check out my video on Lassen Creek, an obsidian site very near to this one. All of the Rubble Rock and Gem links can be found here: linktr.ee/rubb...
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@BlindBadger2122 жыл бұрын
Back in 2012, I worked for a couple guys that had a claim at middle fork. There were about 5 other pits operating with full crews back then. Lots of rainbow obsidian being shipped overseas to China. We sold ours for $0.74/lbs. Nothing under 2lbs and had to have color (no gray or black). Each month on average, we would wash, weigh, and bag about 20 tons of rock. We took really good care of that mountain (no heavy equipment, no hydro/pneumatic operations of any kind). Good times, plan on going there in a couple day (first time since 2012).
@Farkas111126 күн бұрын
And that's why they shut it down. Because of greed. F China!
@canadiangemstones76364 жыл бұрын
Wonderful trip to a great American locality! Thanks for sharing!
@DG-kq8zf5 жыл бұрын
I just took my daughter and her friend there the day before yesterday. They had a blast! Even on the main road beneath the middens, were spectacular pieces. I would think that if they were cut very near parallel to the plane of layering and polished, the rainbow sheen would come through. Thanks for the video! We should have looked more to the left. But we'll know better next year. After Yellowstone, we were burned on driving back home. We'll come back next year for sure.
@GlyphFrost4 жыл бұрын
Obviously fake, you can't mine obsidian without a diamond pickaxe.
@GlyphFrost4 жыл бұрын
It's a reference to the video game "Minecraft", in the game obsidian can only be mined via a diamond pickaxe.
@AlonePirate024 жыл бұрын
Stolen comment but nice :D
@sudhatiwari47804 жыл бұрын
😂👏
@flipaclipmaster72413 жыл бұрын
Diamond is hard but not strong The diamond pickaxe breaks easily. Just use a drill
@spedsledproductions3 жыл бұрын
😆
@walterlangston42533 жыл бұрын
I found some obsidian and was not looking for it
@infinist99344 жыл бұрын
The color black consist every color of visable light spectrum hints why you find rainbow inclusions. However do not shame black obsidan as its still a beautiful stonw
@canadiangemstones76364 жыл бұрын
Timmy Howard Sorry, but no. The rainbow obsidian color is a wee bit more complicated than that, I’m afraid. There is no rainbow to be found in the vast majority of obsidian. Or coal, or schorl, magnetite, jet, etc.
@infinist99344 жыл бұрын
@@canadiangemstones7636 Sorry but yes, my statement is fact. Anyone with basic knowledge of the visable light spectrum would agree.
@marisaamadar63323 жыл бұрын
Ihave it the same stones ..
@DG-kq8zf2 жыл бұрын
Ok... Nothing "consists" of colors. Everything reacts or doesn't react to electromagnetic radiation. If that radiation is reflected and is the correct frequency, our eyes will react to that frequency and we will sense color. So ... If it's black, it ABSORBS every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. If it's white, it REFLECTS every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. If it's red, it ABSORBS every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum ACCEPT those wavelengths in the red portion of the spectrum. it ONLY reflects the red portion of the spectrum. If it's mahogany....yep, same formula If it's rainbow.... Same, same. But complicated in rainbow obsidian. The light is not only reflected, it is also refracted. Which will give us rainbows. This is called dispersion. Not all colors are always dispersed. The electric blue obsidian and pink lady are good examples of that.
@Paul-g2k2 ай бұрын
Hi I found some obsidian black stone in birmingham uk and it's has got yellow inside the stone
@robertbradford34614 жыл бұрын
Not exactly everything to know, I'm just saying. The reason you can't see the color is light is hitting straight on it. Needs to be chipped away to catch light at the right angle. Or you can use it in a tank with water and an overhead light, the water refracts the light, causing it to hit the obsidian at an angle showing the colors.
@RubbleRockAndGem4 жыл бұрын
i think the video discusses cleaving it at a correct angle. and light has to hit it. i dont know what you mean by "straight on it". i could flood it with a thousand lights- as long as it is cleaved correctly, the colour will show. water isnt necessary with stones that have clean concoydal fractures.
@robertbradford34614 жыл бұрын
@@RubbleRockAndGem well you have to admit, it was not everything you needed to know. As example you talked of cleaving it correctly where you could catch the colors but you don't show how. And sunlight is directional ya? All coming from one direction. Depending on time of day and on cloudy days the light is difused and coming from everywhere at once. So it hits the surface at the same time in the same direction. If it's not cleaved right you will see nothing like you said because the light doesn't hit at the right angles. But with water, it refracts light, it bends it different directions all at the same time, causing light to hit it from many different directions showing the colors.
@robertbradford34614 жыл бұрын
@@RubbleRockAndGem oh and another thing, public is no longer allowed, at least for now and the near future having nothing to do with covid, all sites shit down by forestry until further notice, now when it does open back up you have to go to ANTIOCH Forestry dept to apply and get a permit, the merch store is no longer allowed to give permits, sad really, took a bunch of heavy equipment up and messed everything up and now it's closed until they get it fixed
@canadiangemstones76364 жыл бұрын
Robert Bradford so depressing.
@hockeycowboy104 жыл бұрын
I need to know more than that.
@josep88293 жыл бұрын
Can anyone just drive up and get what they need or is it a permit type of thing
@RubbleRockAndGem2 жыл бұрын
Davis Creek is permitted. The permit is free from the local, and only general store.
@appallokelley32073 жыл бұрын
Awesome video , looking to buy property there.
@bambuchzehne3 жыл бұрын
Come on...just make nether portal 🤣
@fbideltasans65593 жыл бұрын
Lol
@MedicalSkillsTraining5 жыл бұрын
Love this❤️
@MissxNemisis2 жыл бұрын
Do you know of any websites that sell genuine obsidian spheres? A lot of sites online to buy crystals are just selling cheap dyed glass. I want to buy the real deal.
@RubbleRockAndGem2 жыл бұрын
We have gold sheen obsidian spheres from Mexico for sale at our store, send us a message and we will get you a genuine one :) social media or email
@kingbass89252 жыл бұрын
Found a rock bud can you look at it I think it's a black obesadain don't know why I carried it all the way home but🤣it's in my garden now mind if you take a look
@RubbleRockAndGem2 жыл бұрын
There are actually lots of facebook groups that will ID rocks for you through photos.
@mariopinot98843 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Kumala215 Жыл бұрын
Bro, are you going to go another portal
@RubbleRockAndGem Жыл бұрын
I assure you, I use a locomotive for transportation and am not yet a wizard that portals.
@IrishAndy0013 жыл бұрын
I really like obsidian and I was wounding is there real blue obsidian or is it all man-made.
@RubbleRockAndGem3 жыл бұрын
Blue obsidian is a real thing, but it looks black and just a flash of blue happens in the light. There is a product circulating the market currently sold as blue obsidian, and its just blue glass.
@IrishAndy0013 жыл бұрын
@@RubbleRockAndGem . Thank you for replying I appreciate it . So any obsidian that is bright blue or the colour of aquamarine is man made fake.
@renecalixtobenavidezgandar28253 жыл бұрын
How can I get there
@RubbleRockAndGem3 жыл бұрын
I describe the directions throughout the video
@ChristopherSchiffermiller5 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thank you. A few questions for you. Looks like very hard dirt to dig through and I only have a small 3 ft garden shovel, railroad spike and small hammer, will that do the trick? Next, those white spikes are peoples claims, how far do the claims go as they mark only that spot the stake is in the ground? Did you or are you allowed to go on top of the hill and into the woods to see whats up their and grab surface rocks or dig? Finally, did you go to or do you know if the actual creek/water and area has crystals, agate or anything else to find while gathering the Obsidian? Thanks a bunch. Love Chris
@ChristopherSchiffermiller5 жыл бұрын
@@RubbleRockAndGem Thank you Adam. Did you yourself walk up the hill in the woods to see if there was anything up there on the ground level? Last thing I forgot to ask you. How is the area on the tires, is it risky as it looks and you say the glass is everywhere. Im excited to get out there and search the areas all around and the creeks and lakes there too. Thanks My Friend.
@DG-kq8zf2 жыл бұрын
Just went the day before yesterday. No permits until July, but since we added two days to our trip for this, we weren't going to drive away without breaking a few rocks. We got some cool pictures. We'll be back in July. Side note... Since I was here, two years ago, this place has been absolutely raped! The whole hillside has been dug out at least 20 feet. It's a small wonder they aren't allowing anymore commercial permits. The greed is obvious here.