Hunting Selenite Crystals in Oklahoma *Raw Mining Footage*

Hunting Selenite Crystals in Oklahoma Raw Mining Footage

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5 жыл бұрын

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!

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@lauriepenner350 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@HBICASMR 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Rookie_Rockounding 5 жыл бұрын

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...

@AnthonyGoodley 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@shesanerinafan 5 жыл бұрын

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

@jalynisawesome 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

Great comment

@CrystalsofArkansas 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheCrystalCollector 5 жыл бұрын

Yes some of these get pretty wild in Oklahoma

@MrAmethystguy 5 жыл бұрын

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

@rosiesrandomtreasures1014 Жыл бұрын

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

@newyorkrockheads8995 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@laurajenney6368 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always Brian! You rock!

@icatz 5 жыл бұрын

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

@lewiswrenne9058 5 жыл бұрын

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

@abeovajeansiemens3936 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@tappintheamericanwest2781 2 жыл бұрын

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

@anerolllanes3737 5 жыл бұрын

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 🤙🏼

@mezellenjohnson2753 5 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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

@milesnn 5 жыл бұрын

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

@michelle_7769 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent find ABSOLUTELY Beautiful!

@johnmightyd7137 5 жыл бұрын

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

@ginfonte3386 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheKeroady 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Pr1ncesssierra 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheCrystalCollector 5 жыл бұрын

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

@gracegibbytiedye Жыл бұрын

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

@kimberlynance2102 2 жыл бұрын

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

@respectanimals2 5 жыл бұрын

What an incredible place, thanks for sharing, superb

@kelleelacombe1316 5 жыл бұрын

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

@zerokidd21 5 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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

@crossgrainwoodproductsltd9230 Жыл бұрын

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

@AcidicChaosLP 5 жыл бұрын

Love how its just laying there. Super awesome :)

@travisguide4516 5 жыл бұрын

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

@joshlaware1520 3 жыл бұрын

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

@Linn8379 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I absolutely love Selenite!

@RJDCR 4 жыл бұрын

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

@spicy65ky 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sugarghast 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@RichiexFelicia Жыл бұрын

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

@AL-lm7wg 5 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaat! , love your videos

@chantillychandra 5 жыл бұрын

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! ;)

@kittygreenleaf427 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mynameisrochelle1 5 жыл бұрын

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

@carolinegarceau1603 5 жыл бұрын

He sells them btw

@MrAmethystguy 5 жыл бұрын

I have seen him with some doozie's too!

@drsaymore2721 5 жыл бұрын

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

@KarlMcMAn Жыл бұрын

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

@Yunnub 5 жыл бұрын

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

@happytheresa9335 5 жыл бұрын

😍🤗😁 thank you for sharing!!

@denisweimer8791 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@jdtv...9134 5 жыл бұрын

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..

@ammobake 5 жыл бұрын

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

@travisguide4516 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet man I like your picks

@hollywilliams3601 5 жыл бұрын

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

@sasha9084 3 жыл бұрын

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

@elsamarthafitzneryrra7545 3 жыл бұрын

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

@misshollyannh6773 5 жыл бұрын

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

@blessedone843 5 жыл бұрын

Get me some!!😳😝😂love your video

@OmiPre Жыл бұрын

I’m excited ❤

@JamesLovesRocks329 19 күн бұрын

Selenite has a really cool sound when you clink it.

@scottholliday9308 4 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

That’s cool !!! 🙌💯

@logandoubleyou2549 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Rookie_Rockounding 5 жыл бұрын

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

@youngin5112 5 жыл бұрын

Rookie Rockhounding GG nice try man 😆👍

@YvonneSebastian1980 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

@@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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@emiliosthemistocleous2453 5 жыл бұрын

Nice videos keep it up 💎💎⛏⛏

@britzel71 3 күн бұрын

Definitely needed to bring your backpack...

@gladycowie9950 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@imari2305 5 жыл бұрын

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

@wellaeuan 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@BriarRouge 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kkthefloorislava6446 5 жыл бұрын

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

@t.t.wadsup4316 5 жыл бұрын

Omg!!! I love selenite⚘

@davidbean5807 5 жыл бұрын

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

@moon1111rises 4 жыл бұрын

Youre so awesome dude seriously Whaaat

@2lemonades 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MinneapoMan 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MinneapoMan 5 жыл бұрын

This is Aaron of Red Dirt Rockhounds BTW

@2lemonades 5 жыл бұрын

MinneapoMan Im going to check out your facebook

@MrAmethystguy 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

That'd be awesome. Or even labradorite

@WillBrownart 5 жыл бұрын

Dope bro bro 😁👍

@mctron22rd 5 жыл бұрын

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

@thiah1951 4 жыл бұрын

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

@diggerdawgsadventures4234 5 жыл бұрын

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

@IronDragon1337 5 жыл бұрын

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

@pp7x79 4 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@stephanieh.777 5 жыл бұрын

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

@kellyrayoflight 3 жыл бұрын

Where is this???

@rebeccabates4346 5 жыл бұрын

Im i love crystals your show was awesome

@TheCrystalCollector 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@PennyRossfairy_dust_ 5 жыл бұрын

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

@TheCrystalCollector 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, this site was so amazing

@paigelee6321 5 жыл бұрын

How very cool love selenite

@shvh2536 3 жыл бұрын

amazing :D

@justice0748 5 жыл бұрын

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

@dalgivandeoliveirarodrigue9325 4 жыл бұрын

maravilhosos esses lugares,sou facinado por pedras,show!

@lizzymoore54 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@lizzymoore54 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@Scorpiomary 5 жыл бұрын

Cool place

@allensteen3228 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Lunablueeyes 5 жыл бұрын

I love selenite!!

@Popcorn453 5 жыл бұрын

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

@AndreaPacko 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

In nevada we

@icatz 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

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

@offyarocka 2 жыл бұрын

i love that ting ting ting sound hehehehehe

@440Hurts 3 жыл бұрын

Allot of money!! And allot of healing

@ricksdiecast4009 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@isabellenivet3139 5 жыл бұрын

So cool !!! @indianaF&M

@felishapenney6 3 жыл бұрын

I have been trying to figure out what have I found some of this the small ones I have if you hold them up to the sun it looks like a little chrystie inside some of them.. thanks you great video

@blessedone843 5 жыл бұрын

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

@chrissyemert8781 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheKimworldwide 5 жыл бұрын

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 🙏❤

@junestartin9146 Жыл бұрын

love selenite ❤

@deannabates1575 3 жыл бұрын

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.