Great Video Brother!...Another Successful 1 In The Can! Spot On Mate...YOU ROCK GUYS!

The carvings look beautiful. Great video.

That was fun and a great variety with perfect personal commentary. You're the best Dave....as I have said so many times. It feels like I'm there without the travel.

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching my friend :)

Love those Rhino

I really appreciate your gem show tours - blessing to you Dave!

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much jx :)

It's a great place with lots and lots of cool stuff.

Thank u for the video. Some of them look expensive to me. That's sad that I can arrive only in February, hope something will remain))

Love the mookite

At the 3:06/09 x mark i'd call that "the brian gem" that was so cool i'd by that for 40$ not just the 7; it was coool to me! Oh & the butter fly's are just goerguse!

5:48 WOW 🦋

Hi Dave, been watching your videos for a while now and have learned a lot. You have gotten me back into the rock hunting world. I collect specimens and faceted stones. Thanks for your time videoing for us. Super nice guy. Have a good one eh! 😁

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kindness my friend I really appreciate it :) happy hounding

Good job bro

Appreciate the Vid Dave. Thank you. Missed yur yesterday’s. Daughtr n quarantine n hous w/covid.

Hi folks! Many thanks to LapiDave for putting together these little vids. Thanks to you for watching, and thanks to supporters of the channel. It was fun to be a part of the show and I am delighted to read some of your comments. I look forward to future episodes, and would love to find some items for you! Much Love and Respect, ~Sprite~

@flashbackactivator6565

2 жыл бұрын

Shout Outs to The Mysterious Dr M and “Loosie” Luz for adding to the quality of the shows!

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Yeeeehaaaaaaw 9999

Oh man....those slabs at the beginning! Those huge Brazilian slabs are perfect for making agate blades. Hard to get up here!

Thank you

I want a few of the Rhino's

Nice vid Dave!

Outstanding

I doubt I can make it this year, so thanks a million for showing the shows for me, Dave! Maybe we’ll meet next year. Love your channel.

I was there on the 26th spent a lot of money but got great deals took about 2 hours to check out went today Friday it's picked clean was buy your booth but it was closed up it was very windy and cold.

Dave, what happened with your last video (the 2nd video from Kino)? I received a notification of the video, but could not access it, because it said "private video", not opened to the public.

wow the prices on some of this stuff amazes me. I never find deals like you show us online or from street vendors.

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LOVE your guided tour! I want to go to the show BUT DON'T HAVE A RETAIL ID. Where can I shop without that ID? Is all of Kino for retail???

19:00 V S does not grow in Nature, unless THAT is Victoria's Secret?

When is the first day for 2023

Thanks Dave! I couldn’t go there but your show makes me feels like I am there. Next year I am thinking to go there, which hotel do you recommend me to stay?

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend there are lots of good hotels but what ever you do don’t stay at the Minks extended stay

It's a special paint they put on Amethyst to make them stronger so they don't brake during shipping, almost a concrete like paint

@jameswelch1054

2 жыл бұрын

I know many actually use a coating of concrete and then paint the concrete, on Amethyst. They don't just do that for shipping, the outside of the geodes, is not strong enough to support the weight of the amethyst inside, once the geode has been sawed open, therefore they must support it with a concrete coating, or it will crack all over. That has to be done even if you are not shipping the geode, and just using it as a display piece.

@wyomingadventures

2 жыл бұрын

@@jameswelch1054 maybe you should start your own channel. You seem to know alot about rocks. I'm serious.

I wish that shows was open to the public for everyone to visit. instead you have to be licensed to go to the show not a fan of that

@CrescentCrystalRising

2 жыл бұрын

I looked it up and it said that you need a license for some shows, but most of them are open to the public, so you don't need to have a license for all of the shows.

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Melting down malachite 😂

Nice 💝, congrats on the Sponsorship 😁. Question, do you by chance know what rubelite tourmaline is going for at the Tucson gem show 🤔?

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

seems like rubilite in matrix was going for in variety’s as low as $10 a pound

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Dave, you can have natural citrine, or heat treated citrine, either way it is still called citrine. However, you should disclose it if you heat treated amethyst to turn it into citrine, just like you do with heat treated sapphires. Yellow quartz is citrine, even if heat treated. Chrysocolla, is a bluish variety of chalcedony, The green variety of chalcedony is called chrysoprase. The name is not based on region, blue chalcedony, comes from Australia, Africa, U.S.A., Mexico, etc ... I don't know why you think only the Australian variety is called chrysocolla? The very translucent high grade bluish/green chalcedony containing copper, is often called "gem silica", and that also comes from a few countries, not just one.

@canadiangemstones7636

2 жыл бұрын

Chrysocolla is not a variety of chalcedony.

Hey Dave! The video you posted earlier today is unavailable! & I wanted my mom to see it! ...what's up? It looks like you're having entirely too much fun for a guy who's supposed to be working!

@jameswelch1054

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that also? It said I could not access the video because it is a "private video"?

That natural purple is most likely amethyst.

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely 💜

Do they let wholesale buyers in early? The day before?

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

village is wholesale only and they do one day early i think

Michiganders Dave not Michiganians. Lol I grew up there

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

i will try to remember:)

Polyps 🤣

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

the game !

Hiya Dave, hey....I'm a Cajun who used to live in a Swamp, hunting alligators for a living but shot them in the head with a thump, there's no crazy Cajun gunna hit them in the head with a stump. Lol O.....I used to wrestle alligators too, I wrestled them straight into my freezer. And that's no lies, everything I just told you is true. I hope you have a awesome blessed day. And never wrestle a hungry Cajun or a hungry gator, because you will lose! Cya! 😺🐟 out!

@RICDirector

2 жыл бұрын

Lemme guess, other name's Amos Moses....! ;)

Most of the stuff in there seems kind of tacky, or cheap. Way too much crinkly cellophane. 🤷

@lapidarydave

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

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@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

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I don't like a lot of the tacky minerals, like carved cookie cutter animals, like cats, and rhinos. That to me is not art, just poor taste, mass produced, objects, for old ladies. I also hate the dyed, synthetic, composite, type objects. All of those things like like "dollar store" objects. I don't get the appeal of "rock crystal" quartz, it is just so common. I don't mind it if they polish rock crystal, that is full of interesting inclusions, but seriously fake polished points? Even worse is on the channels, like Dan Hurd's, where they give ridiculous values to quartz crystals, like 35k for a single rock crystal, lol. Dave, please don't start naming your specimens. A few of the big mineral sellers have tried that recently, as a marketing ploy. They have been getting a lot of negative feedback on that, especially on their KZread channels. I think "Bluecapproductions" recently got into the specimen naming thing, but they got blasted in the comments on their KZread channel. They set the trends for the mineral world, but this time, because of the bad feedback, I think they will stop that, as quickly as they started it. Bluecap... filmed a preview of this Tucson show, with the high end mineral dealers. One dealer tried to call his mediocre "Malachite specimen" Rapunzel, as in the fable. He got "roasted" for that in the comments.

@RICDirector

2 жыл бұрын

Not so sure that was Dan's fault; he kinda had to go with what he was told, since he isn't really a crystal man.

To much idol chat and your hand was as in about as many shots with them talking as well. Wanted to see more raw stones instead of you being on a sunday stroll chatting and BS with your best Bud !!!

@lapidarydave

Жыл бұрын

welp 🤷🏽‍♂️