Prospecting BC Dravite Tourmaline!! NEW FIND!!

I went out metal detecting the other day and ended up stumbling across this spot!! I mean they're not huge crystals or anything but still an awesome find!! I think this'll be an awesome spot to check out this winter and do some real work to see if I can find where its coming from!! Hope you all have a great weekend!!😁
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[@GSProspecting]

Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

It's so cool that you can find those beautiful crystals in the quartz veins. There is something very satisfying about watching and hearing you chisel those rocks apart to find the glittering treasure! The scenery there is stunning. Thank you for including the setting in which you are prospecting. Great video!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Its such a cool area down there!! not many people know about the pathway down there either so its nice and quiet too aside from the boats. It's pretty cool to have found dravite though, its not very common in BC and I've only really heard of one other area!!😃

[@jaquelinepaul7384]

Thank you for teaching as you go. I’m glad you were able to find some specimens for all your effort today. If I was able to I would buy you a feather and wedges set. Hopefully some generous soul out there will do that for you. For us

[@NWRockExplorer]

Glad you got some useful information out of the video, I try to teach as much as I know and I still have so much to learn myself!! 😁

[@japanrockhunt8277]

You discovered great area..! Nice crystals of Dravite and Biotite, it looks really attractive. Place looks nice too and interesting birds way of singing..

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I love the bird sounds here, it just sounds like home to me!!😁

[@CityRockhounding]

Wow, that's super pretty crystals, excellent finds out there. I also learned some cool things too about what to look for. Great experience, love your nature shots! What a cool area, thanks for sharing!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Yea I learned a lot that trip too, for some reason I thought dravite had a different growth habit than most but turns out they're trigonal too. It would be so awesome to find lithium tourmaline someday, just love the colors!! Guess I'll have to keep on searching!!😅

[@CityRockhounding]

@@NWRockExplorer That would definitely be cool

[@creammints7400]

I live in BC and for the longest time, I thought wow BC sure doesn't have a lot of cool rocks until I started following your adventures. Crazy how many cool minerals there are out there if you know what your looking for :0

[@NWRockExplorer]

I was super into rockhounding when I was younger but there isn't any clubs around where I live. There was no way to see what could be found around here so I pretty much lost hope in it until I was about 17 when I found some rockhound groups on Facebook!! eventually I found some BC prospectors who took me under their wing and helped me learn, that's pretty much the story😅

[@northernrocks543]

Great finds. I love the end where you are showing us your finds and the birds are calling. Love natures sounds. I think those birds were telling nice finds to.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Definitely, You can tell they're happy for some warmer weather again too!! I've missed the birds so much this winter😃

[@NorthWetCoast]

Snow is melting fast around the province. I am looking forward to your many adventures further afield this summer.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I can't wait to get out of here to check out some new areas!!

[@rawkinj6609]

There's gold in them hills!! Haha! Just got back from BC. ( i'm in Montreal) Man, what a rock hounding dream come true!! Only brought back a coupla little jade looking things to test and a moonstone! Cheers!

[@NWRockExplorer]

That's awesome!! There's lots to find if you know where to look!! Glad you came across some nice minerals out there. I have yet to find any jade myself yet so maybe this will be the year😁

[@largent45]

Another awesome video! i always look forward to your videos, because you are so good at identifying the rocks and minerals in your area, and there are just so many! Your finds today, were outstanding! The pieces you took home and cleaned up and got better pictures of were amazing! That dravite tourmaline on quartz was amazing! All those little tiny crystals! And the one slightly bigger terminated crystal was really nice! All in all, it looked like a really good day! its nice to see the snow melted and your fingers not frozen! That area is just so beautiful, and even more so now that the snow is melted and its so green now! Thank you for taking us along on your adventure! The scenic views at the beginning were spectacular!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! It's so nice that spring is finally here, the snowmelt has been super slow this year!! This is definitely one of my favorite trails to hike around here there's not many people that know about it so its nice and quiet. I'm hoping I'll come across more veins in that area, like I said the boron usually comes from surrounding rock and is concentrated in these veins so there is a good possibility for more!!😁

[@jimmymcgill2557]

@@NWRockExplorer​ Great video dude! some lovely finds & a ton of mineralisation going on there! 💎 you certainly sound like you know your stuff too, it's the first video of yours i've come across and definitely picked up a few tips throughout so thank you for being informative and sharing knowledge! also funnily enough i always leave my backpack next to a log bench when i'm out scouting local riverbanks or beaches and i too pick up any copper or brass that may be about! 🤣👍🏻 have subbed your channel and look forward to more of your content, all the best, From Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@NWRockExplorer]

@@jimmymcgill2557 Haha, cant help myself when I see some good scrap. When I was a kid i found some old powerlines and ground rods behind my house that were cut down and abandoned back in the day. Still pulling copper out of the woods here and there to this day. Glad you got some useful information out of this video, I try to share what I can as I learn. I haven't been all too active on this channel lately but I've got a line up of videos from my last trip to edit. Just ran into some vehicle issues so I'll be getting that all dealt with this week hopefully.

[@kylaabegglen1275]

I love black tourmaline but had no idea that there were different types of it! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos, so thank you. I have several different pieces, smaller and medium sized, that I have bought. I would love to find some though, they mean more to me when I can find rocks and crystals myself. You sure do have a beautiful area to explore and find amazing rocks, crystals and minerals. I really like the muscovite sheets and quartz too. Thank you for taking us along on your adventures!✌️🤠

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Tourmaline is quite a large group and is usually classified by the metals and minerals it contains. Dravite is a sodium magnesium variety while schorl is the sodium iron variety!! The type most sought after are the lithium tourmalines where you get all those crazy colors and are usually the most gemmy!!😁

[@kylaabegglen1275]

@@NWRockExplorer Thank you!👍

[@solobushman]

Great video again. Thanks.

[@cptnkaos5994]

Those specimens were amazing. great job

[@mosessgoldenberg]

Your "Dravite" Looks more like Schorl which is black...Dravite is a brown Tourmaline :) Great videos Liam

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Some of the tourmaline is slightly translucent and has a brown color to it, most of it is quite dark though. There is definitely some schorl along with the dravite too, its a bit of a mix. I think schorl is usually opaque too right? Still want to get out there to explore some more, this spot is actually right in town so I may let some other local rockhounds know where it is so they can explore it a bit too and maybe somebody will come across something even nicer!!

[@mosessgoldenberg]

@@NWRockExplorer ...Liam Maybe in the future you could do a macro to super macro pics by back lighting the mineral in question.On the crystal edges to be able to discern the brown colour of Dravite. On the Blu Starr in the Slocan Valley, The Schorl was opaque but... on the edges with the sunlight they were bright red ! :)

[@NWRockExplorer]

@@mosessgoldenberg That's really interesting!! Yea I've heard that lots of schorl can have color if it is thin enough. at what point does it become a dravite or any other variety though? I'll definitely have to get some pics with lighting the next time I go out there🙂

[@CaribooGOLDHunter]

Amazing stuff dude! Awesome finds!

[@kimberleykimberley2465]

Nice video! That was a beautiful trail.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! Its nice to have a patch of woods like this so close to home😁

[@AG-6969]

Need some more videos!!! Really enjoy your adventures!

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I'm editing up a video right now with my past couple trips today, hopefully it'll be up soon😉

[@michelleangers342]

Beautiful specimens and I love your channel!

[@jolly1735]

Hi from Vancouver! Wow! I had no idea a person could find tourmaline in BC! I wear black tourmaline every day and am acquiring pieces to keep near me due to all the emf's. It is one of the absolute best crystals for grounding, protection and dispelling negative energies and frequencies. Nature has put it together with quartz which will amplify the tourmaline properties. Watching your videos always makes me proud to live in BC. It's so gorgeous. What area of the coast are you?

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! There's plenty of black tourmaline around but other varieties are much more rare, I haven't heard of much dravite being found in BC yet as it is a challenging mineral to come by. Black tourmaline also known as Schorl is the most common as it is the sodium iron variety. Iron is very common in nature so it makes it easier for the minerals to gather and form crystals😁

[@JhonDiamond2021]

amazing videos.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!!😁

[@skooliecatwilderness6346]

Well done.

[@judybennett6444]

Your rockhounding story is interesting in the comments below. I was wondering how you got started. Do you make jewelry to sell in your local area? You should show some of it here on your channel. It would be nice to see!

[@kimberleykimberley2465]

He did a video last year of some of his wire wrapped jewelry. If you go through his past videos you should find it. 😊I wish he would do an updated video on some of his newer pieces.

[@NWRockExplorer]

Thanks!! I've been wanting to put together some jewelry making videos for quite a while now!! I don't think I'm to the point where I could make tutorials yet but I can definitely share my process!! I do sell some jewelry locally and I'm also opening up an online shop, It's my first time trying all this so hopefully all goes well and it'll be open to the public soon😁

[@judybennett6444]

@@NWRockExplorer Great! I'll be looking forward to that!

[@Nervii_Champion]

"Dravite" is black tourmaline that is brownish-dark orange when light is put through it, black tourmaline that is opaque is "Schorl". This is all Dravite. I have both Dravite and Schorl Tourmaline. What I have the most of in my collection though is Quartz based gemstones and Feldspar based gemstones

[@NWRockExplorer]

Definitely!! This material is nice and translucent with a brownish color, triangular, and striated leading me towards dravite. A few things I thought I knew about dravite were untrue so it threw me off a bit😅

[@Nervii_Champion]

@@NWRockExplorer Yeah Dravite is just brownish dark orange Tourmaline. Same as any other Tourmaline, just the color is different.

[@Nervii_Champion]

if you need to know anything, and want to ask me for any info I have or any of my own experience, feel free to just reply to a comment and I'll respond back. Like if you can't find anything specific on Google or something. I know quite a lot about your most known gemstones like Beryl, Corundum, Tourmaline, Quartz, Feldspar, etc etc. but I know less when it comes to things like Anatase or Jeremejevite or Benitoite and more rare species like that. I can still help though because I've been collecting and studying gemstones and minerals (gemstones mostly) for maybe 15 years and I have been collecting since I was 5 years old. Searching multiple sites on the Internet is a good way to go though. I usually go through around 8 to 10 different links to websites before I successfully identify something or get the information I need, but it works 99% of the time.

[@NWRockExplorer]

@@Nervii_Champion Sounds great!! Yea I have a few prospector friends that I like to ask questions too. They've been in it for decades but it doesn't mean they know everything either. It's always awesome to have people to go to when certain minerals have me stumped!! I'll definitely get in contact if I need any help🙂

[@whattheschist5867]

This tourmaline is definitely schorl due to the striation, dravite has a different shape and colour doesn't matter. I have some great examples of both if you wanted to see them....let me know I can give you my email and send you some pics.

[@joshuatree777]

On Vancouver Island, do you recommend any good potential locations for tourmaline finds?

[@NWRockExplorer]

I couldn't really say for sure where you'll find it, I know there are locations that are claimed that have some tourmaline. It will generally be found in pegmatites in metamorphic or intrusive igneous rocks. these tourmalines weren't on record anywhere as far as i know so sometimes you just get lucky. Best of luck!!🙂

[@joshuatree777]

@@NWRockExplorer That seems to be the case here, it pops up in areas previously undocumented.

[@mctron22rd]

Are you a geology major? I am so curious!