Finding Gemmy Crystals on the Side of the Road! | Scapolite Crystals | Ontario Rockhounding

I chanced upon a pile of dirt and rubble on the side of the road that had a bunch of interesting minerals in them.
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[@lisaeriksen657]

That scapolite that rolled down was AMAZING! 🤩

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks Lisa! It definitely was a trip maker.

[@diggingappalachia954]

Super nice crystals, the apatite was definitely a cool little bonus

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thank you 😀

[@minniemouse7803]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Uraeus_]

So cool! I have several varieties but none like this. I was eagerly waiting to see you pull out a UV flashlight. I would have been so excited to find those scapolites, even the mica books would make me smile. Awesome video!

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks glad you liked the video. These ones react nicely under uv light. 👌

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

Last time I was in Ontario I found some very interesting rocks; but it's been many years now. So I'm enjoying watching your videos! Thank you for taking us along.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Mike-br8vb]

Definitely a happy little accident! I really liked all the specimens! I have collected some small mica books here in Manitoba, super cool colors coming off of them. Great video, Aidan!

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks Mike!!

[@christiemcbaine2805]

Fascinating! I’m in awe at how easily you can find and identify the stones. And to think that they were all pushed to the side as if they were rubble.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thank you, it years of experience and lots of learning from others that has gotten me to this point.

[@dieds8613]

Aidan, if from the Minden / Norland area almost certainly an Allanite coating

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Ok that is good to know, thanks for confirming 👍

[@historylooker7]

Hello Aidan 😎✌️

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Hi Chad thanks for stopping by!

[@historylooker7]

@Ontario_Rockhound Nice finds for sure, now you better get back to work !!! 😆✌🍀⛏⛏

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Nice fresh xls, they’re so seldom lustrous. Now you need to figure out where they came from!

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks, yeah I did some exploring around there and I think I maybe narrowed down the roadcut the material it came from, hopefully next year I will make it back and check it out again.

[@mrimc]

Always a great adventure. Thank you. Cool specimens for the display cases.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks!

[@GeoRockNerd]

Great video, love those random unexpected road side finds!

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks, me too 🙂

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Eating this up mate, you get into some super unique mineral deposits🔮✨

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Yeah Ontario definitely does have some variety when it comes to geology.

[@wildedibles819]

Very interesting

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks

[@sharonrowland1196]

Good Evening Ontario Rockhound You Lucky devil I love hunting ROCKS CRYSTALS MINERALS ARROWHEADS PETRIFIED WOOD ETC CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FINDS SIR 👍👋🤣 "I LOVE ALL ROCK'S PERIOD 🪨🪨🪨🪨👍👋🤣❤️ NEVER THROW ANY ROCK'S CRYSTALS MINERALS PETRIFIED WOOD ETC BACK OR AWAY PERIOD!!!! "I LOVE ALL ROCK'S AND PERIOD. Thank YOU for SHARING 🪨👍👋🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Thanks for watching and supporting

[@anythinganywhere05]

Scapolite is rare to be found and you just have it like that 😂

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

@anythinganywhere05 I mean, if you know where to look, the Norland and Minden areas of Ontario have multiple scapolite occurrences.

[@rockcrazygal5166]

Red apatite looks so similar. How to know the difference?

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

From scapolite? The crystal structure is the big give away, apatite is hexagonal so it will have a hexagonal cross section, scapolite is tretragonal so the cross section will show a 4 sided shape.

[@TomsRockShop]

I dont think I have any scapolite yet. Next years mission.

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Maybe we could meet up at some point and collect some together, do you have any uv lights?

[@TomsRockShop]

@@Ontario_Rockhound Would love to I dont have UV lights but I can get one

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

@TomsRockShop well it might be a good investment if you're interested in the uv side of scapolite.