Virginia Quartz Crystals!!

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3 жыл бұрын

In todays video my buddy Nick and I go hunting for some Virginia Quartz Crystals at a location I found while laying out a geotechnical drilling job near Charlottesville VA. I talk briefly about some tips for surface hunting. The Catoctin metabasalt geologic fm around central VA is known for producing some good quartz crystals, and today we find a big beautiful one!!

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@diggingappalachia954 7 ай бұрын

Dang, that one cluster was pretty sweet for Virginia, I’d love to see the pocket that it came out of

@lindahensley5711 2 ай бұрын

I lived in sw Florida most of my life so no real rock hunting there. It only has limestone and like coral sea sediment. We moved to sw Virginia in wise county 5.5 years ago and when my son and his family followed us here to live he and my grandson got into rock hunting. Y grandson isc12 and he’s a river explorer and he found a tigers eye and asked dad to tumble it and gave it to me for Mother’s Day.he has found really old leices of porcelain crystals and lots of rocks. I. Hoping to plan a day for us to check out some riverbeds. Thanks for your videos.

@Notellemkrik1776 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fun pretty neat stuff

@dennishedrick5308 3 жыл бұрын

I found some big clusters like that about two weeks ago it's pretty cool

@thebudgetranch782 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in central VA and desperately want to start rockhounding. Where can I start?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of research and reading is the best way to start. Join some of the Virginia minerals and rock hounding Facebook pages and ask questions. Most all the land is private property and will require land owner permission to access.

@CarpeDMPhoto 2 жыл бұрын

Kelsey, any luck since this comment? I'm getting in to Rockhounding as well in Charlottesville as well. I've gotten access to a couple of streams in Goochland that I may check out next week.

@davidfarrugia7646 Жыл бұрын

Let’s get in contact with each other!

@wilfor03 3 жыл бұрын

Forgive my lack of rock knowledge, Matt, but what are the Crystals used for or do they have some value?? Thanks, Bill

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

Mineral specimens like nice quartz crystals are always sought after by collectors and rock hounds and such.

@DislikeThisCommentNow 2 жыл бұрын

I've got a big chunk of quartz that has a "silver " colered vein going right down the middle of it. Always curious of what it was. It'd be awesome if you could help identify it. Currently in the middle of a move to Hillsville VA but I'll have a picture shortly. Thanks

@theprospectinggeologist4347 2 жыл бұрын

Shoot me a picture and I can try to identify it. My current guess with no information would be mica. But I’ll be interested to see the picture.

@DislikeThisCommentNow 2 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 totally, when I get everything unpacked I'll be sure to take a picture cuz I've been wanting to look at it again for months and haven't been able to to look at it. Not sure if I mentioned before but it's a very thin line of silver colored mineral, it's not sprawled out like a vein is when silver is mixed in with quartz

@DislikeThisCommentNow 2 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 alright, I unpacked, I'm uploading a short of the quartz

@apy0inkmtb232 3 жыл бұрын

Hi by any chance can you tell me where that it if so would it be ok if I rock hound there

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I can’t give the location away.

@apy0inkmtb232 3 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 yup I 1000% understand

@dennishedrick5308 3 жыл бұрын

Almost looks like kyanite

@Lauraetcetera 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you've figured out what you have by now but 1:52 could it be kyanite?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 2 жыл бұрын

No it wasn’t kyanite. It is quartz fiber fill with probable epidote and chlorite inclusions which give it the blue tinge. I will have a new quartz crystal video coming out this Friday so stay tuned!

@Lauraetcetera 2 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 Will do! I'm local so very interested to see what you find!

@Suiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii835 Жыл бұрын

Where is this placeeeeee 😢😢😢

@theprospectinggeologist4347 Жыл бұрын

I believe it’s now a condo development unfortunately.

@TrustTheProcessKB 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in orange county Virginia. U heard of it? Ever been thru the area?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

Yep I’ve lived there and I’ve prospected there.

@TrustTheProcessKB 3 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 I've been here my whole life. What part of OC did you live in?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

The town of orange. Then gordonsville right on the line.

@TrustTheProcessKB 3 жыл бұрын

@@theprospectinggeologist4347 I live in the town of orange. Right off of Belleview. And use to work for the town of Gordonsville and the town of orange. U go to OCHS?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 3 жыл бұрын

No I’m from PA and now back living in PA. Lived in and around orange from 2013 to 2020.