Gemstone Exploration: Kyanite & Garnet Crystals Found!!

[@TheRogueRockhound]

Great video man, loved the editing and shots.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I'm really happy with how this video turned out!!😁

[@normamiller6732]

HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.USA

[@PEACErocksandgarden]

Thanks for the vid. Ditto to the other comments....I enjoy your finds and content! Nice work on the homemade sifter!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Yea the sifter was just a quick and easy build, it works great and is a very useful tool to have in the field!!

[@bcbradley]

Great video and awesome info. Keep up the good work eh

[@jonnsgirl]

I'm so glad I found your channel! I do rockhounding in Nova Scotia. I only started a year ago. It's fun to see what people can find in different parts of the country 😀

[@NWRockExplorer]

That's awesome!! yea I also find it pretty cool to see what people find elsewhere in Canada. I've learnt a lot from watching the rockhounds over in Ontario, seems to be a hot spot for rockhounds out that way. Would be awesome to see more rockhounds in the northern provinces. Would be so cool to do a trip exploring the north at some point!! What kind of minerals are you after out in nova scotia? I've seen some of the nice varieties of chalcedony out that way on the "Rockhounding Life" channel🙂

[@jonnsgirl]

@@NWRockExplorer "Rockhounding Life" is how I got started! So yeah, I find blue chalcedony nodules, banded and fortification agates, seam agates, jasp-agates, jasper, rhyolites, porphyry, limb casts, amethyst if you're lucky. We have a few very cool fossil beaches too!

[@kimberleykimberley2465]

Great video 😊I like the sifter you made. Great idea! I always find your videos relaxing. Looking forward to the next one.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I'm hoping to use that sifter a lot more this year, it's such a great technique!!😁

[@canadiangemstones7636]

You might save the wee garnets, they look cool in a vial or little jar.

[@NWRockExplorer]

I think I'll have to give that a try!! I used to do some bottle digging so I have some pretty cool antique bottles I can do that with!!🙂

[@comoxrox]

Those are some great finds. Gotta love the surprises. Appreciate your videos a lot.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!!😁

[@AG-6969]

Great trip! Really love your videos. Great camera work, and your personality and the way you express your thoughts are so complimentary to the natural environment you share with us. You draw us in to every find like we were right beside you. awesome!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I'm really happy with how this video turned out!! I feel like I've come quite a ways in my filmmaking since I've started, still so much to learn though!!🙂

[@denisshavaliev1849]

Nice blue

[@mosessgoldenberg]

Great to see you out having fun Liam :)

[@DonohueLabs]

Lovely gems and scenery throughout! Did the big kyanite have depth, or was it a vein? And I agree, the mica schist with big garnets is really fun, that would look really cool cleaned up.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! The kyanite was crystalized all through that boulder, and the way the crystals are orientated almost makes it look like it was formed as a knot in the schist!! Most of it was just grey kyanite but it seems the inside had some more iron concentrated to give it that nice deep blue color!!

[@jaris.holopainen6263]

Really nice video. This might be my favorite rockhounding youtube channel. I really like how you make your viewers feel like we're a part of the exploration, and not just showcasing the best finds/moments of every trip. What type and brand of chisels do you use? I can see you are able to chisel through quartz and other hard material without breaking them. Thanks in advance!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I've been thinking about changing up my videos a bit and mixing in some vlogging. It'd be nice to share a bit more of what i get up to and how I'm able to get out prospecting as much as i do. If I could share some of the adventures with less finds or just doing some different things I do I'd be able to upload so much more often!! Its really hard to find new spots with something cool in each video😅 The chisel I use is a Stanley fat max chisel, the yellow handle really helps make sure I don't lose it and the hand guard holds up really well!! really any stone chisel works good but these are what my local hardware store had when i first started and it's worked well for me ever since🙂

[@jaris.holopainen6263]

⁠@@NWRockExplorerNot finding the jackpot is just as much a part of the adventure as actually finding something great. In my opinion you could still make great content by showing those trips. It's still a teaching experience and it still involves a lot of exploring. As far as I understand you also cut and polish some of your finds. Making videos where you show the process and results would also be great content. And by all means, try the Vlog thing. 😁 And thanks for the reply on the chisels. I actually think my local hardware store sells Stanley chisels, so I might buy one. 🙂

[@albertalakeland]

Awesome Kyanite finds!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! yea that one boulder surprised me, hopefully there's more where that came from!!🙂

[@cptnkaos5994]

Nice finds congrats

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!!😁

[@delfic1108]

The blue kyanite is so beautiful. Nice find. Thanks for sharing your adventure in the mountains.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!!🙂

[@jeanettestefanik5854]

I love your videos. You always get me running back to the internet for definitions and description and you have me breaking a lot more rock than I used to. Love my chisel and sledge.

[@NWRockExplorer]

That's awesome!! Most of my knowledge has really come from going down rabbit hole after rabbit hole trying to understand how each rock came to be. Also questioning the other prospectors and geologists until I drive them crazy haha. The curiosity and learning never ends!!

[@davesflix]

It's great to see you getting out early for the season and making nice finds!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I'm hoping to make the most of this season, lots of plans in the works!!

[@MACorrupt]

Awesome great to see you again!!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks for sticking around!! I really want to be more consistent this year. Last year was a pretty tough one balancing work, health, and some failed trips due to forest fires. I've made some changes and I think this year is going to be great!!

[@olavsb3038]

Great videos! I really enjoy watching :) Do you have any tips on how to find quartz crystals? From looking at maps to what you look for at a location? And again, great content!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! When I'm searching for new spots for quartz I'll look at geological maps briefly but most of the time I just find these sites by exploring on foot. Quartz crystals usually form in pegmatites, hydrothermal veins, amygdales, thunder eggs, nearby coal seams, or sometimes in dolostone like Herkimer diamonds. Quartz can pretty much form anywhere so its hard to say where you should look exactly. Generally I'll start looking around the contact zones between different rock types. In the contact zones there is usually more movement or faulting which could create a breccia or just enough of a space for siliceous fluids to gather during formation to create veins. Pegmatites also like to form on the outskirts of plutons and batholiths sometimes intruding miles into nearby country rock. For amygdales and thunder eggs, look at any volcanic rock, they could be forming in any volcanic rock you just have to be lucky to come across a silicated section of it. For more information I'd check out "QuartzPage.de" It holds everything you'll need to know about quartz🙂

[@olavsb3038]

@@NWRockExplorer Thank you for your response! Looking forward to putting this to use :)

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Wow, that kyanite is beautiful! The garnets look great there too. Your slide area looks like so much fun just for the huge amount of mineralization and crystallization happening there, and nice that you didn't have snow to contend with. Will you be able to create jewelry from what you found? Thank you for taking us all back to that great spot! PS Went to your website and ordered a kyanite pendant! I really like the look of your website. Your wrapped jewelry is really nice! I hope you'll be able to include some "home decor" items when you have time. It's fun to incorporate nature into the indoor environment. 😊

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thank you so much!! I will try my best to get some home decor items in the shop, I have some pretty cool ideas!! I'll get your order packaged up and sent out as soon as possible!! I think that larger chunk of kyanite I found in this video could be cab grade and cut to be set into a piece of jewelry. If I wanted to make jewelry with raw kyanite I'll need to find some larger loose crystals. Some of the smaller garnets could work in jewelry but I still have to work on some good designs to complement them 🙂

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

@@NWRockExplorer Thank you! 😊

[@kimberleykimberley2465]

I love his jewelry too. 🙂What type of home decor do you think you'd like?

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

@@kimberleykimberley2465 I kind of have in my mind something like a sun catcher made with stones that let light through, maybe dangling from a piece of driftwood. Also strands of hanging stones, little jars of stones....

[@kimberleykimberley2465]

@@gwynnfarrell1856 That would be so pretty. Great idea.

[@denisshavaliev1849]

Some of the fallen trees around you are scary, they look like bears

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!!😁