Amazing Deep Mine With Rare Pearls! AMAZING Cave Pearl Finds!

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Join us in this exhilarating adventure as we delve deep into the UK's forgotten mines with our lead explorer, Ioan. Experience the thrill of discovery as we unearth genuine gems, stunning underground landscapes, and remarkable historical artifacts illuminating our rich mining heritage. [#UKLostMines #MineExploration #minepearls ]
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[@oculusangelicus8978]

The copper inclusions in the rock as you were talking about, it called Azurite and Malachite. The Azurite is blue and Malachite is green. Copper, in it's natural state in the rock, exists as copper sulfate, and it is only when oxygen is made available into the mine when Azure and Malachite forms from the oxidation process of Copper sulfate. It would have existed in the time the mine was in operation as well, but they might not have paid it much attention if it wasn't anywhere else in the mine. and yes, all three forms of natural copper are soluble in water, so it makes sense that the man who opened up the mine wouldn't have seen it. The cave pearls, I think are formed by seeding process, much like crystals form when there is a seed crystal put into a saturate solution of any given mineral. The water's constant dripping will cause a depression in the floor to form and as the water, obviously near saturate with the minerals in the water, drop and deposit it's minerals to actually come out of solution and form a tiny crystal. When you were focusing your camera on the floor where the cave pearls were, you can see there is really tiny crystals of the same minerals as the pearls floating or rolling around in the water and they collect in the depressions of the floor created by the water drops. plus, the water is dropping at a rate that is fast enough to prevent the crystals from forming drusy or botryoidal formations on the rock floor, so instead of forming those formations, they form up eggs or pearls because the water keeps them moving and sometimes the water drops are saturate sometimes super saturated and instead of forming another seed crystal, they instead cause the ones that are already formed to get larger, because it is easier for the minerals to form on an already existing crystal, than it is to form another one by itself, and there is one that your camera focused on that had gotten real big but then started to be worn down by the water drops and exposing the layers of minerals that make it up. that is where the mechanical properties of water come into effect and this also shows just how effective water is as a solvent, wearing away the same minerals that it was depositing when the water was only just a few millimeters higher previously. THis is a great analogy of how this Earth is constantly creating and destroying all at the same time.

[@mrengland6325]

thanks

[@marloneverington]

Why do they all group together in colour groups. If they were all tumbling about how come they stay together in colour coded groups?

[@oculusangelicus8978]

@@marloneverington it is all a matter of the minerals that are solubilizing from each area where the water is dripping from the back of the mine. the water in the rock is not like a big pool of it on the other side of the roof , or back of the mine. each volume of water dripping down from the back takes it's own path through the rock and just like it always is, certain minerals are in separate spot within the rock that makes up the mountain. The rock of a mountain is never a homogenous mixture of minerals it is very diverse and scattered so when the water, which is a solvent itself, in case you didn't know, dissolves minerals in the places it encounters it within the rock and then flows through the rock in it's very own path as can bee seen with all the diverse colors in each and every pool. this is such an incredible process and it really can be a stretch to get your mind around it, but once you understand the nature of how rock can be porous and/or cracked and even though the water drips are coming through the rock above only mere inches from each other, they are obviously all taking different paths, and some parts of the rock have certain minerals. some minerals are seen throughout the whole rock but then there is diversity as well. the water that is dripping down from point A in the rock will take a certain path, and the water dripping down from point B might take a very long and convoluted path and encountering vastly different minerals even though it ends up dripping out of the rock a mere inch or two from point A plus with other pools of these "crystals" you can have two or more sources of water drips coming out at almost the same point or at the same point, and they could be two or more mineral sources converging and some of the older crystals lower down in the pool might be one color, but when the source of that mineral is fully dissolved then the subsequent crystals higher up in the pool might be a different color, and then to add even more complexity to it, the mineral molecules of one color can be a different charge, electrically speaking than later minerals that appear in different colors and this can be why some will be one color and some are another within the same pool, it gets unbelievably complex the further down that rabbit hole you go but each molecule has a certain charge, if you remember your High School chemistry.

[@marloneverington]

@@oculusangelicus8978 great explanation thanks.

[@dabberdan3200]

TL;DR

[@toddlittles2786]

Cave pearls are formed by a concretion of calcium salts that form concentric layers around a nucleus. Exposure to moving water polishes the surface of cave pearls, making them glossy; if exposed to the air, cave pearls can degrade and appear rough. Cave pearls form when water dripping into a cave loses carbon dioxide and precipitates calcite. A cave pearl forms when the water is moving too vigorously to form a stalagmite. A nucleus of matter (such as a grain of sand) becomes coated with calcite, and the current then provides rotation to the nucleus in such a way that it is coated evenly. In this manner, concentric layers build up over time, in much the same way that a biological pearl forms within a mollusk. Other cave pearl shapes include elliptical, hexagonal, cylindrical, and cubical.

[@W4iteFlame]

Just the comment I was searching for

[@WilliamCasey-ro5vz]

😊 Thank you ! Exactly ! What I was looking for also ! Thinking "if someone doesn't take a few out for analysis I won't watch these guys video ever"!

[@felixmaani]

Understood

[@chevyvangundy4290]

I thought this was a joke at first lol

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

This is hands down the most UNIQUE mine-explore... I've never seen anything like these Cave Pearls!

[@aloonatic8594]

what a treat to have a 42 min video . I really do enjoy these lost mine videos .Ioan is such a wealth of knowledge.

[@alangrimshaw1264]

Yay Ioan and Lost mines make the BBC news. Congrats to Ioan, Al and all the crew.

[@derekp2674]

Great news indeed. I tried to post a link to the BBC article but the AI seems to have deleted my post.

[@helamorningsun3600]

Wow ... Our planet is so effing amazing.....so hard to see it dying. Hope this tunnel is being protected from looters. I would sell my soul to live in the UK. Thank you so much for giving us an amazing virtual experience.

[@christhornley1664]

I love the mineralization deposits that form over many years in caves and abandoned mine workings. The examples in this explore are quite spectacular.

[@jean-baptistenicolas9935]

I was not sure to go through the 42min video. But just could not stop watching this amazing mine. Beautiful stuff. Thanks for the ride.

[@Herbybandit]

Welsh dragon eggs 😊

[@drekor72]

One of the most beautiful mines I've ever seen on KZbin. Thank you very much for sharing this with us.

[@singularityscan]

I love this channel, but this mine made my jaw drop! This was truly mesmerizing to watch.

[@simonjones3863]

Another fantastic video. There's a few mine exploring channels on KZbin, but nobody brings the entire mine to life like this team. Every scrap of wood and scrape on the wall is accounted for! ++

[@TheGreatest1974]

I love listening to Ioan, he doesn’t miss anything does he? By god he knows his stuff 👍

[@britannia-foundry]

I did mine and quarry exploration for 20 years from mid to North Wales, we did occasionaly see cave pearls but never as many as there are here and never so varied, what a precious mine thankfully protected by the difficulty of getting in there, thank you for sharing this treasure.

[@lewiscowden9731]

I have just come across your channel and have been glued to the TV since finding it. I am absolutely fascinated by the pearls and the colours. I would love to be able to see all that you have found.But thanks to a man who seen my two friends and I go down a pipe and thought it would be funny to light a fire at each end when we were up inside I wouldn't be able to go into the tight spaces without having bad memories. So it's great that I can still go down and see it all while sitting in my living room. Thank you for the great experiences you are bringing us on.

[@critterjon4061]

If anyone is wondering, no you can not use these for jewelry. They are mostly made of mineral salts and quickly tend to dissolve after they are taken out of water

[@zGJungle]

Wow! You could spend days looking at those cave pearls, never seen them in such clusters and with such variety of color.

[@Cueman222]

Of all the mines I have watched, this is the first for caves pearls. Awesome!👍

[@irishtino1595]

All I know about 'cave pearls' is they form as a conglomerate of minerals. If you cut them in half they will have rings, estentially different layers of slightly different shades of minerals(similar to jawbreaker candies). They can also be found to be opalescent and really spectacular. The article I read said the actual process was not fully understood. In Mexico and the SW USA there are caves with deep layers of these stones. Most interesting video!

[@terryharrison5]

42 minutes!!! On a Sunday afternoon, perfect timing! I love you guys!! Keep the videos coming. This one did not disappoint!!!

[@johncale7139]

You certainly struck gold with this video. Absolutely stunning, many thanks

[@mercury361]

Totally awesome thanks guys

[@allanvincent4450]

NOT a chance! thank you for taking me where I'd never go.

[@allanvincent4450]

those cave pearls are astonishing. i imagine round due to the equality of depositing of minerals on the outer in which ever process allows for a equitable method of doing that eg jostling of the pearls about randomly. am astounded, surprised, enraptured, and just loving you explorers for going where i wouldn't . thanks so much.

[@thewhiteroom23]

This is one of the best mine explores you have shown on your channel.

[@paulcooper2897]

Absolutely Stunning!!! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@jph8266]

That was awesome! So excited to learn more about the mine pearls! Beautiful!

[@G.C-oi3fy]

Thanks for taking us on this guided tour of a subterranean wonderland , there seems no limit to the lengths and depths you go to in supplying this kind of footage.

[@brotherwest3795]

So much black sand and gold all around the pearls as well! What a mine! Where is it? 😂

[@stephengardner9128]

As promised a stunning mine. The cave pearls are awesome. as for how they form I noticed as you filmed a nest of silver ones a drop of water hit the pool and one of the pearls moved, might this be how they form? A hidden gem thanks Guys for showing us what mother nature can do.

[@rossdtool]

I noticed the same thing, for them to grow into such rounded shapes they must turn around as the layers are deposited.

[@ClintWestVood]

yep. it is how they form

[@daliasaadeldin6260]

هذا صنع الله سبحان الله ويخلق مالا تعلمون

[@jennifergoodwin5597]

Beautiful, thank you for sharing!

[@lotuspod17axemaster93]

Wow this place is absolute paradise can't thank you enough for this video because i may have never knew something like this existed or could even be possible and through you i have been blessed so thank you

[@paulcooper2897]

Hitting the Like button now ... will watch it later when I'm not at work! Looking forward to this one!

[@rupertmiller9690]

Still a bit gob smacked that I was a spelunker in my youthful days. Squeezing into spaces not meant for humans and somehow making it back out intact. I've had a few injuries since then and can't do tight spaces anymore. Thanks for getting out there and exploring, documenting and sharing your adventures. I'd love to be there too, but this is a pretty good second choice.

[@misterp158]

Very Awesome mine, beautiful video. Much Respect. Thanks for sharing.

[@SirSidley]

That was an amazing magical mine explore ❤

[@David-jn4fx]

Had to see this again. What a view team! Loan grr always . Just amazing explore Team. Love you 🤩

[@MrTurbografx16]

Awesome

[@paulfranklin6747]

thanks for showing us this amazing sight,nature is incredible in it's scope to interest us, well done guys, & lady.

[@x_ultra6628]

awesome phenomenon

[@alanpurdy703]

Those pearls are fantastic .

[@Chank-fanaya]

Amazing...

[@Glenn-em3hv]

This is one of my goals to explore mines in Arizona and Nevada!!! There's a treasure that nobody sees in these mines and I'm going to grab it!!!!

[@TheGreatest1974]

Those mine pearls are amazing!👍

[@stephenkemp6870]

Amazing video, thanks so much.

[@phoule76]

the discipline you showed to not fill up your pockets!

[@jessicablack3822]

I would have been that a-hole that would bring some back with me 😂

[@c.a.greene8395]

They degrade out of water...become black, and loose their luster... Only the silver ones, and gold ones are of any value... The amount of work needed to collect enough to matter wouldn't be worth the effort...some of the pearls are only one millimeter by one millimeter, and hard to pick up without a eye dropper... I used to be a free miner, and realized there are much easier ways to get rich than mining for minerals... Get a free miners license. Go to the city planners office...lay your claims across roads that are to be widened for sidewalks, or bike paths. When the city uses eminent domain laws to take the land of homeowners to widen a road or add a bike lane they must offer $, which never actually pays the homeowner true value, but as a free miner, with a claim on the land the city must now pay YOU length X width X depth - what YOU value your claim at...this is the fastest way to get rich off mining... Work smart, not hard my friends...❤

[@blackginkgo]

Those cave pearls are incredible! I've never seen them before!

[@Carolb66]

Fantastic informative video. Stunning cave & pearls. You are all so brave to bring us this footage , my fear is deep water in a confined space so respect! Stay safe. ❤😊

[@deepwoodguy2]

Those round spheres look like, Cannon Balls,then,Grape shot and then,flintlock ammo OR prehistoric dinosaur eggs..........👍👍⛏⛏

[@garyruss3529]

The colors and formations are so stunning you could sell prints of them. I would love to be able to get stills of them.

[@PatB2207]

Yes a good 42 min video. Wow, amazing colours and those pearls! Maybe Lois could borrow a few for her craft works! Really a fascinating mine, I’m pleased you are revisiting some of the early mines, need updates on the waterwheel mines, Ioan, plus the ROV shipwreck, you said you’d do! Any book news? Thanks guys.

[@Olant.]

Wow! What a cool Video. Many thanks 😊 The Cave Pearls are so beautiful, the first time I have heard about them and see them. Just Wow!

[@user-mc8rd6hc1c]

Woww WOW

[@DAV4WSR1]

beautiful

[@Mohsen_r94]

Good Nice 💎

[@gregkral4467]

That was so cool, neer even heard of cave pearls,

[@rogerc7960]

Crystallization spheres

[@Jordon_arch]

I’ve only ever seen white cave pearls, those are some beautiful coloured pearls

[@cruising1792]

Great to see a feature length video, so to speak. The cave pearls are amazing and quite beautiful. Do Lois and Al use things like that, shapes and colours etc, to inform their art work? Flooded winzes always scare me in case one of you walks into one accidentally! Great mine!

[@Randrew]

Walking into a flooded winze from a flooded level is not as bad as stepping off into a deep, dry winze ;) At least in a flooded winze you'll float, not fall !

[@cruising1792]

@@Randrew true! Still scary though!

[@PureCoKayne]

gosh darn you guys sure do some interesting stuff ;) What a cool crew too

[@OBjectifsFauneSauvage]

WOW

[@grrfy]

always liked finding cave pearls in some of the old derbyshire lead mines.theylook similar.

[@werzengeturix]

❤ mega❤

[@polarroller]

I sure wish I could hang out with these guys......they are always having fun. Boy if you come to Alaska we have some neat mines here

[@StarScapesOG]

So cave pearls are supposedly alternating layers of calcium/magnesium salts. And polished by the flowing water. A paper I was reading was stating that they believe there is usually a "microbial" aspect to their formation (more info needed). Where they are hydros minerals, they would need to be constantly covered by calcium/magnesium rich water... once exposed to "dry" air they will begin to degrade, with Mg rich salt layers probably oxidizing and resulting in the black color... but that last bit is speculation on my part.

[@StarScapesOG]

Note: the paper which I was reading did suggest that the black layers are possibly due to microbial growths.

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

Thank you so much!

[@Spacerunneruk1]

We were fascinated by the cave pearls. Neither of us have heard of them before. They are so beautiful and attractive, can’t understand why they haven’t attained a similar precious stone value to oyster pearls. I’m sure they would look very ornamental if integrated into jewellery and other precious objects. How long does it take for the cave pearls to form.

[@colinburleigh]

What a brilliant mine and a great bit of exploring; I wonder why the pearls in the same pool have different colours as they are forming at the same time in the same water? Anyway keep up the good work and will look forward to next week.

[@user-ru9fp5ec7r]

와우~!!

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

Awesome as always ✨🙏✨Al I was getting worried about you and hypothermia🥶🤞your ok

[@ktmcintyre]

That was ABSOLUTELY amazing and worth it just for the cave pearls. It would be interesting to have some of them analyzed for their mineral content, especially the metallic and gold looking ones. Perhaps pyrite or hematite? Not a real expert here.

[@DaiElsan]

Who took the lane tape into the mine? An amazing mine. So many pearls. 😊😊😊😊

[@johnsmart964]

Though the mine was unremunerative in it's lifetime, it is certainly full of treasures now.

[@I_am_BiG_Al]

Just read an article on BBC about you 👍

[@mrlister2000]

Does anyone else see Scooby Doo at 36:00????

[@gabeh1107]

I see scoob! Please tell me I'm not the only one seeing the sinister looking face on the wall from 28:22 - 28:30 😂 right in the center of the screen

[@David-jn4fx]

🤩

[@aserta]

The black is more than likely oxidation and the lighter colors under water are the natural colors of the stones. I'd "guess" (huge pinch of salt in this one) that these were tumbled round in the same process that forms those pits (name escapes me) that erode in subterranean rivers and stone beaches. Where big rocks are pushed back and forth in a spot, they make holes, then end up making perfect circular holes again and again until you end up with a literal swiss cheese floor, where eventually the webbing between these pockets breaks from other rocks smashing into them, and thus the river expands and continues. My guess is that is is rubble, and without larger rocks and a high water flow (which is required, someone in the comments of another video said it needed to be something like river rafting speeds depending on what the floor is made from - to get rock to cycle a hole in the ground) these just roam around until some fall in holes. Like i said, you'll need a bucket of sand to take this in, i'm speculating based previously seen things.

[@MonkeyspankO]

The mine scam story, wow, I had no idea a thing like that would be worth the effort. Would love to hear more about that sort of tale!

[@Machine8055]

You need to explore Kelty fife Scotland

[@volktales7005]

That was amazing! Mine pearls were very interesing. Are they solid or do they crush if you squeeze them. That entrance was a full on NOPE!

[@Sajidali-hg1vo]

I love this cake so beautiful so information everywhere egg bowl information I love very nice game

[@Glenn-em3hv]

That's one mine I'd never go into if there was rain anywhere around it!!!

[@goldcambodia]

Please you have good luck all time

[@slotripper]

SHARK!!😂

[@TruesMidori]

I would love a cave pearl made into a pendant! Do they survive out of water well?

[@user-js4vg5pw5t]

Как вы не боитесь ходить в такие глубины 😮.брали бы хоть нить Ариадны . Чтоб не заблудится .

[@antaron6]

One of your best videos guys and girl! This is an amazing record of a possibly unique scientific phenomenon. I strongly suggest you get someone to do a detailed research project on this while keeping the location secret. A National Geographic article would be another possibility!

[@itsmylife631]

How those pearls are forming? I had seen only producing by oyester. How much time you spend inside the tunnel?

[@zworm2]

Amazing mine and beautiful minerals. Are they hard and durable?

[@goiterlanternbase]

They are limestone. Fancy shaped limestone, but limestone nonetheless🤗

[@tahanlaoboy]

The waters in the cave are full of minerals in its you should study about its

[@TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no]

I wonder if these smaller pearls are like the largest spheres found on top of the Earth. And how they were formed on top of the Earth, ?

[@stugill4513]

how can you have a semi dry suite

[@gregorylewis9442]

There eggs from 👽 ALIENS, and will return shortly?👍😍

[@ibanezleftyclub]

It would be amazing to get some and try to encapsulate them in epoxy. You would probably have to keep them in the cave water in jars to preserve them for transport.

[@snarnok]

Do you still plan to ROV the shipwreck that you mentioned in a previous video?

[@mechadense]

Nests after 17:30

[@keith38able]

At 12:38 just a observation- It looked like to me you guys were hanging out under/near the only section that hadn't collasped yet. Be careful guys.

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

Beautiful ❤👍

[@jasonmalanders6591]

And is it real gold?

[@MrFritzzz666]

Are those pearls valuable?

[@Say-what-u-want]

In my city zultanite have everywhere but nut to take any

[@gilessmithson6057]

I would love to have a cave pearl in my mineral collection! Do you ever see remaining deposits of the minerals that were mined for originally? Presumably galena, chalcopyrite, etc?