Basalt | Not Boring At All

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

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[@OldGuyAdventures]

Right after Mt. St. Helens erupted I worked in the red zone of the mountain, there were big pieces of pumice there. I would grab these huge boulders of pumice and throw them into the stream that flowed thru the area. These boulders would float down the stream. It is quite the sight seeing huge bouders floating down a stream.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I would love to see something like that.

[@cindycisneros9967]

Cool❣️

[@f.r.m8190]

Basalt is not boring at all. It morphs😎👍

[@maplecollector4398]

I've watch those gloves grow old over the episodes. They look like they're near the end. I will miss them😢.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I don't know I think they still have a few good years left in them, at this point I can't not wear them in a video.

[@hilario6960]

This is my absolute, most favorite video yet ! You Sir. You helped me decide, almost a year ago. That, Basalt is my favorite type of rock. We've gathered quite a few "mini pillows" around Spokane. I can't wait for your next Basalt video. It looks boring when it's not the columnar stuff. But You have helped me understand and appreciate what's inside of the weathered, sun beaten crust. Hey ! It's like getting to know me ! Ha Ha. Thank You very much Jared. Thank You.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I love making videos like this and sharing what I'm passionate about. The next video touching on the subject will be showing some of the tree castings that we have here in Spokane that are kind of rare. I think that having a good understand of the areas host rock you can learn so much about other minerals you might want to find.

[@mrslkungpowchikn1206]

That’s hilarious; “hey, it’s getting to know ME!”! 😂

[@quantumlab9130]

Basalt is also one of my favorite rocks, especially because of all of the accessory minerals that go along with it. Around me the areas in between the pillows usually contain lots of interesting minerals. Also if you break the pillows open sometimes some of the water gets caught inside the pillow making them solid which usually results in interesting mineralization.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I might need to cut this one in half to see what's going on inside it.

[@LindenRanch]

I have a couple of tall Basalt columns in my garden. They are among my favorites. One is drilled to ctrate a fountain

[@melissiamillan2405]

I love it too! Until, when living in E.WA you have to replace your fence posts. Thats when you no longer love basalt haha! Should I spy an almond shaped basalt I will send it your way

[@cjnoneya4927]

I live on the big island. Had my driveway bulldozed and saw some cool rocks. Started prying them up to check out. Year later my yard looks like a quarry 😂 it's like treasure hunting. First the plan was a rock wall...now I'm thinking of building a castle😎

[@isaques]

Wow, super cool, in my area we have lots of basalt types also. Never gave much attention but you changed my mind.

[@cptchumknuckle]

Bringing me back to Nick Zentner's columnar basalt video when he dropped his rock hammer, haha

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I wonder if its still there.

[@cptchumknuckle]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I bet it is! Also, you might want to plan a trip to Mt. St. Helens this spring, I have found every kind of basalt imaginable there.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Oh man, that's music to my ears.

[@Mr_C.Bacteria]

I just identified what I now know as basalt all along our river and my son said "that one looks like a hexagon or something" now I see why, and we found round ones. So it's really cool that you've explained that. I just identified it when I got home then watched this vid. Cheers

[@barry7608]

Mate, that was riveting, for a curious geologically uneducated Australian that loves to look at rocks it revealed so much. Mainly I guess it’s the fact that I have examples of all but Obsidian, and the very orange rock. Just don’t get time to study but I do travel to most parts, I’ll subscribed.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

1:10 in and I’ve already learned something new.. thanks

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That makes me feel good to hear.

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding yeah man I always learn something new from every video you share. Your channel has lots of great information.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, I look forward to meeting you some day and we can make some videos together!

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

Super excited,that you just showed me what I found in a basalt cliff.

[@jak3589]

Finally a good video on basalt. Thank you you helped me better understand.

[@robertotamesis1783]

My is a geologists PhD a met a classmate , an astronaut among Apollo mission they examined moon rocks , not only basalt but pyrite fools gold.

[@jmsdvs5]

Imagine sitting at your dinner table and YOU need seasoning for your food. "Can you hand me Ba-salt" LMAO

[@AxcelleratorT]

I am also a fan of basalt. Mostly because, as you mentioned, all the vesicles found in basalt are great places for micro-minerals to form.

[@galatura]

Basalt is really interesting, as you said the variety of Basalts , is amazing

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

That is VERY interesting. You teach well. I have collected some basalt and really didn't know why. I just found it interesting. Now I know why lol. Havagudun Jared and thanks.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, it's really cool stuff once you start looking for it.

[@lukescherschel]

8:34 I have some. Found them in Panama. I have been trying to figure them out.

[@roseannarabia6461]

Thank you for doing this video, this is the information that I was looking for. I love your videos because they're so casual and informative and there's no hype around them. Thanks again.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks for stopping by to watch. Sadly no hype means less views in the world of KZbin.

[@roseannarabia6461]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Sadly you're right, but just know I appreciate your videos and the valuable information you provide. I'm sure others will eventually pull their head out of the rocks and realize it too. :)

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you, that does mean a lot to me.

[@linabaliashvili2495]

Thank you so much for shearing!!! Great educational video and very helpful!!!!! Thank you thank you, thank you!!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@yoopermann7942]

a new " ROCK " to collect? maybe? just about time to head for the hills!!! thank you for many more ideas!!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm always picking it up!

[@pockets-full-of-stones]

Yes more basalt videos please!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

They will be coming in time, I think the general response to this video has been pretty good as well.

[@patriciamckean4186]

So very informative, Ive noticed vesicular/amyloidal basalt and am looking for a way of removing those filled pockets without destroying the fill.

[@TheAdventureCloset]

Excellent information. We loved seeing the different samples you showed. Basalt is rad!

[@praisencube4044]

,so guys how do you sell them

[@cindycisneros9967]

Show and tell is fun❣️ So interesting 🥰

[@DeeDeeDIY]

Love this! What a great idea to share this type video. Very educational.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@NessieWLNeck]

This video came in handy, thanks a lot. I didnt know there were so many types of it😊

[@chrisharness3419]

You have answered many things I've been searching 4 in 10mins. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR👍

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

awesome, thank you! I love basalt.....ok, I 'like like' basalt. I love old bedrock more but basalt is very cool! I often don't give it the respect it deserves. I mean, I live right near a basalt cliff....showing how high the lava floods were and how much was removed via floods! that's amazing! it tells us a lot about our history. columnar basalt exposed by ice aged floods, pillow basalt (telling us that water was here), obsidian....so cool! I have a decent basalt collection but nothing like that! I was given a some nice obsidian but the rest was found. great vid!

[@patrickliu4463]

Hey I picked up some of that obsidian-like basalt on the way to an ammonite collection site in eastern Oregon! Been trying to figure out what it was because it's glassy in texture but crumbles like a rock.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

You should email me some photos!

[@hxcdanny3x]

excited for more basalt, got plenty of it here in jersey, hope there are some tips for finding minerals within the basalt! cheers

[@ryanb1874]

What are the names obsidian composed of vitrified basalts. They seem much tougher that that more transparent volcanic glass.

[@donnabeaudin9114]

I learned something new today, thank you!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@TheAbyssalEnderling]

I absolutely love basalt and I'm admittedly kind of jealous of your collection. You have some incredible basalt pieces.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! Its a pretty easy group of rocks to collect as its really abundant.

[@TheAbyssalEnderling]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I have a small basalt piece but I'm hoping to get some larger ones someday. I don't live near a volcanically active area though. Are there other characteristics of basalt to watch for?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@TheAbyssalEnderling The best way to find it is to look at a geological map of an area and see what makes up the surface geology. You can use a free app called rockd for that.

[@TheAbyssalEnderling]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Ok, thanks.

[@deborahduthie4519]

Columnar Basalt looks like it radiates from a centre point, on cross section. Fractured layers from cooling and heating and cooling and heating. Super cool ! Basalt is cool because it shows it’s multiple beginnings. Nice rock examples..

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Depending on the columns it does look like a centre point at time. However its just from one cool down cycle.

[@rachaelb9164]

Hey I have some vesicular basalt you can add to your collection from the Mojave desert of Southern California. When we lived down there we collected a bunch of rocks for our pet snakes to shed on. They’re rough but not sharp so it helps slough their skin. Because it’s so dry out there we never got any of the agate or zeolites growing in the holes.

[@orbiebibbee977]

Have you been to deep creek canyon near Spokane? Awesome pillow basalt. Clay etc.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I have and in fact I have a few videos up on it here on the channel. Mostly I was covering the fossils you can find down there but I want to go back and cover some of the other really neat features.

[@orbiebibbee977]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thanks for the reply. Very cool. I will go through your videos.👍

[@retrogirl1195]

This was awesome!

[@dukebaggerly7820]

I have 2 that I was told are Basalt although they look so different than yours. They are very heavy for their size, very magnetic and both have a golden tint to them.

[@DR_SOLO]

Are you around Missouri are you sure that's not a Missouri weaubleau egg? That second piece you showed could be formed by meteorite impact doing breccia tumbling through the air and hitting and snowballing and forming roundish egg-shaped concretions.

[@coriensign2231]

Great video. Love geology and from WA so this was perf

[@222foont]

I love basalt too!

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

Very interesting. I will need to rewatch this. So much information. I do have a lava bomb. Great vide!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Where is your lava bomb from?

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

I found it about 35 miles north of Christmas Valley, Or. there are lots of cinder cones, fissures there

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

I will get you a picture of it today via email I hope

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

@@brucevanderzanden9638 I'm going to have to make a note of that and stop by if I'm ever down that way a look around. Thank you.

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

I have a spot to I can take to for something I will send with the picture. I do not want to advertise it here.

[@DanFarrar]

Awesome information. Crust to pillow basalt Cool! Your rock examples and explanations are very helpful 🧐

[@MsSandraCGL]

Had a great time

[@snowghost247]

Didn't know it could be so cool 😂 I found one with green rocks in it I left it there in fear of it being radioactive ☢️ but it looks Coolio

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Some pumice has so much air in it that it will float. That was a fun trick when I was a child. You could see basalt being created by going to the Big Island of Hawaii where Kilauea is active. There's a green sand beach there made of olivine that comes out of lava that's rapidly cooled by ocean water. And you can walk on lava flows of many different ages and see cool formations like tree molds and lava tubes. Check out apau hawaii tours, a KZbin channel created by a fellow who witnessed the 2018 Kilauea eruption up close and personal. It erupted in his neighborhood and he now owns a lava lot near his home where there used to be jungle, houses and streets. (His property wasn't damaged.) Cool video! Basalt doesn't get enough respect! 😁

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I would love to get my hands on some of the stuff that floats. I would love a trip to Hawaii to see some of those features.

[@kd7ign]

I can’t figure out how watch the members only videos posted below. I’m subscribed here but can’t find a link to anything else.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

If you go to the main channel page by clicking my name you should be able to see the Join Button, click it and sign up. If your curious what the members content looks like, when you go to the main channel page, scroll down a little bit and you will see a play list of videos with a green sidebar on the thumbnail image, those are the member videos.

[@ladymayramorfin413]

Thank you for the information!

[@jeffsiegwart]

Very Interesting!

[@mrslkungpowchikn1206]

This embarrassing but i think i might have mistaken some basalt as sand stone? We live on the Columbia River frontage and in a pretty rocky area (less than a mile east of the Port of Camas Washougal). My daughter and i LOVE going down to the water to look at rocks. Also, there are very large rocks that end up getting shaved into sheets of rocks from the water and wave patterns, which eventually sometimes break off into relatively flattish rock sheets. I think awhile back i thought it was sand stone due to the granularity but now i assume it mostly natural basalt? And how would we know if it is sandstone MADE of basalt particles vs actual solid basalt? I just never gave much thought to it before that it made some of the fireplace rock masonry (sheets of black / grayish rock) to the place that the original owner put in the house when they built it in the 50s or 60s and that it was basalt, not sandstone. 🤪 Sometimes it’s difficult learning how to ID rocks just using books and videos on your own with no mentor peering over your shoulder live as you are picking rocks out from rivers or the ground. I wish i did have that!

[@KatyDidRocks]

I have to admit, basalt is not my favorite rock - but that vesicular basalt with agate was awesome! Have you ever tried extracting the stones from the basalt?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I have! I have a little jar of agates that I have pulled from basalt chunks just like I showed right here. Its a lot of work.

[@dennissorensen167]

I always wanted to make a driveway out of columnar basalt.... Way too expensive though.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Why did you just give me that idea? Now I really want a columnar basalt driveway.

[@dennissorensen167]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding I know right I've wanted one for over 20 years

[@stellabelikiewicz1523]

That’s so brilliant! And 99% of people wouldn’t even know what an awesome thing you created 😁

[@10kLakesRockhounding]

Basalt is in my Top 5 as well. So underrated for being cool.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I can be very cool.

[@RocksForBrains]

If you like basalt you should come visit the Flagstaff, AZ area. There’s soooooooo much here. Over 600 cinder cone volcanoes. I’m hoping to do a volcano video soon. 😁

[@nen.user.3764]

Thanks man . It’s a great video

[@1sec2midnight]

Thanks for the video, very interesting indeed.

[@branthebroken9620]

I’m trying really hard to carve some blanks, any advice on how to cut a stone, with a wet saw?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm sorry, what?

[@branthebroken9620]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding sorry without a wet saw. How do I get rectangular prisms from a basalt stone. I’m carving pipes and figurines

[@Fenestra_M]

Yes, much we have somerset UK but not a lot mostly sedimentary

[@hardwarefixer6822]

come to central oregon we got splatter we got columns we have many obsidian types

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm going to look into where I can find some splatter

[@shadowmon31]

Sounds like you need a trip to Hawaii! Lots of basalt there!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I would love a trip to Hawaii someday.

[@khievpong4591]

Hello! Can the basalt stone respond to the magnet?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

It depends on the type of basalt.

[@khievpong4591]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding Thank you so much

[@CapitalWheeler]

When industry makes products from basalt does it matter what type they use?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Do you mean things like gravels...etc?

[@CapitalWheeler]

@@CurrentlyRockhounding No I mean processed products such as: rebar, insulation, blocks, roving, chopped and so forth. I sense there are huge untapped opportunities with basalt. I've seen a few demonstrations that exceed properties of similar materials such as E-glass, carbon fiber and Kevlar.

[@naturalstones9971]

Plz tell me basalt rocks contains diamonds or chaldency stone?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Some times you can find chalcedony in basalt but you will not find diamonds.

[@darrinwilliams5715]

Thank you for the info, 😎

[@bloodnthuner]

Is the pumice so light that it floats?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Yes

[@naturalstones9971]

In my place lot of basalt rocks and mountains, stone , but there no volconlo How it came?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

If it's basalt, it came from a volcano or lava dike at some point in time. Lava can travel long distances, so maybe the source of the basalt is not local.

[@helenakatter4190]

I've just bought 20 tonnes of Basalt rock dust. It smells like petrol. Is this normal for crushed basalt ?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That is not normal at all. Why are you buying that much dust?

[@donnaanderson5529]

Loved this! Thanks bro 👊🏼👍🏼

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@kd7ign]

Really interesting. I like the silvery almost obsidian. I wonder what that looks like tumbled. 🤔

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you! Tumbled obsidian looks really pretty but I only have few specimens of that were gifted to me since I don't rock tumble.

[@josephjoshuatablit5821]

This is awesome but there was still giant tree stumps that got petrified and turned to stone...

[@KCoda1248]

Great info. Thanks!

[@222foont]

There is boring basalt. It is found in Boring, Oregon. I came out of local lava domes.

[@michaelgoldman4423]

Great video. TED talks for rockhounds. :-)

[@klairesprengel9335]

I found this video very interesting xx thnx xx luved it xx

[@MrFlopje123]

He I have a question dou you now some thing about rocks in Europe specially the Netherlands and Germany?? By the way I love your videos

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm happy you like the videos. Sorry but I don't know much at all about the geology out that way.

[@OzoneFineArtVentures]

Looking forward to the regional lava show. This was great, what's there not to love about basalt (German Chocolate Cake)!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Who doesn't love some German Chocolate Cake!

[@janetrychel5823]

I enjoyed the education

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you.

[@ghostgaming-78-l5l]

I have a app that identifies rocks and it said basalt rock and it says it contains gold how often can you find gold in these rocks

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm sorry to break it to you but those apps are wrong about 90% of the time.

[@RGWamsley]

I also like basalt!

[@Fugitive24]

Very educational Thx!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thanks for stopping by and giving it a watch!

[@johnortega8495]

Awesome thanks for sharing I also collect rocks 💪

[@fromkorriban7369]

it's amazing samples

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Thank you!

[@sandandshoreshoppe]

Those are some pretty nifty rocks dude. I was not aware of the variety basalt to be honest. Are you sure though, that the pillow basalt is not in fact a petrified dragons egg that got blown out of its volcano nest and into the ocean with the lava flow? It looks like you cracked the shell off of it already, maybe you could cut it to see the dragon baby inside??

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Hahaha thank you.

[@markattardo]

Cool stuff!

[@gordonseslar8435]

I’m pretty new to minerals and geology. Are you calling obsidian a basalt? Isn’t obsidian a felsic rock and basalt a mafic rock?

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I guess I should have been more clear during that portion. Obsidian is not basalt, however basaltic lava when hitting water under the correction conditions can for a volcanic glass which at times can have a similar appearance to obsidian.

[@gordonseslar8435]

Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense. I appreciate it.

[@kaleyfantastic]

i actually really like the diversity. i thought basalt was just basalt. cool stuff as always

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

Basalt is so fun to look at and it comes in such variety.

[@pockets-full-of-stones]

I got a jar full of little ones!

[@geologyjohnson7700]

Very nice samples! I still think basalt is the 2nd most boring rock in the solar system though. 😉

[@GravelBarHopper]

More input! Me likey!

[@MarkTChristy]

Last weekend I spent a couple hours around the Bowl & Pitcher area looking at basalt. In a couple tan colored boulders of basalt (what makes them this color thru and thru), I broke them and found a grainy, yellow, (NOT sulphur), "filling" in the vesicules. I posted some pictures on Look what I found, on Facebook. I've only seen this material inside a vug (this time), other stuff that you've shown us like siderite, I've seen but this was suprising! Check it out:facebook.com/groups/943030942827086/permalink/1120287715101407/

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

I'm pretty sure what you have there is some nice examples of Nontronite, I would love to look at those boulders myself if you wouldn't mind sharing the location with me in an email. [e-mail]

[@mrslkungpowchikn1206]

I love you and your videos! I’ve subscribed to your channel for over 1 year now: you have such a great disposition and teaching ability! You help make rock hounding and geology super interesting, fun, as well as approachable for the newbie! Gives us newer people more confidence and hope, that maybe one day, we might know what we are doing too! 😂 Thank you for all you do!👍🏻 🪨 ❤️😃 PS I could definitely see you being an awesome high school or college teacher in geology or environmental science (i would know great teachers…as i have environmental science, and engineering degrees (yet I actually dont really do that as a living! Lol 😂 ). But have you ever considered this? I could also see you getting into environmental engineering stuff too - i can tell how much you love nature and are in awe with all of her amazing qualities and abilities! They are really doing a lot of cool stuff nowadays to help our lands and waterways, by working more with nature - not against it! Seems like that would be right up your alley! It seems fitting, yes? They didn’t have this kind of focus and support back when i was in college and looking for jobs (it was more of a regulatory compliance and post production or event “clean up” focus vs more of a “preventive” and “efficient design (in harmony with nature) based focus. So i went a different direction career wise,but i love learning about environmental engineering and even implement some things i’ve learned about to my own projects and help to share community awareness about them through social networks and face to face interactions). But i bring this up because in regards to construction, designas a hobby We get geeked out by all the cool stuff out there and the amazing things nature does, and can help us do too! Theres so many amazing products and strategies in that field these days - and its super exciting to see the field really taking off and being supported.

[@bonniebester606]

No l don't catch the Drift...how does a pimple or tick on Basalt turn into Agate? 😂

[@wisconsingoldrush8270]

I sprinkle basalt on my bapopcorn.

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

That's pretty good.

[@robertotamesis1783]

Are you trying find a diamond? You know kimberlite has highest amount of trapped of carbons .

[@RagnarRocks]

Ragnar ❤️ finding treasures in basalt. #vuglife

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

If Ragnar follows the clues left behind in Basalt then Ragnar will have better luck finding agates as well. #basaltlife