Rustic Red Smokies & Microcline Crystals | Pocket Play

[@anthonyscalzi7110]

I found a boulder with what turned out to be kyanite pseudomorphs after andalusite in the woods behind my house. I was struggling with depression at the time, having dropped out of college. Collecting crystals from the boulder gave me a productive outlet. Furthermore, after connecting with the geology department of my local college to identify the crystals, I was inspired to go back to school and finish my degree. That boulder got my life back on track.

[@garrettmillsap]

Glad to hear that. Very cool

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

That is such a powerful story, thank you for sharing your experience. I loved reading how the crystals generated questions that made you curious to seek connections to find answers. Then to continue to education. Full circle. What you wrote really hit me bc the beginning of my pursuit for knowledge with minerals began in a very similar way. You're entered in the giveaway.✨

[@RattlesnakeRanchers]

Awesome video full of sweet stuff.......The increase in speed at the 5:00 area made my albino PE's kick into overdrive 🤯... Rock love: Apparently I use to raid our coal pile for lusty anthracite as a toddler. Even shoved a pice so far up my nose I had to go to the ER to get it taken out. Ahh the good ole days.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thanks so much!! Anthracite in the nose, now that's a love of minerals and a cute memory about raiding the coal bed tailings as a toddler^^,) Anthracite is beautiful and you're entered into the giveaway✨

[@floridamanfishes9085]

My first cool find was an alluvial deposit of springs stones or agates here in the panhandle. Some really stood out because they had star geometric patterns on them and where already incredibly smooth! Haven’t found anything else like it yet and still need to go back to that spot for more investigation. Thank you as always for sharing this amazing stuff!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Whoa, what an introduction to minerals!! Asterism, those star geometries that happen in the light, is really rare and it's amazing how Earth sorts and presents things in alluvium for us to discover.🪄 You are entered into the giveaway✨

[@UpperAbbevilleGemandMineralClu]

Great spot,combos are epic.. we used to find fern fossils when we’d play in the abandoned coal mines of north central Pennsylvania, it was in early elementary school & now 40 years later I still love rocks 🤘✌️

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

I interned at the VA museum of natural history got to go to shale quarry to look for a specific Triassic reptile called tanytrachelos. The eastern US has some amazing fossil and I cannot fathom how magical it would be to find a fern fossil (my favorite plant). 🫠 What a first find and certainly one for the books!! I love that you still have it and you're entered into the giveaway✨

[@UpperAbbevilleGemandMineralClu]

@ thanks & next time I go to Pennsylvania I’ll try to get some ferns, I have permission to collect at a private spot up there that we went to as kids… do you get into trades?

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

Great video and awesome finds!! The 1st mineral to really hook me was titanite, when I start rockhounding in high school I went to a popular location in Ontario called Titanite Hill with father, we climbed way up to the top of the digs on the big hill there and started digging in this freshly dug vein and I pulled out handfuls and handfuls of wonderful specimens including still some of my best titanite specimens in my collection.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thanks Aidan!! Titanite is a serious rockhound game changer; your introduction is so sick. 🫠 Titanite Hill, sounds a dream and I love how you and your dad plowed forward straight to the top^^, You're entered into the giveaway✨

[@SERFINUSA]

You gotta be careful!!! lol, another nice haul. I used to have a couple rootball sticks that were carved out as an eagle's beak for digging. They were a perfect tool for just that situation. Beautiful geothite. probably my first geo-impression was from a piece of traprock my brother airmailed me after an acorn fight escalation.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

After an acorn fight escalation🤣 I can relate and that's awesome that the first impression was traprock!! Root ball wood sounds ideal, esp since that wood would be the hardest and most durable! You're entered into the giveaway✨

[@Minerken19]

The first thing I ever found out digging that got me hooked was a little bit of flower gold! Colorado AU

[@apy0inkmtb232]

Definitely my quartz crystal cluster that I found in elementary school that spared my love!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

All the way back in elementary. That's some great hunting skills at an early age! Keep it up and you're entered into the giveaway✨

[@MeganMoon1111]

Oopsiedaisies 😅🐻 that feldspar was huge. Nice haul Hunter, esp those spacey combos & some of those chunkers in the back ~ i want a combo 🫠 The first rock i found that had an impact on me was a fossil of a bird skeleton and the first mineral was an amethyst included geode 😇

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thanks so much Moon^-^✨ Those are such incredible introductory fossil and mineral finds, I can hardly handle it.🔮 My first memorable find was also a fossil. It was a baby mollusk fossil in shale and I found the matching other half! You're entered into the giveaway✨

[@garrettmillsap]

Those are some spectacular pieces. The first minerals i found that really started my love of geology is half inch pyrite crystals, not the square version but the 12 sided ones in a road cut here in oregon. They blew my mind and i had to learn more.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thanks!! I think I know the pyrite crystals you're talking about, the ones with the pentagonal faces! That's an amazing introduction to this passion and you're entered into the giveaway✨

[@garrettmillsap]

@@EverythingIsSpirit thank you!

[@samrichardson2641]

Something awesome would be building a wood / epoxy cutting board or table with the crystals infused into the epoxy. I was thinking of doing that with dried aspen leaves next fall as well… I’ve never prospected before - but I love your videos thank you for posting quality content.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

I love your idea with the crushed minerals infused into the epoxy in the table with aspen leaves. There are a lot of aspens where I prospect in CO and by feeling their thick leaves, I think they'd hold up really well and keep their shape being set in epoxy! I'm so happy to hear that you are enjoying the content I share mate🙏

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Also I noticed you mentioned that you haven't prospected before. If you haven't found a rock, mineral, or fossil but still want to participate, feel free to just write your favorite mineral or fossil here and I'll enter your name for the drawing. ( :

[@samrichardson2641]

@@EverythingIsSpirit Thank you i’d love to enter. The smoky quartz are my favorite!

[@beachingaboutlife7264]

Smokey quartz in El Paso county Colorado when i went from just a hiker into my new more amazing hobby scouting and reading the mountain finding pockets

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Stellar, cheers to the pursuit and you are entered into the giveaway.✨

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing!! I just subscribed to your channel!! Greetings from Greece!!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thank you for the compliments and subscribing!! I really enjoyed your video of the hydroplane opal time lapse to wet and then dry.🪄 Cheers to a lifelong love of minerals^_^

[@GREEKEXPLORERS]

@@EverythingIsSpirit Thank you!!

[@jaris.holopainen6263]

Those specimens look really amazing - Congratulations on your finds! And great video also - Thanks for sharing your adventures! Even though I live in an European country I'm still going to try my luck with the giveaway-competition: - First of all, I live in Denmark, and have been living here for my entire life. Denmark is not known for having mountains or in other ways visible bedrock, because the entire country consists of old sediments (except for the island of Bornholm, which is located much closer to Sweden than to the rest of Denmark). So when I developed an interest for minerals and rocks, as a kid, I soon came to realize, that it wouldn't be easy to find anything special, like the big quartz crystal I had seen in the books. For years I was very disappointed about the fact that all our neighbouring countries had mountains but we didn't, and as a result of this I thought of Denmarks geology as being boring, and I slowly lost heart and drive for my rock-passion due to the fact that I wasn't able to satisfy my desire for collecting minerals. Years later, when I was 14, my parents took me to Norway, and we visited a place called Evje Mineral Trail (a group of several small abandoned pegmatite-quarries in the same area, now connected by a forest/hiking trail). The largest (and the only somewhat active) quarry along the trail - being a public digsite for a minor fee, has produced some stunning mineral specimens through the years. This was the spot where my passion for minerals would be "re-ignited", so to speak, because magic happened and I found a 10 cm long quartz crystal. Today, 15 years later, I still have that crystal in my (still quite small) collection, as it holds a special place in my heart. I still crave the rock-adventures, but in a good way, and have in the recent years come to realize that the danish geology actually has some exciting things to offer as well. - Sorry for the long text. Keep up the good work. Channels like this one keeps the rockhounding-spirit alive in people when they are not able to go on adventure themselves. But we get to 'go and explore' anyway through your videos and your company. And thank you for that. Cheers from Denmark!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Don't be sorry, I'm so grateful for you writing such a thoughtful comment!! This channel provides the opportunity to share knowledge and inspiration for geologic wonders while invigorating the spirit of rockhounding. So for that, your comment made my day!! It's fascinating to hear about the geology of Denmark and Norway and can say that there are many states here in the great plaines of US that are similar (purely sedimentary deposits). I love how you developed an appreciation for Denmark over time. I've been wanting to visit Norway for its geology actually and you totally added fuel to that fire. A 10cm quartz crystal discovery is a heck of a first find and I am overjoyed to hear it happened to someone coming from a place that lacks complex igneous formations. Thanks again for your wonderful writing and you are entered into the giveaway✨

[@jaris.holopainen6263]

@ ​​⁠​⁠​⁠ Thanks for the thoughtful reply! You responding with such a great message actually made my day hahaha! I just realized that I wrote the wrong age. I was actually 14 the first time I visited Norway. I just edited my comment, but it might have removed your 'reaction' or 'like' to it. My bad. Even though we don't have any visible bedrock (it's about 850 meters below the surface at its highest point) various fossils and some mineralizations still occur in the ground here (both native and alluvial). So we have cool things here, that are unique in their own way with a magnificent story to tell. But it can really feel like looking for a small needle in a big haystack haha. And by all means, visit Norway (more fuel to the fire incoming) - It's a beautiful country with stunning landscapes. And a lot of great mineral specimens has been found there as well, through the years. Among them is worldclass specimens of both Hematite, HydroxylApatite, Natrolite, Phenakite and Zircon, and a ton of quartz, feldspars and micas, plus they have a quite long list of minerals in general. They also have a worldknown locality for Rubies in the Agder region (Southern Norway), though it was concidered commercially emptied and abandoned in the 70's, and furthermore has been visited frequently by collectors over the last 50 years. I'm actually planning a trip to Norway myself, and hopefully I'll be able to go next year. Haven't been there since I was 14. I am for sure going to try my luck with the ruby-locality. I haven't been rockhounding much in my life due to various reasons preventing me to do so, but the last 2 years I have been researching and mapping great places to visit both in Denmark and in neighbouring countries (mostly Norway and Finland), so I know where to go when I'm finally able to go on adventure and enjoy life. And the thought of that Norway trip back in the day, really helped keep the fire going through the harder times. Another long text... Apparently I'm terrible at writing short comprehensible comments hahaha. Anyway, have a great day, and thanks again for replying!

[@talaveralifecoaching5166]

I find a lot of red and yellow jasper near me in Colorado. Would love to find other gems but don’t know where to go. I’m learning of several areas I’d like to go to this summer! I hope to win one of the bundles, good luck to all!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Jasper is wonderful and is painted with so many unique moods. 🌅 I admire your interest in learning more about collecting localities in Colorado and have two suggestions: 1. If you're down for a pretty hefty hike, I recently made a video of my top recommended place for finding topaz at South Tarryall Peak. There is free parking in the lot just before you get to the campsite. Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foLZfGdopZyUpsUsi=m_9xRynQrYpt9gFI 2. Accessible pay to dig site for collecting barite crystals in Hartsel, CO. The claimowner works at the Bayou Salado Trading Post in hartsel. You can pay a small fee and get collecting tips for a full days access collecting lovely blue barite crystals. You are entered into the giveaway drawing✨

[@talaveralifecoaching5166]

@@EverythingIsSpirit Sweet! Thanks for the tips! I can't wait for better weather to head out. I hope I win!

[@kathidouglas9287]

The first natural rock that I found is a lovely chunk of rose quartz that I still have.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Stellar find for a first and so awesome you still have it. I managed to keep up with my first find too (a lil mollusk fossil). You're entered into the giveaway✨

[@faekalkeinennachname.werwa9703]

When i was about twelfe years old i went fishing with my father. Because i got bored i startet to investigate the area and stumbeled upon a regular clear mountaincristal with a little bit of chlorin inclusions. Several years later i went back found new stuff. But this Cristal kinda formed the way i was looking for Minerals.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

It's crazy how one discovery can set you on a lifelong magical journey, right!? 🔮 I love how you went back later looking for more and thanks for sharing your introduction to the beautiful passion. You're entered into the giveaway✨

[@cameronh2281]

One of my first trips with a local club we went out to collect "jade" from the creeks around the Skagit River. We had to hike in to one of these creeks and as soon as we got there one of our guides jumped into the river, pulled about 5 rocks in 10 seconds, plopped em into my hand and said: "That's jade." Ever since then, I wanted to be as speedy as that guy pulling rocks out of a creek or extracting a pocket.

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

Thank you for sharing your beginnings and I would have been as hooked as you by that experience. How that guide developed superpowers for recognizing minerals in nature. Let's continue to build our crystal-ray-vision friend, and you're entered into the giveaway.💫

[@cameronh2281]

@@EverythingIsSpirit Thank you!

[@Stratesnax]

You do any guiding? Id love to come dig some smokies. Ive got rare gems to trade!

[@SpidyP]

The first fossil I found was an ammonite!

[@EverythingIsSpirit]

What!? The first thing you found was an amonite!! 🪄 You're entered into the giveaway✨