioELDiablo I'd gladly sell my entire opal collection and top gems to make that happen (which would be enough to buy a few sites, a large excavator, and my heart's desire), but gems are just rocks until someone pays for them and those with the deep pockets and big money have yet to grace me with their needs...most of the time it's people that want the world for a dime and expect a quarter in change when all they give me is a nickle.
Where at in Georgia is this
Show parabens Like do Brasil 😉🖒
I got a few somewhere, wish I could go dig some up in Brazil!
How would one learn about quality, brand new at this and I really would love to know ( besides the adrenalin high) if I found something really special. Meaning I can actualy gift it. Instead of thinking I'm gifting a quality stone I gift low grade quality. I get the 4cs, I guess what I'm asking is how would you test them?
Awesome find btw! Happy hunting!
GIA has distance learning, IGS has lots of online courses, Coursera has geology courses, William Holland has Lapidary classes, Google, Books, and you can look to see if you have a local rock and gem club. All good starts.
Thanks for the reply! I think I will take the online corses. Can't wate to get started!
@@jomamma349 just an FYI, if you are still on your learning path. I will be releasing a few prototype gem labs soon (Spectrometer (145nm to 10,000nm with near 1nm resolution, 37 Excitation Sources, Direct DB Access), Colorimeter, True Digital Refractometer with 589nm std source), Reflectometer, Geiger Counter, Scale (0.001g, quadruple redundant accuracy), 3D scanner, 48MP Camera and 1000x Optical Zoom Microscope, Polarimeter, you name it.... Will be making some less advanced ones as well... Hit me up on Etsy if you have any needs.
HOW MUCH ????
How much it worth?
Depends... As a specimen, not much... As lapidary rough, it had a good deal of cats eye and star rough (80% of its weight), so assuming a 50% yield on cutting 80% of its weight and that cats eyes are the same value as VVS faceted of the same color and star is 5x VVS faceted of the same color and the star is Santa Maria level double blue... A good deal... Add the premium for it being American and American cut...
Was this Hogg Mine?
Yup! I found that spot in November of 2014, almost got struck by lightning that Sunday working it in the pouring rain, worked it like a dog every weekend for over a year. We finally have come close to cashing that little 10 ft wide area (out of 1.5+ acres or so), but it is still putting out...when I am not there, people have pulled out even more remarkable stones. It collapsed a few weeks ago and a solid double blue full hex fell out bigger than that. The Hogg is one of my favorite haunts.
4th Dimension Gems and Jewelry what State is this in?
@@MedicalSkillsTraining Georgia
hard to tell if that is a gem quality rock or not. what id it's value uncut?
Hard to tell if you know the meaning of gem quality... The value of it as cut stones ranges from $100 per carat for the cat's eye material from it and up to $1500 per ct for the facet grade that came from it. In the end...who cares about value...
what i meant was, can it be cut into a single large stone or must it be broken into a bunch of tiny ones before faceting, or could it even be cut at all, not all gems can be faceted into a cut stone, because of fractures and inclusions. thanks for the fast response, I live close and was curious if it would be worth my time to look for some in my area or not.
IF you go out there expecting to find riches, you will not have fun. If you go out there for fun...you will have a good time and find stuff... Personally, in rock hunting and prospecting, until you own your own claim or mine, if you go out expecting anything else, you are setting yourself up for failure and disappointment... Sometimes it is just learning an area, I found a good Santa Maria Blue specimen my first time there...is that the rule, no, does it happen, the area favors the newcomer that is motivated and combine the two, I see lots of beginners luck. I have seen people find palm sized facet grade pieces on their first time...I have never found a pure one that big...the thing about gemstones that makes them valuable is rarity, if a yard of dirt is $20, then figure that if you want to find a $2000 stone, just statistically, you will be moving 100 yards of dirt. If you are in the wrong spot...then more... Go for the experience...not expecting riches and you will have a great time...and if you find a whopper...don't use it as a litmus test for every other time you go out...otherwise, lets suppose that stone is your high water mark, the best you will ever find in your life...that means the rest of your life will be disappointment. I grew up doing this since I could walk with 3 generations of family there to teach me and take me out...before it was ever about money, it was about fun, beauty, passion, being outside in the sun, nature, and the adventure....its not the destination it is the journey...and if you just find regular old porcelain beryl...as long as you are personable and friendly, you just may meet something more important than a gemstone...good people...I would take 1000 amazing and wonderful people and 1000 fond memories over 1000 cts of good gemstone any day.... When I am out, I help out people left and right, however a lot of people lose my free service when it becomes about...how much is this worth....how much can I make from this...where is the high grade (as if I knew and wasn't digging there myself because I had lost my mind...but alas, no, I am looking for the next good spot just like everyone else)... I rocked that spot for almost a year and a half...my girlfriend and I moved by hand, at least two 18 wheelers full of dirt...and I walked away with hundreds of pounds of cabochon grade material, facet grade, nice specimens...but more than that...I walked away with great memories, fun times, and the girl of my dreams...which is worth more and will last longer? The latter. Others make it a jockstrap thing in this industry, somehow the size of their gemstone is equivalent to the size of their cup, or IQ, or worth in this life...I have little time for that, I have a safe full of gobstoppers, yeah, they are neat, but at the end of the day, until someone buys them...they are just rocks, pretty rocks which have little to do with whether I am smart, have a big cup in my jock strap, am a name, or am some sort of rock star...all of these things for me are trivial... Do it for the love...or don't do it at all...if you do the former vs the latter, you will never have a bad day.
Sadly, you have to break it up...and that is where the conundrum comes from...to keep a beautiful specimen or break it up. I choose the latter and was happy as a mad hatter. Often times the material from there will be deceptive as well...I have had pieces that looked like porcelain beryl, white on the outside, and then gemmy as heck on the inside.
thanks, I am close so even if i dont hit it big, it would still be fun as I love gem hunting, I just did not know there was any so close by.
Were you at Hogg Mine?
Correct
Cool what something that big worth
Whatever someone is willing to pay for it...
How much is that Aqua worth
Abstract value... All the effort of digging it out and a year and a half of working that exact spot...
Monetary value:
Top Facet Grade Material (65% est weight loss in cutting):
Once the facet grade is all cut $500 to $2500 per ct
Commercial Grade Faceted Material:
$250 to $750 per ct once cut
Cabochon Material Once Cut (assumes 50 to 60% yield) :
Top Grade Cats Eye (Deep Blue Tight, Prominent Cats Eye), $250 to $1500 per ct
Commercial Grade Cats Eye:
$50 to $100 per ct
Normal Cabochon Material:
$15 to $100 per ct.
Top Santa Maria Blue Star Aquamarine with no flaws and strong star, per IGS minimum 5 x the value for faceted material of the same weight and color.
In short... A buck or three... 😁
4th Dimension Gems and Jewelry ah thx
Big Chunk-0 Beryl
It was burly Beryl... Wish I had a barrel of it... 😁
I wonder how it looked, when it's cut😏
Will post some soon...
🤯🤯🤯🤯wow!
looks like Hogg Mine
Edwin Pink more than looks like...
Muito bom legal
How much will it cost?
I broke it up into facet rough, cats eye rough, star rough (the material from this site can show a whispy asterism) rough, and carving rough.
Amantes de la naturaleza
Omg!!!
This video's stone name please.
Aquamarine, the blue colored stone of the beryl family.
what did you end up getting from it? did you cut it?
Hi Tony, thanks for asking. After about 8 months of temptation and trepidation, I grew a set, put on my 'you gotta be nuts' cap, and I broke it up into cutting rough. About 90% of it was beautiful cabochon grade, Star (very uncommon optical phenomenon in Beryl due to the difference in how it forms vs star corundum, got a very small amount of small pieces there), Cats Eye, and Chatoyant (but not strong enough to cats eye) material, about 1% was facet grade and a fraction of that Santa Maria Blue/Double Blue/Top Blue, then 9% junk porcelain Beryl. I cut a few of the first cats eyes I have ever cut from that locale due to that piece. I have been pondering putting them up for sale on my Etsy, but for most, the price would be prohibitive. However for a serious collector, I think a set on a solid flawless rose quartz base with engraved plaque (18K white gold with 18K yellow gold with locale, species, miner/cutter (me), and a museum glass cover (18K corners) and 18K holders with the faceted Aquamarine piece, a killer cats eye, an asterated piece, a fine aquamarine crystal, a faceted star rose, cabbed star rose, and rough star rose, faceted Smokey, star Smokey, rough Smokey point (I have one of 4 found there (unless new ones have been found) , faceted Amethyst (Rose de France color), cabbed (bet it stars), and maybe a black Tourmaline set would be fun to make, though it may end up on my shelf forever...
@@4thDimensionGemsandJewelry great response, i wish you all the best in your future exhibitions .. stay safe
Whaaaatt...
That's so fucken cool☆
Thank you Sally May. :)
This tone name please.
Aquamarine also known as blue beryl
Wowwwww
That is the sexist thing I've seen all week.
Hi, I’m here for this week.
wow Y'ALL
I think that's just blue barrel
Learn how to spell beryl first then amaze me with your barrel of ignorance about the difference between beryl and aquamarine.
Have you gone to Wikipedia yet to learn that all aquamarine is beryl but not all beryl is aquamarine? However you have to spell it right. 🤣
Yep, that's what I thought🎉
How much for the cat?
rucussing sorry the cat is the boss, he'd sell me for catnip and an ear scratch.
I may have to come down to Georgia sometime and see what I can dig up. I majored in Computer Science and minored in Geology. I am rusty so I may have a hard time telling the difference between a rock and something Gneiss, but I still have a great Apatite for gemstones!
Geologists are gneiss, tuffe, and a little wacke!
I bet the rust would fall off right quick...and in a stroke of Gneiss, you would have it all back.
If the rust stays, try SuperIronOut...it removes rust stains like a mo-fo.
Looks like beryl not aqua
Do you know the difference between beryl and aqua...lol...
First you need to know whats is gem quality and what is not - just wasting time on a dead stone --
LOL... First YOU need to KNOW what is GEM QUALITY and what is NOT - Just wasting time posting a dumb comment