Ah, the wonders often held by the humble roadcut. Thank You.

Nice looking Crystals the colors are cool and taking that calcite off to expose the matrix of crystals really excellent Mr.MeMiner!!!; )

I do like that pink feldspar and blue amazonite together. So pretty!

Thank you for taking us along on your roadside adventure. Your edutainment is much appreciated.

Awesome, you teach everywhere you go! It is appreciated by those around you.

Awwwww ty for taking me along.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us.

Such pretty rocks! Just amazing! Thanks for sharing.

Great job on this one Miner! I love it! You showcased the variety found in Norland, Shadow Lake area well! It has been much overlooked for sure and so close to the city, a day trip!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I was saving the footage to combine with my next visit, which of course didn't happen. Thanks for taking me out and showing Daisy and I around. Will do it again next year for sure.

What a fantastic place to visit..You guys are spoiled for variety of specimens over there..Thanks for taking us along once again..

Cool roadside finds, thanks for the video, all the best.

Very nice video. Enjoyed it. Thank you.

I really enjoy your videos. I learn something every time I watch. 👍

That 🕷 make me jump 🤣

Awesome adventure wow a beautiful area along the road fantastic samples and a fantastic variety some beautiful pieces you got awesome and daisy great to see her awesome thank u be safe

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

Loved this! Thank you and happy new year!!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind works and Happy New Year to you too

Thanks for taking us along. Davin

What a score! And so close by. Shaking my head here. Just amazing.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa was the hero. She showed me around. ;-)

We live in a highly metamorphosed area and there are several Mica mines in the area. Still find some large sheets of mica there. Very important in the early days of electric circuits. Cool finds!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, there is great collecting at those old mica mines for other crystals too.

@zw5509

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner lots of good mica schist, some quite spectacular and showy. Biotite and feldspar. Early colonial gold mining area too.

Worth the wait! Man if I didn't love it here on the south shore so much, I'd have to head up Norther. Little streak of jealous here ☺. At least I have the glacier pushings scraped down and washed in!

Amazingite! No your own mineral hound, bless the Daisy dog, felt sorry for her panting away. Literally orgasmic area for exploration, would love seeing inside that vug and she was finding gem grade material , what a dream. Can you give her my address lol, sledge hammer and me , reluctantly done but justified, I would have hauled that rock out for you buddy, I'm not a big man but lifting and carrying has been a big part of my life, not so much now though. Looking forward for the etching project.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Daisy had a good day. Later we went for a canoe ride and she got to explore without more running. ;-)

@symonsheppard5519

4 жыл бұрын

meMiner Cool, she is a great dog and you are a very good owner, you two have a great bond and it's nice seeing that you both care for each other, but you must not forget you have a wife. lol 😂

Yes please etch that out.. enjoyed the show !

That was a fun side trip. I really like amazonite, I usually try to get worry stones made from amazonite and plan to try making my own some day. Daisy looked good and greetings to the family !!

Nice rockhounding !!!!!

Lots of collectibles. Enjoyed watching 👍

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping by

Dude! That's so pretty! Kinda like we say...... Dats so pruddy! 😂 I love amazonite, I have orange and green, dark green, and light green. The light green is high grade from Colorado, self collected. Dude you found some beautiful stuff. I hope you have a real gemmy day.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

A gemmy day. LOL You too, my friend

Enjoyed watching and some nice finds. Good luck, happy hunting and take care.

Nice rocks and spacey music. This must be your summer place.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Not my summer place. I was just visiting.

Another nice time minus the poison ivy. Good seeing miss Daisy again. Looked like she found some water at one point in the video. Thanks again sir.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Daisy can find water on a hot day. She puts her nose into the air to sniff it out and disappears for a short while.

That was amazing!

It was a good day lisa put together

@diggahrockhounder6428

4 жыл бұрын

Bill McQueen you guys made it though ❤️

Wow lucky finds ❤️✌🏻😊

Leaves of 3 leave them be. Thanks meMiner, I'm down here in Oregon in the coast range, always looking for the Prettiest stones. Best of luck and health.

Pretty piece o cake.

real cool great vid

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin

OH MAN I thought you were going to grab that live poison ivy haha😆 scared me

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Poison Ivy is not my friend.

Hi Daisy!!! Hi meMi..........wow! Look at that one! (Off she goes for her Audubon book for rock identification!)

Very nice, I really need to get my butt out crystal hunting again 😄

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Do it. ;-)

Happy new jaar. 2021 A lot of blessing and happynis

@meMiner

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year

Nice one, sir👍

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

thanks

Back for a victory lap. Hey from my clan to yours.

You would find rock hounding much more comfortable in yoga pants. Just ask your colleague. That has become the go to outfit for stone picking in Los Angeles.

@leneecasteel2005

4 жыл бұрын

Somehow, I just cannot imagine Grieg in yoga pants. I have to admit smiling bigtime at the thought, tho! Peace and God Bless

@diggahrockhounder6428

4 жыл бұрын

James Scott 😂

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

And a Canada touque? LOL

Sounds real close to highway .

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Ya. Like right in the ditch for some of it. ;-)

beautiful job I'm super fa Kiis my dear

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

You always leave such nice comments. Thanks for visiting again.

👍🏼 💎

Very nice spot

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

A cool spot. You would not believe how often I drove by it going to other places. ;-)

would love to see an update of before and after pictures when they are a finished product :)

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

That's the plan!

Very beautiful...

@wildedibles819

4 жыл бұрын

My pockets be full lol... We had fun with quartz and feildspar this summer on the Almaguin highlands area road cuts... Burks falls to North Bay has new blasting area for new highways that went threw... Are you still in British Columbia I loved all the mountains out there hiked up a few beautiful Canada

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I am back home from BC. I was up a couple of times last month near North Bay, but it has been a while since I stopped along HWY 11. I never found much, but it looks so good in Burks Falls and Trout Creek.

@wildedibles819

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner it definitely does the rock folding is beautiful going into burks falls but it's not really safe to stop there... Lots of quartz we found some smoky quartz with red or pink colors in it?? Very pretty stuff nothing spectacular but we found some stone for gardens and fire place area not smooth but interesting rock...

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

@@wildedibles819 Red stain on quartz is usually hematite. If it is in the crystal, it is tending towards rose quartz. Garden rock is always nice.

@wildedibles819

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner did you drive out to British Columbia or fly? There's an interesting spot in Saskatchewan I guess it be the northern route... There's a huge valley that comes from nowhere in the prairies it looks like it used to be a huge river but there was nothing flowing at all... I was wondering what this was all about its huge and beautifuly different from the flat prairie... Do you know anything about this? I found it very interesting driving by it... Northern sask isn't very flat the more north you go the more rocky it gets

MeMiner, I sure wish I had your expertise to help identify a ton of specimens I have. I'm positive I have correctly identified numerous minerals but other minerals are difficult from pictures or even video in comparison to the specimens I have. Having hands on experience with someone with more knowledge would be fantastic.

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I make mistakes all the time. Part of the fun.

I find tremolite at a quarry down here but I rarely keep it, isn't it asbestos?

@diggahrockhounder6428

4 жыл бұрын

DigDigDig it depends on its formation. If it is in crystal form it is fine. If it is broken up and fibrous yes. I say Tremolite is to asbestos like diamonds are to coal dust. Don’t snort it 🥴

Are these various “ites” used for jewelry making ? Or do they some purpose other than being really cool. Thanks for sharing. 👍

@StephRenee812

4 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same. Id love to know what to do with some of the finds or what I have bought

Hey how do you know where to look for this stuff? Have you ever gone close to the ring of fire near Hudson Bay? Great video btw

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I have been up there to go fishing, but before I was into rocks. It would be a great trip sometime with rocks in mind.

0:06 - no, you're right beside a Staghorn Sumac LOL!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

Greg, this was cool thank you, God's creation is awesome isn't it!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Nature is amazing.

Nice finds. And on the side of the road. That must have been blasted at some point. Or brought in for fill?

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

The pegmatite extends into the forest on both sides of the road (private property). For sure there was some blasting for the highway. There was also blasting for exploratory pits. I suspect they were looking for either galena or gold.

@rodwhite9737

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner Why would they be looking for galena?

@loyalkuhn5778

4 жыл бұрын

@@rodwhite9737 Galena is a source of silver and lead.

“Ok I think I have enough.” .....Said no rockhound ever without picking up another one. 😉

@meMiner

3 жыл бұрын

LOL. Very true

We're covered in Snow, And it's horrible to wait wait wait wait till Spring

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

The snow has melted where I live. It will be back soon.

Hi Greig, that piece that you are holding at the 9:24 point of the video is identical to a few pieces I collected this summer while on my bike ride , could you tell me what mineral it is ? Another awesome video and I'm looking forward to your next one .

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

quartz, almost smokey

@highenergyog

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner that's some nice quartz we have there , I found a few nice pieces in a road cut just west of Bancroft . I'm going to get them out and admire them a little more , Thsnks for the education my friend . Lloyd.

@diggahrockhounder6428

4 жыл бұрын

highenergyog there is more at that location and some is very clear, as well some is very dark Smokey.

@highenergyog

4 жыл бұрын

I'll definitely have to make my way up there next spring or summer to do a little more rockhounding

I assume the tremolite is known at that location. I would have a hard time identifying the difference between it and a couple of other amphiboles.

Nice finds, meMiner. Any not red Feldspar could be called Amazonite. Pegmatite and Feldspar fits, never Tremolite. Tremolite may develop in contact with Pegmatite, depends on older (mother rocks). These female expert should sell your Tremolite crystal to Smithsonian Institute and get the us $$$ or Cad $$. Or a LOL. A good replay is also from meterioriter 164

I saw that poison ivy!

I learned a lot from watching your videos I also posted a video of something I found but I don't know how to tell you to find it I think it's gold

Love the video, but what's this scary theme song?

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Scary?

Now that's pretty

You found much better Amazonite

so, we can just go out and look for cool stuff on general use crown land and stuff?

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

In Ontario: You need permission on private land, native land or parks. On crown land, you can usually rockhound anywhere there isn't a valid mineral claim.

@stewdeezie1212

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the reply. I'm a us vet who moved up here to southern Ontario chasing my now wife lol. I'm still just unsure of different laws between the governments. I dont want to go out there and do anything wrong or trespass or give any other people hunting rocks and such a bad name. Thanks again

Ah, that elusive large transparent tremolite crystal, it seems it just won't happen! Was this taken in the days of summer? Cheers

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

This was from the summer. I had taken some video but wind and highway noise made it difficult to edit, so I saved it for when I had a bit more time.

@meteoriter1647

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner Thanks, it seems I have a deep-rooted complex towards tremolite, I can spend hours, I mean hours, looking for that transparent one, btw often described in rock-hound literature of the past (large and transparent...you probably read those accounts), the ones you dig under tree roots near Grace Lake, never found one though of the proportions described...it is perhaps how determined or persistent, depleted by previous rockhounds, or pure lucky one is! Don't know which! You might be able to answer which....It's not just asbestos, after all, in my opinion...little know fact, under further pressure and folding it literally is a precursor to jadeite..what I couldn't understand, is that, it appears that no digging was ever undertaken under most trees at the Grace Lake site that is, why over-digging under some and not others is quite mysterious to me...any explanation?

How does that Tremolite do in a rock polisher?

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think the fibrous bladed tremolite would tumble well.

@rockedout372

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner I didn't think so, but I had to ask an expert. Thank you.

There now everybody is famous.

@benwinkel

4 жыл бұрын

Great name! And yes, we all want to go on a rock hounding trip with MeMiner!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

We had a good day together.

✌️👏👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌷

Are you ever tempted to buy the land/lot of rocks, like I am right now ?

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I thought about it a couple of times. There was one property that I really wanted, but was out of reach (expensive). I still think about it.

I'm a little bit certain that the orange into the blue of the amazonite is called a perthitic exsolution. Like, %30 sure....

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I will look it up. Thanks

Howdy!

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Leann. Thanks for dropping by

@leannkennedy6568

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner beautiful rocks. Hope you etch the one rock. It would interesting to see if it stayed together.

Sir jest one request please make a video only rough daimand stons please

Love the video ... better without the music though, prefer to hear the natural noises of nature . 😀

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I had to do something. Wind and highway noise were awful

@timetraveller9992

4 жыл бұрын

meMiner , aw that’s ok, I understand. 👍

2 pot plants hahahaha

Hey listen to me, watch Zing on you tube, watch her collect amazing shells n rocks. Check out her videos, somewhere in China ? The stones she walks past as she hunting real interesting items of shells to fish. I love it, not only like it, Wow

It looks like you're going to be itching for a while I had a very very bad experience with poison oak it SUCKED

@meMiner

4 жыл бұрын

I have had poison ivy head to toe and all parts you don't want it in-between. I hate the stuff. ;-)

@rickcruz3382

4 жыл бұрын

@@meMiner on July 24 2000 coming back from a trip to the coast when the engine in my newly acquired Volvo 240 I picked it up at the repair shop the day I left died (the mechanic cracked the fuel line) and I lost power steering and brakes on highway 1 at the tightest hairpin turn and my 240 Volvo tumbled over and over I woke up hanging by my seatbelt after a few minutes I had to squeeze and crawl my way out I didn't realize until over 24hrs later I had crawled through a hillside carpeted with a reddish poison oak the leaves were very shiny with oil (damn it) I had it BADDDD 😢😭😭😫😱 and I got a secondary infection to top everything off any embarrassment went out the window at the Dr's office. SUCH A NIGHTMARE!!!

Do you not believe in a rock hammer, screw drivers, picks, Geez your driving me nuts

@diggahrockhounder6428

4 жыл бұрын

Terri Ann Bluejacket 😆