Can't understand how folks can complain about these excellent videos explaining the geology of Nevada and how it relates to turquoise and gold

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

Fascinating. Thanks for putting this together.

Great stuff as always Chris, THANK YOU

@ChrisRalph

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed a little bit about the blue stone from Nevada. and hey, Thank you!

Now I'm watching Turquoise Mining & Ghost Town Relic Hunting again !!!!!

Great video! Thanks

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Finally!!!! A video on how it’s formed

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

MUCH appreciated

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Awesome video Chris. Living in the gold and turquoise belt like i do here in Northern Nevada, i always wondered how the two were related. Thanks for the great info.

@ChrisRalph

5 жыл бұрын

There is a definite relation..... glad you enjoyed it.

So beautiful. Can you send me a little piece of the beautiful stone?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I have some for sale.....

Interesting and informational video. Thank you!!! What is the relationship between chrysocolla and gold, is it the same as turquoise? I have a mine about 20 miles south of Luning that has a huge chrysocolla vein. I'm finding some micro fine in the chrysocolla/quartz. I'm hoping to find more of everything as we keep working it....

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Its a relation of copper and gold. Both Chrysocolla and turquoise are copper minerals.

Once again you've come up with an illuminating presentation. This time on a mineral that I find genuinely beautiful that's essentially been forgotten. I appreciate the way you tell the story from a historical and a geological perspective. I absolutely love the geological connection you made between gold and turquoise. You remind me of how minerals can be viewed more as beautiful pieces of nature, and how different that is from the notion of gold fever. But I have to ask if there's a market for turquoise based on weight like gold or if it's valued based on other subjective qualities?

@ChrisRalph

5 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely a market for good quality turquoise and it is sold by the weight. It is different that gold in that the price is based on the quality, not a strict price per ounce like gold. Gold bars made of gold from Nevada are no different that gold bars made of African gold. Its all the same. Turquoise of is many different qualities of color, webbing patterns, hardness, etc.

I could have checked out a book in the library and read this at my leisure. I was expecting more pictures, not a "read along". One star.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

One of my first videos and not my best, but hey I've gotten better.