Hunting Selenite Crystals in Oklahoma *Raw Mining Footage*

This is mostly raw mining footage finding many great crystals!
While digging for Halite Crystals, Aaron Van Dorn of Red DIrt Rockhounds from Oklahoma and I decided to walk the distance across the salt fields to a secret selenite location!
Selenite is a type of gypsum
This is a private location in Oklahoma we are digging
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Thanks for watching!

[@lauriepenner350]

I love how even after all the 1000's of rocks you guys have pulled out of the ground, you still get excited about every single one. I hope someday I can have a job I love that much.

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Yes, don’t think it’ll ever get old pulling out crystals🙌🙏💎

[@HBICASMR]

When i see the raw selenite and then look at my polished up selenite wand, I truly understand how magical these little guys are! They’re so good at capturing and reflecting light. Such beautiful work that nature does.

[@MrAmethystguy]

South Dakota selenite wands are not polished or made of "satin spar" gypsum(technically not selenite since its not clear), and they are double terminated floater crystals with record keeper growth lines. I will say though, this Oklahoma selenite he dug, is fantastic. I have seen a good amount of these sold, and each one was unique and special in its own way. Like mother natures "windows". Its my favorite selenite of all...the stuff in this video

[@susansmith6680]

Here I am thinking I'll watch this while getting something else done. Before I realize it I am sitting because nothing else is better than watching a Crystal Collector video. Great video.

[@AnthonyGoodley]

While walking through my neighbors yard showing it to a potential tenant for my landlord something shiny caught my eye. It was a very well etched Selenite crystal. Not very big but it has awesome details and pretty good clarity. It made my day to find it laying literally in the grass.

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Oh my goodness man! Serious wowness! I love selenite! Put a light source under em they shine like nothin else. Thanks man! Love it!!!!! just wow...

[@shesanerinafan]

So fascinating! Thank you for sharing and including us in your crystal journeys!

[@mezellenjohnson2753]

I imagine you have to be extra careful when cleaning selanite as its so fragile. A hill and land full of selanite, you were in a wonderful spot Brian, your excitement and enthusiasm comes across so well in your videos. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, I enjoy watching you and just wish I could be with you seeing natural beauty in the ground. Take care my friend, Mary-Ellen UK

[@sherryeblack7180]

Plus when it gets too wet it melts, hence the gypsum.

[@jalynisawesome]

Wow, this is why I love your channel, getting to watch you dig and find crystals right where they form out of the earth. Keep doing what you do! ❤

[@MrAmethystguy]

Great comment

[@abeovajeansiemens3936]

Katie, I love this. Funny.... I grew up not 65 miles as the crow flies from that area. But, never been there, never done that. Looks fun. Maybe I'll put it on a bucket list, if I ever start one. Oh, and the video is so well done!!!

[@chrissyemert8781]

I'm from Kansas and found out we have our own selenite deposits up by Salina.

[@CrystalsofArkansas]

Selenite is one of my all time favorite minerals. The luster on some of those blades is spectacular! 👌🤙✌️

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Yes some of these get pretty wild in Oklahoma

[@MrAmethystguy]

Ask him about the amazing South Dakota selenite spot he is supposed to dig soon!!!

[@kimberlynance2102]

Love to go out to Jett Oklahoma and find all these spots. So worth it and fun!!

[@joshlaware1520]

So no one else saw the Crystal Man at 1:40? I hope you kept that one bro! Loving your videos

[@zerokidd21]

Lived in OK for most of my child and teenage years. While it's rare to find completely clear ones you can find the hour glass selenite or commonly refered to as mudslide selenite all over not to mention lots of dessert rose if anyone is interested its all over just talk to the people in the town's. That's how I got my collection started.

[@TedH71]

So the desert rose is located in the same areas of the hour glass selenites?

[@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230]

I could see pictures in those large sheets of selenite. I bet they would look amazing with the right wood base!

[@tappintheamericanwest2781]

Cool finds…I love exploring so like you created a KZbin channel to share.. thanks for the videos

[@rosiesrandomtreasures1014]

LOOOVE selenite ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 Great finds ARRRRRGH 👍🏻 🏴‍☠️☠️💎🦯WICKED😎💙☠️🏴‍☠️!

[@mynameisrochelle1]

You should make a video of your whole crystal collection/your favourite finds :)

[@carolinegarceau1603]

He sells them btw

[@MrAmethystguy]

I have seen him with some doozie's too!

[@johnmightyd7137]

Nice video, it is always fascinating to see how the crystals come to the surface and where to find them

[@ginfonte3386]

Johnmighty;D selenite is an evaporite. As a lake bed evaporates, the calcium sulfate dissolved in the water becomes more concentrated. When it reaches a critical point, it crystalizes out of solution. So you might say the surface falls away from the crystal. This layer may subsequently be buried.

[@gracegibbytiedye]

Very cool that I now know where to find great rocks in Oklahoma. Thanks!

[@Pr1ncesssierra]

I am in absolute awe right now seeing all of this! Just wow!...!!!!!!

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Yes it can be pretty amazing, if you can ever go out and dig I suggest trying it out it’s a lot of fun, thanks for watching

[@icatz]

Awesome selenite find! Like a kid in a candy store. Amazing. Thanks!

[@anerolllanes3737]

Amazing findings... Aaron looks like my brother. Love your channel it's actually one of the first I saw back in 2008. Keep on posting cool videos 🤙🏼

[@Yunnub]

So many cool finds in America, so few in comparison in England

[@newyorkrockheads8995]

Ive never wanted to be on a Rock Hunt more with you than in this video...All that Selenite just sitting there in nature,,,Gosh! More than you can even carrry.

[@milesnn]

Beautiful man them are huge compared to what I have found around southeast Saskatchewan Canada (gypsum crystals). Thanks great video

[@KarlMcMAn]

From Colorado, did a lot of rockhounding out there. Living down in OK now, surfing KZbin seeing what is around the state

[@RichiexFelicia]

I am so crazy in love with Selenite that it actually made me flinch to see pieces tossed aside (I mean, you can't take the hill back with ya lol) pieces being stepped on, falling, etc. I think I'd lug a giant wagon or huge sacks etc and fill em to the brim. If it took me two days to get back, so be it. I'm convinced this is exactly what a huge corner of MY Heaven looks like. Love love love

[@chantillychandra]

Its strange to see plates of the selenite. Here in Hot Springs AR, most of the rock shops have long bars of them. Very neat! ;)

[@RJDCR]

kool , thanx....I hav 1 piece of sweet blue Selenite....neat place...Please continue to Rock Robert

[@2lemonades]

That plate you found was cool. I'd love a large coffee table style Selinite Plate for cleaning my crystals. 4:51

[@MinneapoMan]

I have a large plate that's about 18 by 48 by 12.

[@MinneapoMan]

This is Aaron of Red Dirt Rockhounds BTW

[@2lemonades]

MinneapoMan Im going to check out your facebook

[@MrAmethystguy]

You would use this stuff...it would scratch, flake, and chip all the time. Being that a fingernail easily scratches gypsum, especially clear/colorless selenite, so its not wise to handle or place things on it

[@ninja_wolfofficial]

That'd be awesome. Or even labradorite

[@sasha9084]

you can tell that he respects nature so much and never takes more than he needs

[@michelle_7769]

Excellent find ABSOLUTELY Beautiful!

[@BriarRouge]

We need to get you a little cart you can haul gems and crystals in for situations like this, friend.

[@kelleelacombe1316]

Another awesome video to watch while the snow is falling and the wind is blowing

[@stephanieh.777]

I've been there! It's the only place in the world you can find hourglass selenite crystals.

[@kellyrayoflight]

Where is this???

[@lewiswrenne9058]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me buddy! Ive always wanted to go dig.

[@drsaymore2721]

Nice video. I would like a video digging gold or obsidians. It could be great.

[@TheKeroady]

This was fun. We love to see these special locations. All that pretty selenite was a huge WOW. I just purchased a nice piece of selenite but that was amazing.

[@JamesLovesRocks329]

Selenite has a really cool sound when you clink it.

[@laurajenney6368]

Great video as always Brian! You rock!

[@AcidicChaosLP]

Love how its just laying there. Super awesome :)

[@wellaeuan]

Crystal collector i love your vids! I was just wondering if there are any gemstone digsites in the Phillipines please reply to me if there are and type the name and location thanks!😊 Because it'll be my 9th bday soon!

[@kittygreenleaf427]

I can't believe you didn't bring some kind of wagon! Whaaaat? 🤪😂 Love every video you've done. Watch them over and over.

[@spicy65ky]

The Crystals Collector is awesome enjoy watching to see what he has found as a kid I have always be drowned to Shiny Rocks and weird shape Rock just Rocks in general

[@davidbean5807]

Looks like you need a small garden wagon so you can haul more back.

[@diggerdawgsadventures4234]

Yall need one of those fatt wheeled wagons with the side boards.

[@denisweimer8791]

I found a spot like this south of Sunrise Mountain in Las Vegas years ago... so much selenite you couldn't possibly choose what to keep. It was a very thick vein and produced some large water-clear massive slabs plus tons of smaller terminated crystals. I'm sure by now it's been converted to a subdivision, but it was a nice way to kill an afternoon when I lived there.

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Oh that’s awesome!!! Would be great to locate it!

[@respectanimals2]

What an incredible place, thanks for sharing, superb

[@misshollyannh6773]

That be so cool as wall art are end table, and some other things to.

[@AL-lm7wg]

Whaaaaat! , love your videos

[@britzel71]

Definitely needed to bring your backpack...

[@AndreaPacko]

We have some here in NV.. Very beautiful and often sheer like layers of thin glass with wispy clouds. Cut a cabochon and ended up sealing the back and edges with epoxy before wire wrapping. BTW.. Rockhounding tips: 1 - always take a backpack. 2 - always wear gloves. 3- take along a rock pick. And watch out for those critters!

[@pablovega7979]

In nevada we

[@Rookie_Rockounding]

Dammit! Thought I’d be first! Never mind... now to the viewing...

[@youngin5112]

Rookie Rockhounding GG nice try man 😆👍

[@YvonneSebastian1980]

Ha..hey are you following me or am I following you? I love this guys channel. I try to send him application so he can hire me lol..anyway...Love the selenite!

[@MrAmethystguy]

@@YvonneSebastian1980 I am sure he will hire u on after your rich uncle buys us a 50,000 pound trackhoe, trailer to carry it, and truck to pull it on

[@YvonneSebastian1980]

@@MrAmethystguy" Rich uncle," you say.." us," you say..hmmm who are you lol

[@Popcorn453]

4:43 damn how does no one spot that huge ammount...

[@travisguide4516]

Incredible spot great finds! southern California has alot of this too mostly at the beach but I've seen a little bit everywhere

[@logandoubleyou2549]

What a crazy place…I’m gonna have to check this area out on google earth…the geology is so interesting so cool

[@hollywilliams3601]

I can't believe it's just laying around on the ground like that!!😍

[@ammobake]

I grew up in NE Oklahoma but we didn't really have anything like this. Pretty neat!

[@jdtv...9134]

I'm gonna have to video this massive kyanite bolder I've been chipping away at and post it. This is the channel that inspired me..

[@lizzymoore54]

Whahahahat!!! Where is your back pack? You're the Crystal Collector, for goodness sake! You must come prepared!!!! Beautiful specimens. Too bad you couldn't collect anymore than you did. 😩😱😉 ( just joshing) You'll have to come back to this place.😊

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Yes, I had no idea there would be so much selenites over there! 🙌💎😂🙏

[@lizzymoore54]

The Crystal Collector , I saw the video where you went further on and found some huge specimens. I so enjoy going on your adventures with you. Thanks for the ride!

[@imari2305]

Selenite seems to be very brittle but absolutely beautiful. I would want my counter tops made from them; that would be breath taking!!

[@scottholliday9308]

Where I live in Michigan I see these things All around, and in many different colors. When I was younger I worked for a company that mined gypsum.

[@TheCrystalCollector]

That’s cool !!! 🙌💯

[@gladycowie9950]

Very cool

[@PennyRossfairy_dust_]

Angel Wing Selenite, perfect name for that Selenite!!! Gorgeous, so much Beauty 💜🙏💜

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Yes, this site was so amazing

[@blessedone843]

Get me some!!😳😝😂love your video

[@icatz]

If you're ever in northern AZ, I can tell you a place that has loads of obsidian, just everywhere, like the selenite you're finding.

[@kzbera]

icatz hey there! I live in Arizona and love to hunt for stones. Where would I find them?

[@travisguide4516]

Sweet man I like your picks

[@sugarghast]

Very cool! I'm moving back to Washington (lived in Arizona for almost a year and a half) and I'm very excited to find places I can do things like this!

[@pp7x79]

i know what this is like haha. I had about 2kg of selenite from spain (though, selenite is usually the name for the prismatic crystals rather than the rhombohedral ones). once you find a few crystal clear ones, you become a lot more picky. the semi amorph plates are rather worthless anyway. gypsum is SO abundant but nice crystals stay fun :)

[@happytheresa9335]

😍🤗😁 thank you for sharing!!

[@440Hurts]

Allot of money!! And allot of healing

[@kkthefloorislava6446]

Near my funhouse we found selenite cristals just like these. I know it's great fun

[@Linn8379]

Amazing! I absolutely love Selenite!

[@elsamarthafitzneryrra7545]

Cada uno de sus vídeos, son excursiones imaginarias para mí. Desde luego fabulosas gracias.

[@IronDragon1337]

The sheets look like glossy plywood, and they come apart like it too haha.

[@offyarocka]

i love that ting ting ting sound hehehehehe

[@Doxymeister]

Oh wow, those are some awesome pieces! Oklahoma rocks, baby! And those scorpions are no joke, I remodeled a house out in the country one time, that they must have had a colony under the house. For the first year or two I was there, I was killing six to ten of them inside the house every day. Anyway, great video, thank you!

[@TheKimworldwide]

If you ever want someone to carry huge bags for you!? I'm better than any horse & I don't eat as much lol 😉 Beautiful pieces 🙏❤

[@thiah1951]

What your wing got clipped, no! Great video, thank you.

[@mctron22rd]

What an Amazing place!!!!! Just a small piece of it would suffice!

[@rebeccabates4346]

Im i love crystals your show was awesome

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Thanks 🙏

[@justice0748]

I have been finding selenite here in San Angelo Tx some very nice pieces with pink and some are very matrix

[@kurtman360ly]

Number two today

[@chrissyemert8781]

The salt flats are fun but I get the best chunks on the sides of the road.

[@emiliosthemistocleous2453]

Nice videos keep it up 💎💎⛏⛏

[@ricksdiecast4009]

Nice

[@deannabates1575]

Have you been to the salt flats in Oklahoma to dig for the hourglass selenite? My Dad is from Oklahoma, and we used to do that as kids. I wish I knew what happened to all of mine. I live in North Texas, so maybe a road trip is in order! Also, there are the Gloss Mountains in Oklahoma. Some call them Glass Mountains. I believe it is gypsum there as well that makes them sparkle.

[@kammyhornsby2094]

They sell these little cloth type wagons for carrying your stuff when you go to the beach, but I imagine they would’ve really helped you carry home more stuff here. My family and I have one and we call it the “McWagon”

[@TheCrystalCollector]

Would be Perfect!!!

[@ravenstone1032]

@@TheCrystalCollector where at in Oklahoma

[@paigelee6321]

How very cool love selenite

[@TheeJynx]

You want to hunt selenite come to Utah. I have crystals on my mine of two feet long that are terminated. Also is uv reactive selenite. It is golden and phantom included with anhydrous inclusions. Have found Elestial and double terminations as well. Have also found gemmy clusters.

[@TheCrystalCollector]

I would love to come there! I will be in Utah next spring actually

[@ginfonte3386]

Paul Fabela I will also be in Utah in May so would love to visit u.

[@katrinaarmstrong7613]

Definitely going to try again..but need something other than my daily driver..which is NOT hounder friendly. 1wd🤷‍♀️

[@isabellenivet3139]

So cool !!! @indianaF&M

[@Scorpiomary]

Cool place

[@Sigma-n5m8d]

Two thumbs up on your series. I have been a prospector / collector / mining historian for many years and enjoy your videos. I work a Pyrite Mine just across the boarder here in Canada for Octahedral Pyrite.

[@violentbob]

I'd want to take home all of them

[@t.t.wadsup4316]

Omg!!! I love selenite⚘

[@blessedone843]

I have a pendant made of the selenite and it's beautiful and light but very fragile.

[@shvh2536]

amazing :D

[@tracydean3678]

It reminds me of pine tree bark, the way it's layered and breaks apart. Perhaps it's a petrified tree area that is no more.?

[@Lunablueeyes]

I love selenite!!