Yayyy! My state, NM has great odds. I'm trying to find some friends or group to prospecting with. I'm selling jewelry at the senior center Tuesday, hopefully I'll meet some people there. Thanks for all of your time and valuable information 🕊️

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad the video was helpful.

@pollinatedhi9009

2 ай бұрын

Hey there I live in Arizona and was metal detecting and I believe I found a meteorite. How do I get it identified and classified and appraised. I don’t know where to begin. Help will be much appreciated.

@liquidrockaquatics3900

2 ай бұрын

@@pollinatedhi9009check out a university geology department and see if they will assist you. Sometimes they will help for free as they can get a research paper out of it.

@edie4321

Ай бұрын

What senior center? Palo Duro? You find the center beneficial? I've yet to try them.

@VondaInWonderland

Ай бұрын

@@edie4321 Bear Cannon. I don't go often. I need to go through the literature and find a couple of groups to start with. The food is actually good and super affordable.

Gotta love me a new Chris Ralph video! Thank you for being a scholar in this field. Too many cosplayers around (looking at you, Williams)

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! (but I'm not here to slam Jeff)

Meteorites are so cool ! I have only found 2 of them while looking for gold . Great video Chris ⛏️🤙

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Meteorites are very cool indeed!

a show on Slags would be interesting, I have a big chunk of silver slag form Colbalt, Ont.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I know where there is Slag from a rich gold mine. Maybe when I go get some of that, I will experiment with it and do a video.

@cheesynuts4291

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I don’t recall where the story came from but I recall hearing of a guy really cleaning up by re smelting slag that came from poorly smelted ore.

Wow Chris your direction for knowledge on gold is amazing researching and find out I'm right amongst 5 or more gold fields wow great teacher

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I have a marble made from a meteor it’s heavy for it’s size pretty nice Thanks for making videos I enjoy your program

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad you like the videos!

@bimboaraneta5583

2 ай бұрын

❤

Very informative thank you so much. I feel like I’m back in school all over again thank you!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Your book arrived here in Norway last week and im learning. Not the best place for gold maybe but its enough for fun and getting out in nature and also get free exercise. Thankyou, good reading at a good price.

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

I had a piece of Namibian . It was full of nickel. It had a platted core and looked beautiful.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

The etch patterns on the iron meteorites are beautiful.

Great Video Chris Thanks for teaching about this subject I had no idea about any of this and its very important to know whilst finding gold what to look for to find meteorites.

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

One thing I didn't hear you mention is micrometeorites. I dumped my black sand through a fine classifier and checked out everything that didn't fall through under the microscope. Amidst of all of the jagged little pieces, one stood out. Near perfectly round, stuck to the magnet, and had a really odd sparkle to the texture. Not certain it's a micrometeorite, and don't know how to test it without destroying it, but it's another type prospectors could find easier than everyone else.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Micrometeorites are more a scientific thing than a thing of value. I've never heard of any one who collects them.

Great information Chris I'll start keeping my eye out for them

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Sounds good.

I mean, to be fair eating a rock is better for your health than eating a McDonalds hamburger. And future civilizations will probably find McDonald’s cheeseburgers and assume they’re fossilized but in truth just waiting to be eaten.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

There rocks rich in Arsenic, lead, uranium, and other toxic metals. I don't want to eat them. Take a look at this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2qts5OSiMi1dqg.html

@KurtOnoIR

Ай бұрын

True. I ate a 3 week old McDonald's cheeseburger once. Tasted good. Or at least it tasted like a McDonald's cheeseburger.

This is very useful, thanks.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great info. Have always been curious about meteorites from just plain rocks.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Old Disabled House Bound Dusty Rusty Rockhound here: Very interesting!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

You could probably demonstrate how the meteorite gets that shape when it goes through the atmoshere by using a cutting torch to iron and then pull away to show different areas of puddling and so on. The metal where it melted looks like a meteorite. Slag is often misidentified.

@ChrisRalph

25 күн бұрын

You would need a torch, the iron and a blast of air at 200 miles per hour. That would be dangerous.

Great info

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

awesome info bro thanks for your wolrk helping us hoosers try to be a bit smarter

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad to help

Thanks!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Ga has red dirt and I have found several on dirt roads

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Very good.

@liquidrockaquatics3900

2 ай бұрын

Good call, would not have thought of the south

Thanks Christ I do not know when I am going to stop learning

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that you enjoyed it.

@SergioOficial-yy6lg

11 күн бұрын

Gratidão 🙏🙏😊😊

very interesting presentation. L appreciate your expertise. I curious what your opinion is about what minerals or gem stones are washed out and discarded in trommel tailings.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Going to do a video soon on prospecting guide to gemstones.

I have some very similar rocks in my collection. One has always intrigued me. I can't find anything else like it online. It's very jagged and has a spot that looks like it's been broken or punctured. You can see inside it and it looks like very small frosty greenish colored crystals. When I first found it I joked that it was kryptonite! It's just so much different than anything I've ever seen before. Very cool!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Sounds interesting.

@misst5648

Ай бұрын

​@@ChrisRalphI could show you if you'd like. I have several very interesting rocks. Another one I found honestly boggles my mind. It's an Indian artifact known as a game piece. It's quite unusual. I would really love to have someone knowledgeable look at them but I don't know how to go about that.

So the fusion coating is similar to an egg shell of molten material? And are the thumbprints a result of the underlying material burning off and the fusion material filling in and forming a skin over the void for lack of a better term? I assume the fusion materials are higher temperature materials that don’t burn off quite as easily generally speaking.? 28:34 except for a smooth skin, the meteorite at this timestamp reminds me very much of an old coal ‘clinker’ that my grandpa showed me when we were digging around his barn. They used to throw the old coal clinkers around the base of the barn to stop animals from digging. I remember that same pockmarked look to it, but it was rough and not smooth

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

The fusion crust is a thin shell. The thumbprint divets are burned out not filled in.

⭕❌⭕... Cool info. And Summers is here... Merci.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Tres Bien. Glad you liked it!

When I was younger and would explore the bush up around my home town I found many of these samples that you are showing, alot of the iron meteorites and a few others, if I knew then what I do now well life would be different lol, and I grew up in North eastern Ontario Canada and the city of Sudbury ont and town of Dane ont, are 2 huge meteor strikes centuries ago which scientists have proven, anyhow thanks for the lesson and appreciate the work involved in making the video

@ChrisRalph

19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

In 1997 in Michigan, a meteorite crashed through a garage roof, leaving a Road Runner hole, and landed on the top of a car, leaving a giant dent. So maybe I can just sit on the couch and wait for one to arrive?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Its possible. The odds are really low, but its possible.

@bosmith6719

13 күн бұрын

I have a very strange rock shaped like a heart well it could be a magnet gets attracted a little in one spot or so it weighs 54 lb 52 lb this kind of a strange Rock I inquired by a friend of mine that passed away if you could help me I'd appreciate it

@bosmith6719

13 күн бұрын

Would you be able to look at it I send you a picture

So i can be the first person to find a meteorite in VT or NH? Thats wild

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Its possible you could.

@walkingblue557

2 ай бұрын

😅​@@ChrisRalph

KZread kicked me off so I had to make a new profile .I'm glad I was able to find you again. . I guess the world doesn't like it when you say something about What they hold so dear

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Well, I'm glad to see you are back.

@38:51 could be welding residue, a scrap. Is there some kind of a part plane or round ?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Hard to say what it might have been.

I wish Alaska had more since I live here, is it because there not really sought after or just geological location on earth that there are so few found

@ChrisRalph

17 күн бұрын

Most meteorites are found in areas that have limited vegetation - like deserts and other dry areas. Meteorites that fall in Alaska are quickly overgrown and hidden within a few years.

Nice video! So what do you think about sky stones?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Space rocks = sky stones = meteorites.

@jeff7767

2 ай бұрын

Back at ya Chris....... Hey, please 🙏 don't get me wrong here. I have much respect for you, the knowledge you have and share with us, and your experience! I'm not badgering you. But you couldn't be more wrong in your reply to my question. We must be on 2 separate pages here. I was not using the term, Skystones generically...I was referring to those unexplainable stones only found in one place, over in Africa. Samples have been sent all over the world for scientific analysis but still, no one can explain a thing about them (for the most part anyway!) Strange 1000 yr. old plus statues were found nearby with bizarre Chromium spheres ("Steelies") embedded in them. I was just interested in those blue stones. They're called Sky Stones. They are much MUCH different than garden variety space rocks or meteorites! It's okay if you haven't heard of them or, if you have no opinion. But you might want to look into this subject, the more you dig into it, the more interesting it gets!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I guess I did not understand your question. There loads of slang terms for people use to describe rocks, and if one does not know what slang is being used, its hard to talk about it. Space rocks are a slang term for meteorites. I am sure your "sky stones" have another description that a scientist might use.

@liquidrockaquatics3900

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalphafter the OP’s comment, I went and looked and I have never seen the sky stones from Sierra Leone before. I think I heard it said 72% oxygen.. which is a pretty intellectually dishonest statement I think because it obviously isn’t elemental oxygen anymore than gasoline is just carbon.

Mine is a match to 26:33 in this video and also the one before it that had chondrules!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your find.

get some !!!!!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I have one from Arizona.

@Smithsgold

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph sweet

I knew a guy who had a heavy rock he would use in his office. He liked the look of it. He had it for 23yrs. A friend of his told him it's a meteorite. Had it checked it was. Was offered 20k for it.

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Thats amazing.

Can you get gold or platinum in meteorites? How to tell?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

There are sometimes tiny trace amounts of gold or platinum, but the amounts are totally insignificant.

I have a meteorite with Nano diamonds and i tested it with acid for silver and platinum and it tested as platinum is that possible for a meteorite

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

You didn't say what test you used to show your meteorite was platinum. If it was hydrogen peroxide, you demonstrated why that test is worthless. Lots of things bubble in hydrogen peroxide. Meteorites can contain tiny traces of platinum - like a 10 pound meteorite might have 10 cents worth of platinum.

@johnnysalazar1552

2 ай бұрын

I used silver platinum acid. I also used 24 k acid it just shined

I found a little bit of gold at a spring. Water is coming up from the ground out of nowhere. It never freezes. And smells like Sulphur a little bit. What do you think about it? I live in Alaska

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

A bit of a hot spring? - they don't have to be steaming hot, can be just warm, and often have sulfur smell.

@steffensen907

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph do you think it might be spitting out some gold or other minerals

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Its unlikely.

@40:47 for the poles region it could also be because of the earth magnetic field that is acting like a wind for any magnetic object.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Maybe. Not sure how much that contributes. But the dark rocks against the white snow and ice do stand out strongly.

@terrienhumain6723

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I live in a 6 months snow place; a rock wont stay on the snow, it will sank or covered ?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

On permafrost like Antarctica, when its in maximum melt season, the rocks are exposed. For you you have 6 months of melt and some growth of plants.

@terrienhumain6723

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph True.

What is the black rocks that are light weight and may have holes in it, looks like cooled molten lava rock. That is what I call them, lava rock.

@ChrisRalph

10 күн бұрын

Legion. There are many dark rocks that can have holes. Having lots of holes makes them light.

Where do I know you from? Are you in FL?

@ChrisRalph

23 күн бұрын

Never been to Florida in my life.

@gezaatlo6739

23 күн бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Ha, how about China or CSU in FT Collins? Anyhow, thanks for the reply.

@ChrisRalph

23 күн бұрын

Nope, none of the above. I think you may have me confused with someone else.

I saw a weird rock one time in a canyon and boy was it heavy but small about 3”x3” and just threw it? Dumb didn’t even cross my Mind

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

There are many kinds of "heavy rocks" some of which are very common.

Meteriots weigh very heavy! Like gold weight!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Meteorites are heavy, especially the iron ones, but gold is much heavier (more dense) than iron.

So what im understanding is the west coast has the highest probability of a full on asteriod strike then the rest of the nation! Gotta love the best coast🤣🤘

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Its because there are desert areas in the southwest. If there were deserts in the east, they would find more.

How can I get a meteorite verified and valued? Edit: ok, I got to the part where and how to have it identified. Any recommendations of anyone in Northern California? The chunk that my buddy found is magnetic, extremely heavy, has many thumb prints on one side and the other side looks water worn for many years.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I don't know of anyone local to you. Are there flakes of iron in the rock? Many earth rocks are magnetic.

@stinky7020

2 ай бұрын

If you think you might have a meteorite first look at as many pictures of real meteorites as you can find. Also you could cut a small window to look at the interior. After all this you might want to contact a university that has a meteorite study’s program such as Arizona State (Laurence Garvie) or UCLA (Alan Rubin) good luck hunting !!

@travisadams530

2 ай бұрын

@@stinky7020 it absolutely looks like many of the iron meteorites I've compared it to. Is there a special blade to cut it or any diamond blade will work?

@stinky7020

2 ай бұрын

@@travisadams530Yes, a diamond blade will work fine. Use as thin of a blade as you can. You want to avoid as much loss as you can.

Anyone else remembering back to saturday mornings in the 1970s? Scooby Doo!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Not sure of the link between Scooby Doo cartoon and meteorites.

Can you make video on you finding meteorite? Can i find meteorites in India?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

The video is about finding meteorites. Watch the video.

@payal_mutha

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this amazing knowledge in a single video. It would be fun to watch you on the ground doing prospecting! I am from India so there are legal constraints here, but I am so much into this, that I will try to pursue this hobby. Thanks again for sharing your experiences and knowledge.

سلام چهار پنج تا شهاب سنگ واقعی دارم آنقدر مطمعن هستم که میخوام برای آنها شناسنامه بگیرم اما چگونه میتوانم آنها را از راه درست به فروش برسانم ممنونم و، متشکر،، خدا حافظ شما

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

find someone who buys them in your country.

Has gold ever been found in a meteor!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Tiny, tiny traces. A 200 pound meteorite might have 20 cents of gold.

looking on google. meteorites can have rhodium. just give me a piece that weighs 2lbs. 👍👍👍👍. at $5,400 a oz. 🤣. have a good day.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

There is a difference between "can contain" and "made of pure"

@greedygringoprospecting6941

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph there are rhodium mines here in california. ,sounds completely different on the gm 1000. ,just saying ,always good to talk to you boss. ,have a good day.

And SOME prospectors know what they are and how valuable they are, but will still toss them away because of narcissistic arrogance.

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Interesting....

Space rocks are everywhere in abundance. Not all rocks from space contain metals... Hmmm... Did not everything come from space originally? Does it take ROCKET Science to decide what is valuable in a OCEAN/UNIVERSE ??? GREED is UNIVERSAL!!!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

I would say not "everywhere in abundance". Yes, earth came from space - see: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmR7mteYeNndo5s.html

@romack007

Ай бұрын

C.R. are you ignoring reality and promoting GREED? Hmmm... Who failed you? GOD bless you...

48:00 so don't hunt meteorites in New York wearing a MAGA hat. 😄 (don't *be in NY* w a MAGA hat)

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Or the SF bay area either.

@Mrbfgray

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph As Commifornia lifer--yeah that tends to be literally dangerous and only reason I'd be *tempted* to sport such incendiary items. :D) Best get my CCW permit first. HA! Thanks for your work, like your style.

@fraa888grindr6

2 ай бұрын

CCWs in CA are pretty much limited to rural counties. I know, as I used to live in both Mendocino and Lake Counties. Although, I think the US Supreme overturned "may issue" jurisdictions on the grounds of its unconstitutionality. Our rights aren't issued by the government, they're inherent, and the gov't is supposed to uphold and defend them.

I'm from sudbury ontario and was wondering if sulfides could be considered for a video..??

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Could you please be more specific? A video about the sulfide minerals? About treating ores with sulfides? What sulfides are? Value of various sulfides? Or........?