Gold, Jade, & Sapphires!!

In this video, Jason cuts open three different rock types to reveal the gemstone quality of Jade and Sapphires as well as some free gold in quartz from his gold mine. These specimens and slabs are beautiful and capture nature at its best. Using his rock saw with a diamond blade he cuts these rocks into specimens and standups. All the specimens and pieces in this video are available for sale on the MBMMLLC eBay page! Check it out if you would like to own a piece of the adventure!
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[@memyshelfandeye318]

My suggestion: Don't cut along the side you suspect was next to the/one wall, cut perpendicular to it (and by that, perpendicular to the vein structure). That way you can see much better where in the vein the gold is - and you don't get that many totally barren slabs.

[@wakeupidiotsnow2611]

Perpendicular 90° away from the plane. In My mind it “pictures / see’s” the vein as a flowing river. “TUBULAR MAN” is the first word that comes to mind. Jasons got it together. Very good video!

[@Alondro77]

Oof, those quartz cuts remind me of the gravel my grandparents bought for their outdoor screened gazebo around 1970. I found hundreds of tiny samples there full of gold ore and visible grains of gold. Back when gold was cheap, these huge quartz and calcite veins FULL of sulfides and bits of gold were just mined for crushed gravel. Gold at the time was a mere $35/oz or so. It was more profitable to sell the crushed rock than to extract the gold. Might want to 'mine' under old patios! lol

[@richardmccann4815]

Simply glue the thin slab to a glass sheet. Then it can be ground to a thinness, and won't be so frajile!

[@krakhedd]

That thin slice of jade around 12:00 - oh my GAWD that's gorgeous

[@Stalkerrob20]

The gold ore would make gorgeous tiles

[@garryanderson8049]

The black spots are iron, which is common for Washington and Southern Canadian nephrite.

[@traviswoodyard7448]

I'm a granite and tile guy , we use diamond blades for everything and we use a grinder with a 4 or 6in blade and hand cut circles and, u cuts .You could definitely finish the cuts and trim them if needed.

[@SCW1060]

I'm glad that you have a awesome new toy to play with. I'm sure that you will get some great cuts to show us

[@Ccw__777]

A lamp shade, chandelier, or something of that nature made with that jade would be awesome looking

[@michaelhayes1678]

Thank you patrons, and thank you Jason!

[@darrenmarney8577]

That thin piece of jade was awesome 👌 A 5 inch angle grinder with a diamond blade would help with cleaning up the edges Jason 👍

[@jaratt85]

If you've watched Dan's videos where he cut that nephrite, it takes a REALLY strong light to shine through it. It's not something you can put just a string of LED's behind it to light it up. Polishing it should help with the clarity because the scratches caused by the blade cloud it up really bad. That big quartz block would be great for someone to carve.

[@larrytischler570]

Nephrite is not as easy to polish as most rocks. It has microfibers and they tear instead of coming off cleanly.

[@jaratt85]

@@larrytischler570 the only time there should ever be fibers in it is if there's asbestos present

[@larrytischler570]

@@jaratt85 Actinolite is a precursor and leaves makes nephrite tough that way. Asbestos is much courser and weaker. It depends on how much water of hydration is taken up in the metamorphism as to which forms develope.

[@digofthedump]

imagine slivers of that jade as a tiling somewhere in a house very nice gl.

[@oldhollywoodbriar]

I found a bunch of Gold along the river banks yesterday and I was showing the boys MBMM videos of smelting and how it relates to the secret of the pyramid. They loved the MBMM videos that I had screen recorded on my phone. Thanks Jason!

[@gigibarrett1777]

What do you mean about it relating to the secrets of the pyramids ?? Can you explain or did you say you made a video? I’m very curious about that . Thank u

[@oldhollywoodbriar]

@@gigibarrett1777 hey there, I have a video on the secret of the pyramid if you would like to know. Just remember once you know the secret, you cannot unknow the secret and it is very personal. The great pyramid is a symbol that the ancient Egyptians were smelting ore, but also that they knew about quantum physics and had solved the hard problem of consciousness. Enjoy!

[@semoneg2826]

​@@oldhollywoodbriarHummm interesting

[@oldhollywoodbriar]

@@semoneg2826 indeed it is the thing that all philosophers have endeavored to imagine!

[@ElectricPoliville]

Good luck finding that sapphire pocket. Nice coasters. Square three sides then slab.

[@lauriefeinswog211]

If you want to sell to cabochon cutters, 1/4” is probably the min thickness you’d want to cut. That gives us enough room to trim, shape, and polish.

[@magicone9327]

Have you ever seen or used a horizontal wheel for polishing those flat cuts. I once seen one in a metal machine shop. It had a 500 grit diamond wheel that used a stop plate to hold the work piece from rotating. The piece was polished under its own weight as it was held by the stop plate while the wheel rotated in its oil bath. For metal pieces it’s made a gloss that rivaled a mirror!

[@jeffreyromanelli1708]

I enjoy the variety of subjects that you pursue, Jason. I was gifted a couple of vibratory slab polishers years ago and have never used them. You're welcome to them if you're interested.

[@lundysden6781]

Jason, you should get into making thin sections for use with a petrographic microscope. However, the cost is A LOT for the saws and grinders and scope! but you could really do some cool things and "real science".

[@rustybarbacles355]

That quartz block is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Gold or not!

[@s.m.aggies7220]

Beautiful rocks, I do enjoy learning of our stones and viewing them cut. I have a done some rock sculpting before and a great gentleman locally does some outstanding work. We all need a lesson of the rock on this planet, get out find then, learn the rock type and do something with them.... :)

[@MarkHill45]

That thin piece of jade is beautiful

[@stephenwalton8507]

You should take some of those nice specimens to a lab and get some real thin sections cut, they make great micro scope viewing. You can use a polarizing light source shining up through the specimen and get a good read of the mineralogy.

[@whosaidthat5236]

Lol every time I see the lid close on that rock saw I think it’s an old RV

[@garryanderson8049]

Jason, I guarantee if you take a moment to go digging around in your backyard or close by, you will find nephrite jade, which is what we have here in Washington mostly. The chemical composition is a little different but basically the same. It's everywhere in your area.

[@craiglinnemeyer1324]

Tons of jade in Washington state. I've found a lot of it in central Washington. Jadeite and nephrite.

[@garryanderson8049]

@@craiglinnemeyer1324 I know where there are boulders the size of suv's

[@craiglinnemeyer1324]

@@garryanderson8049 I'm not suprised. Washington has a lot of badass rocks

[@kevingreen9163]

This is off the story but been looking in railroad track rock and very successful quartz n silver shimmer n some lil tiny pockets of copper n gold oxidization. Really exceptional finds.

[@13Nagash13]

Quartz pillars but leave the natural fractured surface on the top. Smooth base to stand on, 4 sides cut, rough top. I bet those would sell for decorative conversation pieces. Or bookends. Cut a smooth base, then 1 vertical cut through middle, leave top and outside edges rough. If that's too big could cut the book ends in half leaving smooth base, center, and 1 face with top, outside and last face rough.

[@StirlingLighthouse]

I do stained glass and have incorporated rock slabs like the jade into the projects. They are stunning and unusual.

[@aklovesnowball617]

Hey man. I remember you from high-school. Mt. Baker class of 95. You were older than me.

[@DeliciousDeBlair]

You could make some really impressive tile out of that quartz!

[@billmiller4972]

Cut thin slabs of the quartz, fit them together like with medieval stained windows and shine a LED spot light on it. Would this make a nice wall hanger? And saleable with a nice profit I'd assume.

[@josephcormier5974]

Yes sir those saws are awesome I use a tile saw to do my stone thank you for sharing this six stars brother

[@Algoldprospecting]

Wow that jade was cool. I wish we had that out here

[@cindyzelmer9228]

I like the white square one‼️

[@RJ-zm3tr]

If you want to get real slick, buy a stone polishing kit to buff out the blade marks and to give a high-polish on the faces

[@silverspikeprospecting]

Use a ceramic diamond tip tile blade made for an angle grinder blade. That will give you a clean cut on slabbed surfaces with unwanted edges and defects.

[@wrxs1781]

Good video Jason, thanks for posting.

[@fahmyayoob5775]

This is something new and interesting to watch , educational too .

[@davidbeer]

Love all your results!

[@arielholtz]

Wow, so cool.

[@ManMountainMetals]

You have gold in the rock saw millings since you cut that ore.😮

[@RustedPioneering]

Slick slabs brother! 🤙🏼

[@larry785]

Make bookends out of it for the Cerro Gordo Library!

[@Tom-fn8he]

You're having to much fun with your new hobby 😊

[@crzy11000]

That pillar would be a great base for displaying your gold specimens

[@wakeupidiotsnow2611]

@memyselfandeye Yeah, DO THAT !Perpendicular 90° away from the plane. In My mind it “pictures / see’s” the vein as a flowing river. “TUBULAR MAN” is the first word that comes to mind. Jasons got it together. Very good video!

[@markroper9269]

Cool stuff!!

[@rodparker6530]

8:30 suggest you keep going as you are. Doing better than me right now. Just be sure to wear eye protection.

[@ronsimpson143]

You should make one inch cubes and make dice out of them.

[@haroldishoy2113]

This is a subject I found very interesting, presentation is very excellent. Perhaps you might use this as a form of assaying your mine.

[@bandanabanana3162]

The jade was definitely the really impressive cuts. Great video man!

[@semoneg2826]

I wanted to see how the jade most of all would cut because its really hard

[@lostinwi]

Make a lamp out of the tower and thin slices of jade

[@ThrowingItAway]

Jason, you need to glue the sample to a glass plate then lap it thin to see through it.

[@salvationzone9532]

I'd turn the slabbedgold bearing rock into high end coasters and sell them

[@vexobenovex]

Grinder with diamond blade

[@stupidminotaur9735]

Jade video when? Picking up jade with Dan hurb.

[@budrohammbone2806]

Jasonnnnn ! Good vid today. The gold ore slabs are excellent. You should ask/tell Dan to save one of the really translucent jade rocks for you.

[@donaldfitzgerald8950]

Jason, I'm sure you're aware that all those small gems such as Dan's Garnet shist these saffirers get used industrially such as gears in watches, garnets as a sand paper (Garnet Paper) the translucent sections of the jade make jewelry....I can see the lapidary bug might have bitten ya, watch out for things jumping out of Dan's prospectors beard?! Lol! Love it all👍🤠

[@th8298]

Hey j... Wish you lived closer to me because I keep finding specimens that look like yours... But I'm not sure how I can extract what I keep finding. I wish I had your equipment or you can help me with what you have. Either way... I wish we lived closer to each other.

[@kallakrastev769]

If you use the hammer mill for the saphires rock, are you gonna crash them too?

[@rockydavies9555]

you should pan out the cutting residue to see if there is gold in it

[@TheCritterWindow]

So how will you clean the tailings in your oil slurry. There be gold in that muck.

[@grelgen]

you for sure have gold in your rock saw now.

[@robertfritchey-zq1wn]

Lish!!!

[@PrometheusV]

How do you get the sapphire out?

[@magicone9327]

Can the saw get changed to water?

[@Alondro77]

Mr. Creosote, "Ah couldn't eat another bite..." Waiter, "Not even this little piece of mint-green jade? It's wafer thin!" Mr. Creosote eats... explodes!

[@mariadelrosariorodriguez]

Were you get this at

[@debcamp2359]

Greatvid. Any luck with sreetips on the tube??

[@bruceanderson7762]

Ahaha...thats how I found MY dold mine...immagination

[@KD0CAC]

Playing with new TOY / tool ;)

[@johnfarrow5873]

2 turns is your magic number I think

[@franklinmullen2881]

Do you sell any of your gold slabs or samples?????

[@henrymuzgay1023]

Did you get that sow from dan Hurd i think i seen him using that same sow ?????

[@roseannecarratkinson4271]

You should send a square piece of your gold ore to the guy Dan Hurd sends his to, to make spheres.

[@whatthefunction9140]

You could be a thumb model 👍

[@semoneg2826]

Love how the rocks are called victims

[@jessie_daisy]

Where is this at? I'm in WA state

[@gigibarrett1777]

So if your land has minerals like quartz and agates& others is it likely there is any gold???

[@chuckcrunch1]

not you just need a vibrating lapping table so you can polish them up

[@dand8538]

8:38 Would a water cutter work.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Very Nice 👍🏻 🇺🇲

[@turkiosm8650]

Ok 👍

[@goldcountryruss7035]

I think you need to polish the faces to really see the features clearly.

[@michaelrobinson8915]

When you cut these slabs, are you cutting them with a fuctional art idea in mind or some with purpose in mind?...blessings...m

[@Abo-ahmedd]

👍

[@ssnerd583]

....i would LOVE to be able to do this kind of thing.....but....im too old to keep starting over....

[@semoneg2826]

never too old ❤

[@markg454]

Lots of fun

[@originalgangsta5462]

Clean it up and clear coat

[@johnfarrow5873]

If you cut that big bastard up you could get Dan to make a beautiful ball for you or at least tell you where to get one made

[@AndrewRyan-fd1ve]

Hi Jason ive got some nice ore over here in Australia I would like to send some for you to test if you would be interested.

[@rom65536]

I always thought thin slabs of nephrite like that would make great kitchen backsplash tile.... Or cut super thin and used as a kind of "stained glass" lampshade.

[@davidwelsh829]

I have polishing equipment if you send me a chunk I could try it.

[@oldinuselesshancox5194]

Greetings from the other side of this gem we've FUBAR Thanks for a very informative and interesting post ( ? Had a piece of nz green stone with faults of others some gold an shiny was them gold? ) and if ya putting up slabs on sale why take of point bits of surly as it's a failure on camera itself hole if more interesting for long-term investment as in 100 years fault + post showing how = interesting story of historic event making much much much more $$$ ? And so ends old stoner mind melt, thanks again for your posting 🤙🖖

[@chuckerickson6721]

Great video

[@terrencemarjoram9872]

Can you lift th blade a bit

[@ticdelarue]

I bought the 200X iPhone Mini Pocket Microscope from Amazon. I is NOT 200x. It is 4x. I measured the '?' on my laptop keyboard then measured the magnified '?' in the microscope view window and it was only 4x's bigger.

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

Love from Rhode Island

[@ExtractingMetals]

Nice

[@victorv3077]

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[@octosquatch.]

The jade would make a nice lampshade material.