You`re so close to 100k subs 😲 Congratulations Chris !! 🎉 Man, I love pegmatites, and I`d dig them the rest of my life if I could ⛏⛏

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thanks much. I figure another 12 - 14 days. That would be around mid-month. There are some pegmatites in AZ with Beryl and other minerals. I spent a lot of time poking around the Sand Diego pegmatites when I was younger and living in Southern California.

It's always great to learn from your extensive knowledge and experience Chris, it truly inspires me to learn and explore more each day! 💯⚒️🤠🐕‍🦺🌵

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Glad it was helpful.

@shanelocke237

3 ай бұрын

VERY VERY WELL SAID MATE,CHRIS'S KNOWLEDGE IS SO VALUABLE AND VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.HAVE YOU GOT HIS BOOK "FISTS FULL OF GOLD" ITS THE BEST $50-60 IVE EVER SPENT.I RECKON HIS A PROFESSOR

Thanks Chris for the wealth of information.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I'm glad the video was helpful.

Thanks again Chris, I've seen people digging these crystals on video but didn't know they sold for such crazy prices! Makes me want to go and chase some myself.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

That was the point, to encourage you in the search!

thank you for the informative video. the way you explain things i could watch you for hours and i did when i first found your channel! thx again.. been watching from Greece, warm greetings!

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! thanks for the kind words.

Great video, I appreciate you showing geology that surrounds the product.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

Eye-opening video! I need to take my local mineral club trips more seriously.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Yes, indeed!

Thanks again for your amazing knowledge

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I don't know if those are market value prices,it just seems outrageous..Mr.Ralph you've got a good program with informative content. Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the videos.

Always great information chris, i dont know of anyone in Canada doing What you do about canada, but wish there was someone. I have found things over the years that i have never tested , being a retired excavator operator you can only imagine how many holes i have dug. Lol. Thanks for what you do. Take care.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad the video was helpful.

Very interessting video. I really like them. Thanks

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I'm glad you like them!

Wow at the crystal prices. I don't care what you say, those look magical to me 😂

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

They are magically expensive!

Hey Chris, love the videos, they've been super helpful. Can you do a video covering post-secondary copper deposits and also maybe some of the more business sides of prospecting and mining? (Selling specimens, pricing specimens, processing ores, etc)?

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I have no idea what you mean to describe with the term "post-secondary copper deposits". I've done videos on processing ores, go back and look through my past videos. Pricing specimens is like pricing fine art as they are works of nature's art. Its kind of what the market will bear, and done in comparison to what other folks are selling similar specimens for.

@mountaetnablacksmithing1693

3 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph post-secondary copper deposits are what I've been lead to believe are where minerals such as chalcanthite are found/formed. I believe this also applies to covellite and other "rare" copper minerals

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

These are just secondary copper minerals, formed from other copper minerals, normally sulfides. However there are secondary sulfides formed from other sulfides. Post secondary would be minerals that formed after the chalcanthite, chrysocolla, malachite etc. - its not a term that geologists use. Post secondary would be tertiary.

Excellent! Thanks for this! Liked and subscribed.

@ChrisRalph

14 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub!

@georgelaiacona111

14 күн бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Ordered your book too. Thanks again for the informative video.

interesting thanks

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

The most spectacular part of the specimens is the price.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

It is indeed.

Cool video !!!!!!!

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope the storm didn't hit you too hard. We lost power overnight Saturday into Sunday, and we got 20 inches of snow.

@Smithsgold

3 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Lots of rain my yard looks like a swamp !!!!! But NO Snow !!!!!!!!

Have you done anything with Gallium? Acts just like Mercury but it's non toxic and can be purchased on Amazon. I think this is a very important topic. As always I like, share and subscribed. Great channel, very informative

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Not yet! Maybe when I do something on zinc ores. Gallium is only produced as a by-product of zinc or aluminum mining. There is no such thing as Gallium ore.

Pegmatite is here in NW Pittsylvania County Virginia in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Parkway cool stuff! We got Beryl mines i'm in the Virginia Gold Pyrite Belt alot of neat areas in our state.

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Like I said in the video, pegmatites are a lot more widespread that many folks think they are.

I think these sellers have gotten into Crystal Meth. I would like to know if any of the cyrstals you showed us actually sold?

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I did see a few of them marked as sold, but that was maybe 5% of the total. However, I was there on the first day (Thursday) within a couple hours of the opening - so there was lots of time for sales between my arrival and the end of the show. Its true that the majority don't sell and I am sure the high priced ones are open to negotiation.

You definitely have done your homework. I remember you telling us that a boy found a diamond up around volcano California. Did I remember that right?

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

There certainly been diamonds found around Volcano in Amador County.

How do they reveal the crystals so well with this ore i found some pink looking crystals mine could be tourmaline or maybe just garnets the ore is white quartz with marble & the pink gems are the size of a #2 pencil 1½" long they cross each other & it has alot of smaller ones too through the ore...the rock is about head size. I'm always taking more rocks back home with me more than i need lol. I find so much different stuff every place i try which comes with wanting to research more before my next adventure. Thanks for all the knowledge in all these videos you are the man i like your videos alot!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

The really well formed and well revealed crystals come from open pockets filled with clay or sometimes just air.

Can you just add British Columbia as a western state for purposes of this channel 😊 It would be way cooler if you did. Great stuff as always.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I've been to BC, but never done any prospecting up that way. One of these days.....

I’m not looking to start a channel. I would like to sent you a video or two you can use on your channel. I was hiking and found a beautiful 4 foot tall asbestos outcrop. I have another video of a gold Quarts and crissicola agate. I can also send you some field cinnabar video. Everything layered between arsenic nickel iron… Home sweet home! Edit and Use as you see fit You would need to edit a voice over on .

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, but I don't think I would use them - I want to shoot the stuff I use myself.

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@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

Maybe the gold isn't in the gold

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Oh, there is plenty of money in gold specimens too, those just were not featured in this video.

Buy a brand new car or truck for the price of a not that spectacular crystal. 25,ooo-40,000 for an aquamarine specimen?are they actually getting that asking price?serious question.Are these sold by karat weight?personaly,and I guess it's just a matter of taste,if I'm paying 30.000 it's gonna be a black or crystal opal,or gold.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

I can tell you I'm not buying any of those. However, I did see a few of them marked as sold, but that was maybe 5% of the total. Still, I was there on the first day (Thursday) within a couple hours of the opening - so there was lots of time for sales between my arrival and the end of the show. Its true that the majority don't sell and I am sure the high priced ones are open to negotiation.