I live in south India, just 50 km from a place famous for finding diamonds (the Kohinoor diamond was supposedly found here). But I never bothered to go and search for diamonds (traditionally after a rainy night) because I knew absolutely nothing on the subject. The information in this video is an eye opener for ordinary people like me. I will try to get your book. Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@booshday

Жыл бұрын

I live in Idaho and we have a gem here called the star garnet. The only other place they are found in the world is in India.

@joycenicely760

5 ай бұрын

Oh I have many many many rough diamonds no question

@michaeljoshualewis538

3 ай бұрын

Awesome some Aw=SSO{me guys

Thank you very much for your honesty a very rare quality these days it seems. I've learned more from this one video of yours then I have in a long time, yes you're very informative but it's more in the way of your ability to express your ideas and information for all to Easley understand. Once again thank you very much for making this video.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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@Baron8199

Жыл бұрын

​@@ChrisRalphplease how do we contact you sir?

I've prospected more rough diamond's due to your imeasurable insight Chris. The globe needs more of your awesomeness as a paradise. Shall be a great honor to meet you and learn from your expertise first hand !May God bless you abundantly!

@ChrisRalph

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi Chris, - you give some great answers to the questions, both the reasonable ones and the... "other" ones. Very enjoyable!

@ChrisRalph

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! I do my best.

In 20 years this is the first time I learned about rock diamonds completely and very easily 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@chimaobi4870

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph please sir, I need your contact My brother just found a diamond in large quantity. He just informed me today..I have pictures and videos of them ..am currently in USA..

@damagecontrol6403

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@rockswithatwist

3 жыл бұрын

Chimaobi Ukachukwu did you figure it out

@chimaobi4870

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockswithatwist not yet but is being 3 weeks now I talked to him

First rough diamond I found was at the Crater of Diamonds - after 4 yearly trips and many buckets dug, found a white one pinhead size. My best diamond finds (2 gold/diamond rings) have been parking lots and at a trailhead (1 earring). Found gold panning at Lotus, on the American River, covered in mercury...sure was a wonderful experience. Will be looking for corundum in WY this year. Love the hobby, metal detecting too. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, look forward to watching more.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

That all sounds like fun. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@evelynlucero3090

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there 😊

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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@syamkumarkaturi9761

2 жыл бұрын

SELL GOLD BUY PLATINUM

@jitubeladiya50

Жыл бұрын

How much price diamonds 💎 😊

I glad to see I'm not the only one who likes the rocks to look nice and shiny but also to keep that natural look and shape of the rock. I just got a tumbler as a gift and have only done a couple batches. I do the chalcedony also. I wasn't sure if I was doing anything wrong wondering if they should be coming out better somehow but I like them. It's crazy how similar yours and mine are. I'm about to start some today and now I feel more confident about what I'm doing after seeing yours. Thanks bud

@ChrisRalph

10 ай бұрын

Sounds great - thanks for the kind words.

We went to search without knowledge. And now I learned much from your video. Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

Thank you for your great knowledge you you have shared with us.i have been a prospector for many years and still awaiting a good find.thanks!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks Chris, I really enjoyed this video! Great way to have my morning coffee. Knowledge is power!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! and yes, knowledge is power.

I have grown up in Texas Quartz Country, and we found bucketloads, of ‘Diamonds’, as children! Whose to know now, if we had stubbled across the real thing. I ordered your book and await its arrival... Thank you so very much for sharing your wealth of knowledge with Rookies like me.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kinds words and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Great video chris you really helped me broaden my knowledge on diamonds. you're the best

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, I have many more...

Thank you Chris. Great video and easily understandable presentation. I have learned a lot and will follow your work

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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i found coarse gold placers in a spring on a hilltop... i was excited but honestly didnt understand exactly what was going on beneath the surface.. you explained everything in your videos..i have found an epithermal deposit.. a closer look at the rocks revealed the evidence and you explained it so well that its all making sense.. im finding precious metals, gemstones, even kimberlite with some small low grade diamonds! Again i cannot thank you enough for helping me understand with your informative videos! You are the man Chris!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@patriciashelton6644

Жыл бұрын

As a child we would wade in a creek down the road from us. I was around eight years old. Only thing I knew about gold was watching old cowboy movies. My brother was a little older and was a young archeologist,for he hunted Indian artifacts. Where we lived, close to a rushing stream, and the water was always cold, Indians lived ,for they needed water of course. He found many arrow heads, axes, once a tomahawk with a piece of leather still on it. Pottery,but broken. He once glued back a small bowl. I found a shiny large nugget of what I believed to be gold. It was smooth I guess from tumbling over rocks and water. The bottom of the creek always had gold flakes you could easily see. I showed the nugget to my brother, I yelled I found gold. He said it was too shiny, that it was fools gold and threw it away. I couldn't find it, an even if it wasn't gold, tho to this day I believe it was,I thought it was pretty and wanted to keep it. Lost interest in such things as I got older, we moved away from that old house back in the woods. Had no running water, but as kids we never knew we were poor, we just had the run of cotton fields ,creeks, and woods full of wild flowers, shrubs, and snakes. It's a wonder we didn't get snake bit, but we always looked down, we picked momma bushels of black berries, muskydimes, pecans, chestnuts. Whatever grew wild. We had a garden, but there were so many big flat rocks. I that area mom grew catnip and mint, an other herbs. I need to go back there and search for gold. Gold can travel with water a long way. All the way to the ocean I suppose.

@lagyebba4434

5 ай бұрын

I really like your narrative,Barbara.

@lagyebba4434

5 ай бұрын

Patricia.

I find this subject fascinating. Proper ways to look for valued items, is knowledge needed for amature as well as professional. Working fun. My favorite fun.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

It's not very often I enjoy KZread documentary type shows, don't get me wrong I enjoy all of them, but in this case your a very sociable speaker. It's a nice change to have someone who's information and knowledge can be confirmed simply by hearing the confidence in your voice. From the first few words I knew I'd learn alot about diamonds from you and [hat you weren't just another putz attempting to speak and teach a popular subject simply for to supplement income and that this is your passion. Thank you for the presentation. I started metal detecting about 4 years ago, now I own my own business in southern Ohio, right below the glaciated line in the center of the southern part of the state. I look out my window and 'an see Kentucky across the Ohio river so, as far south as possible. I've looked into sluicing and panning when it comes to gold and was also aware that diamonds and gold sometimes can be found hand in hand, but again this part of the state is non-glaciated so if possible I do have a question for you, more out of a notion I've entertained than out of real world desire to pan here, my idea is that given how close my county is to the glaciated lines, 10-20 miles dead south, I always thought that the tributaries that feed the Ohio river, of course run north to south, could yield gold/precious stones via those waterways. The Scioto River snakes it's way across the entire state similar to the Amazon, huge, profound turns, doing what water does, finding it's way through. My question, to put it plainly, is follows. Since the tributaries run thru known glaciated areas and flow in my direction, would that river current likely be sufficient to roll heavier metals like gold obviously, thru those extreme 180 turns and the back and fourth Amazonian style or would those turns most likely make it improbable and if so which side of the turns are best to sluice or detect on, the inside turn or apex, or the outter edge of the tributaries? Like I said it's just something I've rattled around with no good solution to the query, thank you and I'm subscribing to your channel. Enjoyed this very much.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for your video! I worked for 40+ years in Diamond exploration and was working for the Ashton Joint Venture Company that discovered what was to become Argyll Diamond Mine in the north of Western Australia. The type of rock in which the diamonds were found was not in your typical Kimberlite, but, in Lamproite the same type of rock found in the Crater of Diamonds. Even the colours in both these locations are of similar hues, namely Browns, Champagne (or, even Cognac!) and pinks. The Argyll Mine has mostly industrial with up to 90% while the gem quality is probably only 10%. Incidentally, Argyll is actually a massive above ground range and it is only now mined below ground with much smaller results. Someone mentioned that the diamonds in Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas are 30% harder than your usual diamonds and this also is the case for those from Argyll. In fact, because Australia is the oldest continent on Earth, the diamonds found can be up to 3 billion years' old! Macles, which are twinned diamonds, are the hardest of all the diamond shapes. You showed two octahedron diamonds earlier in the video. What's even more interesting is that one of them has tiny triangular indentations on one surface. These are called trigons and are equilateral triangles. Other minerals can also show triangles, but, they are not equilateral like trigons on diamonds. This is an important feature only found on diamonds. On the other octahedron are curved lines along the edges of the diamond. These are called "growth lines" and are another feature of diamonds. These are caused as the diamond is growing and being pushed up through the kimberlitic pipe. There have been many Kimberlites found in Australia, but, all of them bar one were not diamondiferous. I was very fortunate to work for the company which found the first diamond-bearing kimberlite in Australia. It was found in the north of Western Australia and contained 90% gem quality diamonds with beautiful macles. Unfortunately, the quantities were lacking... In the eastern part of Australia, many alluvial diamonds have been found, but, not the sources, similar to the diamonds found in the US, except for the ones in Arkansas. You have to be careful if you're panning for gold and expect to find diamonds. Because diamonds are not very heavy, they can easily float off in water because of their surface tension. Where I worked in a Diamond Lab, sample bags were passed over a WilfleyTable which, along with water shakes the grains into various divisions which are later treated to obtain soil concentrates which are observed under binocular and petrological microscopes to ascertain if there are any diamonds or minerals that are called diamond indicators. Some grains are even processed for further tests on SEM, X-Ray Diffraction machines for more positive results. If people are interested in learning and seeing pictures of natural/rough/uncut diamonds, mindat.org is a good start. Of course, there are textbooks such as Dana's Mineralogy, (the bible of minerals!), Sinkankas's Mineralogy.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I know the host rock is different at Argyle, but didnt want to get into too much technical detail as this video is not for geologists or exploration experts. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@DataDiggerDon

2 жыл бұрын

#DataDiggerDon Says... Enjoyed reading your comments very informative. Thanks for sharing. 🤗

Heart warming and well digest information. Found a lot of diamonds in my dream years ago and hoping it comes into reality😊

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you make that big discovery.

@nwachukwujames2895

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I must confess I have this stone with ice sparkling all over it. Don't really know what kind of stone it is but I strongly believe it's a precious one because it is different

Excellent! I watched thru the whole thing spellbound. It answered most of my questions, concerns, and how to do the do. Thank you so very much for sharing this information. I have a bucket list for this summer and this was on it- diamond mining I mean. Again, thank you so much.

@ChrisRalph

5 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

Thank you again. Cant thank you enough. I've been doing quartz hunting. Didnt ever think about it as diamonds. Gonna double check. Itd be cool to find a daimond! I'm glad I ran into your videos on KZread and I subscribed. When I watch "helping me pass tests" on KZread i wish I would learn as much and is as interested as i am with your amazing videos. Have a good night. From California ❤🕯🙏

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words...

Excellent coverage! Thank you!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, I knew about the Kelsey diamond mine in Northern Colorado. Although, small and industrial grade, I have one very small rough, from there. 👍. Well done video. ☺

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@livinglights5729

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I live in virginia right next to a mountain forest is that a good spot to look

I love diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, gold, and all gems. I would love to go prospecting. Thanks for the awesome video and education on diamonds.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video.

@TheArkansasDiamondMiner

4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever been to the Diamond mine in Arkansas?

I have to say, videos like this are awesome to find. Informative x2 absolutely the best diamond video out there. Thank you

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video on diamonds, Chris. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us...

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

We gotta schedule another show to chat in 2020. Research? Plans for Spring? Whats going on with the price of gold? Lotta different possibilities. Shoot me an email.

I mine herkimer diamonds myself. They are valuable and beautiful. Ive gotten real good at ming specimens. The debeers comp set the standard for diamonds eons ago. They control the market. Great video.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Herkimer diamonds are great! but of course they are not really diamonds. Glad you enjoyed the video.

I watch a lot of KZread and this video was top notch! If I had the money I would have bought the book and hopefully will when I'm able!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

Thank you for your amazing and instructional video. I enjoyed it and learned a lot from it.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you for making the video. You did a wonderful job of keeping me interested (...not an easy task :) ) .

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@silverkid1925

3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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@erenionunez4334

3 жыл бұрын

Paano ang gagawen paramaibinta ITO tolongan nyo ako

This is the best information video ever!!! I love your voice too!! New subscriber!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks, I did know much of this BUT I also learnt a lot and you kept it interesting, well presented.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

All I really got out of this is the shape and where they're located on a marco-level. I can definitely tell sir you are a professor due to having gone over the outline of your presentation numerous times. I do thank you for providing the shape does help, however if you do a part 2, covering which rocks or geological formations to look for where diamonds are often found would be a great addition. Thank you again.

@ChrisRalph

10 ай бұрын

Please check my older videos - I have a diamonds play list with lots more info. See: kzread.info/head/PLzgtYgj2F0yDcQflYTzvk8nCVISjjCbgB

@SilverAndNice

10 ай бұрын

I appreciate you sharing this@@ChrisRalph

Many many moons ago, i found a rootbeer brown diamond in the middle fork of the Feather river while dredging for yellow stuff.. Close to where a nice blue diamond and a larger yellow diamond was found. And there were several places around the Oroville region up behind it in the mountains. Cool to talk about . Mainly forgotten history.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

A great adventure.

@modreamer1

Жыл бұрын

That's wild, I used to swim in the Feather River up in Paradise near the old gold mine, whiskey flats. Never once did I think I could find diamonds.

I have been searching for a video like this for a long time thank you so much

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Fantastic ! Your explainantion taught most things I needed.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

New to learning about Gold and Diamonds. Thanks for your video's about finding gold and finding raw diamonds

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much for making this video, I'm in Colorado and dimonds can be found in a few of our waterways! This really helps train my eyes out for diamonds while I'm doing gold panning! Have found some nice gemstones in my 1/4" classifier and will let you know if one of us finds one! Thank you for taking the time to explain in detail, much respect and golden smiles for us both!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Best of luck to you in your prospecting.

@mitchmontzu3170

3 жыл бұрын

Im planning a camping trip to look for gems, gold, and silver in the san juan range!

@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitchmontzu3170 also keep an eye out for platinum, if you look it up there have been many mines that have produced decent amounts platinum ,especially the old timer hydraulic operations brought alot down if it's in the mines it's in the water just about. Some nice bigger gold panning where you're heading has been found there as well.

@mitchmontzu3170

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 thanks for the tip!

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us, greatly enjoyed your video.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@delorisdavidstevens4063

3 жыл бұрын

I liked the vedio. BUT I would like it more if you went into specific gravity, and like garnets found with diamonds. Garnets G9, G10 are 3.4 diamonds 3.6. Compared to gold 9 to 19 or iron 5.6. Dirt is 2.7. SO diamonds are mixed in gravel throughout compared to iron or gold. David Stevens kl7eb@arrl.net

This was the Best video I've seen on identifying diamonds Thank you very much

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful.

Glad I happened on this channel, subed right away.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Diamonds found at The crater of Diamonds in Arkansas are 30 % stronger than all diamonds discovered today, because they are resorbed. Makes these diamonds very rare and very valuable. Octahedrons are not found at Arkansas. I actually found a tetrahexahedron one side is resorbed!! Maybe 2 have been recovered out of the 100,000 found. Loved this video !! Keep up the great work!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

There is a slide of an octahedron found very recently at Crater of diamonds in the presentation.

@DiamondMinerIvins

4 жыл бұрын

Very true. Diamonds are so amazing. Kimberlite is the common host in Africa for producing diamonds, Arkansas they call the host rock Lamproite, since it has other minerals than the Kimberlite. No telling what Colorado’s, California, and all the other locations host rock is named.

@DiamondMinerIvins

4 жыл бұрын

I was there when the lady found the 3.29 if it was the same diamond, plus I made a video holding it. It was resorbed on a few sides. Like 99.9% found. So it’s wasn’t a full tetrahexahedron

@ludmilakotovski1837

4 жыл бұрын

@Diamond Miner Ivins: It's very interesting that you should mention the diamonds found in Crater Lake, because, there is a mine in Western Australia's northern region where an anomalous diamond mine was found which is also Lamproitic as the one in Arkansas. I worked for the companies that found Argyll mine. The diamonds are very similar to those in Arkansas from the specimens that have been found so far. However, beautiful pink and champagne (or, cognac as some have been marketed) coloured diamonds have also been found. The Argyll mine, at one time, was the world's biggest producers, BY VOLUME. It started production in the mid-1980's and about 90% were industrial diamonds and, also very hard like the ones in Arkansas. It's interesting to note that Argyll was all above ground level, however, when mining was started below ground level, the results were very few. Because Australia is the oldest continent and country, geologically speaking, in the world, the diamonds are very old. One diamond found was alleged to be 3 billion years' old! The most common shape of the Argyll diamonds look more dodecahedral and variations of the same. Macles have also been discovered at another mine where I worked and, these are the hardest forms of diamonds. One day, I hope to travel to Arkansas to search for those elusive diamonds at Crater Lake!

@kiddor909gmail

3 жыл бұрын

@@DiamondMinerIvins whats resorted mean?

This was really really interesting to take in.. so informative and fascinating.👌💚

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

much thanks, i looked forward to sharing interesting finds to come as i use some of your experience u shared…. to be continued

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Wonderful video Chris! I would enjoy a follow-up showing how to build and operate a small-scale recovery unit.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

A standard highbanker with an additional sluice section covered with a thin layer of Vaseline would do it. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@RandyLunn

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector: Thank you!

@nikulkuvadiya2754

4 жыл бұрын

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@nikulkuvadiya2754

4 жыл бұрын

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@nikulkuvadiya2754

4 жыл бұрын

I am daymand manufacturing

Thanks I'm up in canada, and I just researched fault lines and have found something interesting where I'm moving too. You video is simple and easy to understand. I look forward to watching your new videos and going over the ones you have already posted. Happy hunting everyone!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Best "how to where to" on diamonds that I have seen. Love it

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed it.

I was walking along a gravel beach in Anchor Point, Alaska and right on the surface I found a seawashed grape sized gold nugget. It was pure with no large contamination. Right as I picked it up a bull sea lion surfaced 20 feet off shore and roared at me. It was breathtaking.

@ChrisRalph

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing that great story.

Colored diamonds are getting more popular. The browns are really pretty when faceted. Perfect when you want something strong, less expensive and your not wanting a wedding ring.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Colored diamonds can be very interesting. They can turn pale colors into some more attractive ones too.

@drawingmomentum

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph do u have a video describing rough colored diamonds?

Good video, well presented. Appreciated

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

I'm still a year behind but I'm glad I watched this video I live in Virginia while I was surfing around today I saw something about diamonds had been found in Virginia then you explained it in a way I can understand I appreciate it I feel if I happen across one now I'll have a lot better chance of knowing what I have found Thank You ( I might catch up with you one of these days!) Keep up the great work!

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

rather than having me doing a Virginia diamond research project for you, use google and search through "diamond finds in Virginia" - there were very few.

@randycaldwell9346

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Yes all I could find was five and they were found far apart I guess that could be a good thing they might be anywhere! Thank You

Thank you for sharing your knowledge- enjoyed it much!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

so much respect for what you're saying at 24:00

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Going to the diamond mine in Arkansas tomorrow. Doing research today

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Best of luck - find a big one!

@calebpoole3609

4 жыл бұрын

Did it pay off? Lol

@udud1935

4 жыл бұрын

Diamond is a carbon,black stone looks like a coal

@udud1935

4 жыл бұрын

Passing through Aftr a big prosses

@Sam-qz2zh

4 жыл бұрын

It was ok. Bring your own tools. The bathrooms were the only thing open. We didnt have tools. Just had some gardening tools we got at walmart on the way there. You have to wear a mask under every roof. The kid got bored after 2 or 3 hours so we left. If we could stuff im sure it would have been funnier.

This is very useful tips and all you need to know if you are prospecting diamonds..

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you

I thank you so much. I am always wanting to learn. I went to a lecture. Diamonds are regulated to keep their worth up. They only allow so many out for circulation each year. So I Continue to learn.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

They do control a lot of the diamond market, but there are stones that come onto the market outside of the controls.

@loriransom4635

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I think that’s great. We can all do what we enjoy. I am alway looking down when I walk. Wondering about our earth .

Loved the video didn't know we had so many in Canada. I will be looking out for them next spring. Near my place there are a few places were you can see glaciers that passed by and cut or used up some rocky areas many years ago. I think this could be a nice place take a hike and see. Thanks for sharing your knowledge .

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

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Chris, Thanks for sharing this valuable info for diamonds. I will keep my open for them on my claim and sluice cons.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

See you at the Pomona show,,,,, Glad you enjoyed the video.

@allansgoldmining

4 жыл бұрын

Planning on being there.

Hi.... sir this is gulam Rabbani from Mumbai India. Thanks a lot ...best learning, understanding the study .THE BEST VIDEO SIR....

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome

Thorough and understandable; excellent video! Many thank, learned a. lot.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

I learned a lot from this video, Sir, and thank you so much. I have a crystal with three lines inside by which the crystal can be split into four pieces. Is it quartz?

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Watch this video and learn to identify minerals for your self. See: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html

I’m always digging around while I’m out and about in the mountains, I just have no idea what I’m looking for. This was cool to watch, thanks! Also, I was told the yellowish ones are champagne, the brown ones are called chocolate diamonds…not according to the GIA, just the jewelry stores.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Yellows are their own class, champagne are very light brown.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmmbxLGrY7ffeqw.html diamond gel shaped

Great Chris,, thank you for sticking up for mankind. Those are very sweet people.

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

You bet - thanks.

I know the spot in Butte county, Lived in Paradise and mined all over the area. Great Video Chris Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

mate perfect like everytime thanks alot to you for all of this info bye the way thats not normal information thats a secrret worth money you give for free good in you keep going like this .

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video.

New sub from Wyoming , love your video , can't wait for spring now to go out looking for more hopes ha , ha........dee

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the spring too! Thanks for the sub!

@davidgallegos4418

3 жыл бұрын

Life will be f****** hell every time you close your eyes I will f****** be there

@deelunbeck5647

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidgallegos4418 just close my eyes open the begin to ride here to right here everything looks pretty damn good to me but I'll keep an eye out for your body

thank you very much sir. this is just the video i was looking for. i live 20 min away from the iron mountian ieposit in wyoming. with summer here i have been planning a weekend trip there. did not know how reliably identify them until now. pratice makes perfect so we will see what happens.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, best of luck to you.

Great Lesson on diamond prospecting. Thank You.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Enjoyed the video! I have been lucky enough to have found several in Arkansas, it has been a hobby of mine for years. I started a KZread channel specifically about it.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@tellwel3767

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, are you allowed to keep/sell them.

@eddahbrahim5414

3 жыл бұрын

hi please can i ask u?

Very good video for all of us rookies.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I absolutely Love yr Channel...'** very informational ...youre sooo graceful at what you do...make it more interesting cant wait to biy yr book

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@muzkizlifeftw

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph i have alot ofnstrange rocks i need help identifying..ive looked everywhere and cant seem to pinpoint..theres soo much out there

I really enjoy this channel, its very informative, and answers a lot of questions you wouldn't think to ask! Ist a refreshing change from the reality tv sho feel, If you want to know about any subject, you go to people who know about that subject. This channel is professional in its approach to delivering information in a way anyone can understand. In a way that made me want to know more. Knowledge is king. "Pearls Of Wisdom " lol

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. Much more is coming soon. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@thomasmorales636

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I really do enjoy all the ones I've seen. I apologize for waiting so long to comment. Thank you sir I am definitely looking forward to what's to come!

Thanks for the great video. I found a “quartz” when I was a kid that I wouldn’t put in my pocket because it was greasy. I always thought the “grease” is what made my “quartz” look so clear because I never found another like it. Now I wonder if it was a quartz at all. Luckily I have in my favorites rock collection, I will post a pic when I find it. Thank you for sharing.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds exciting, its always fun to make a find. However I dont offer a photo Mineral ID service. It is far more difficult than you imagine. Take a look at this video and learn about identifying minerals for yourself: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html

@konnaraub3232

3 жыл бұрын

Josie, Did you ever figure it out?

@user-rs1oq3ov8o

2 жыл бұрын

I have diamonds I want to sell

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmmbxLGrY7ffeqw.html diamond gel shaped

@syamkumarkaturi9761

2 жыл бұрын

Btc should fall even MORE...it's not commodity standard currency..why these people are promoting child Play currency like crypto that had no commodity standard..... AMERICAN FALL FOR THE JAPANESE TRAP.............

New California sub here! Thank you!! About 10 years ago I was learning to mine for gold and one of the first things I discovered were the diamonds I've yet to find any gold but I believe I found a couple of diamonds LOL

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!. There are a few diamonds that have been found in CA, but they are very, very, very, very rare. Lots of quartz crystals though. Most folks who think they have found a diamond, have found a quartz crystal. I hope what you have is the real thing, but I do not offer any service to ID minerals for folks.

@syamkumarkaturi9761

2 жыл бұрын

SELL GOLD BUY PLATINUM

@sticksnstones5003

2 жыл бұрын

Just get some other materials to test the hardness and you'll see if its diamond. Easy as.

@prophetforprofit1431

2 жыл бұрын

I here if you look through the potential diamond and everything is right side up it could be a diamond. Crystal is upsidedown when looking through it! Is what I was told

@syamkumarkaturi9761

2 жыл бұрын

Btc should fall even MORE...it's not commodity standard currency..why these people are promoting child Play currency like crypto that had no commodity standard..... AMERICAN FALL FOR THE JAPANESE TRAP..................

I love your videos! You are such a fantastic teacher! Are you a GIA instructor?? I have been wanting to go to school to become a certified gemologist! But dont really know where to start except here. I have been a lapidary and metal artist for 5 years now.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

I am not a GIA certified gemologist or teacher - I've just been involved with gems and precious metals for many years.

You are the man. Thank you for sharing your work. Stay safe happy hunting and keep being Awesome!!!!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Heading out again soon.....

Great info! You always have an informative video for every Rock question I have. I'm sitting here with a flashlight looking through all my sluice concentrate pebbles from Wisconsin, and everything clear looks like diamonds to me! Haven't found any triangles yet, but I might have to try the Vaseline idea. There are so many tiny tiny rocks and so many clear and clear yellow ones.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Remember quartz is clear and quartz is the most common mineral on the planet. Diamonds are rare.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmmbxLGrY7ffeqw.html diamond gel shaped

@snakeplissken3021

2 жыл бұрын

Also from Wisconsin, over the years there have been 13 (I believe) industrial grade diamonds found in a creek a few miles from where I live. I heard the biggest diamond ever found in the U.S. was found near Wausau, WI.

Can you find them in fossilized geoodes? I found some that have a thin coat of brown and beige looks like a very thin coat of paint growing in a triangle pattern I've been through several videos but haven't seen anything like it some have the same thing coating but looks more like a calcite pool if bubbles growing pattern.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

No, they are not really found in geodes. Glad you enjoyed the video. Glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi Chris I just come across your video now.. thanks it helps a lot

@ChrisRalph

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Great work on making this video Chris!

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Hi Chris, I'm glad that you mentioned India. For it is from this subcontinent where the term Karat originated. Where 1 Karat was equal to the weight of a dried seed of a pepper. Notice also that many of the place names within the region have a "Kara" prefix such as Karachi in neighbouring Pakistan.

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

I loved the video and found it very informative, but I have a question about one of the maps. At 29:50 the map of verified diamond finds, I'm curious to know whether the small black dots/squares are individual diamond finds or something else? I would assume based on the name of the map that they are diamond finds but that sort of contradicts the yellow marking of states where diamonds were found since 2 of the spots are outside of those yellow states.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Unverified finds claimed by people.

@TheFriskySquid

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Oh, ok interesting. Makes me more curious about the exact locations of the actual verified finds, especially in the Midwest since I am interested in the glaciers. I guess I will have to go out and try to find my own.

Fantastic video ! Happy New Year !

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year! have a great 2021

Great information. Thank you so much for the video! 👍

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Chris. I am interested in Gemmology and wish to study it in my retirement. My dad was a diamond miner in Kimberley in South Africa and then he went to India looking for new mines but wasn't much there to consider. De Beers were a hard family to work with. Dad was a good miner and manager...found millions worth in diamonds but got paid very little. Thankyou very much for the lesson....I will definitely get your book in due course. John from Australia.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

@janeprescott7381

3 жыл бұрын

Hey john, jane here I too am interested in gem collecting for a retirement hobby, there are tons at the beach.

@janeprescott7381

3 жыл бұрын

In the rough diamonds are kind of square in shape

@janeprescott7381

3 жыл бұрын

I love markasite, from russia

@michelemcguire8995

2 жыл бұрын

Theres diamond Mines in North Carolina

I work in a open pit mine in Indiana,,I find really large beautifully formed pyrite in shale,, such beauty in our earth when one just stops and looks at it all

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

There are some beautiful things hidden in the ground.

Thank you for this video! I appreciate the knowledge you provide.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@listenkaren8222

4 жыл бұрын

I hope I don’t fail, I’m going to hunt gold and diamonds. I’ve been self employed with my own business for 12 years and wouldn’t mind a change of pace with the coming dollar collapse. I watched the best metal detector in the world video and won’t be spending that kind of money yet. Hopefully I can work up to something like that. I’m very excited to have the knowledge and the time to hunt 24/7. I’m trying to get through all of your videos so that I’m prepared enough to recognize the minerals when I come across them. I’m getting your book too. I feel technology is giving the modern day prospector a let’s up over the elders. Do you think it’s possible to live off of gold like the Africans do diamonds? With enough knowledge google earth , and modern tools it should be feasible in my opinion. Then again I don’t have 40 years experience like you do. Please enlighten me with your thoughts. Thank you in advance

Another awesome video. Thanks bud!

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thankyou for an interesting and informative video! I live in eastern Finland upon a very old and solid bedrock, and recently had a well made for me. That required to nreak a deep hole in the rock, and now I have a pile of debris on my yard and I am curious to see what eas brought up from the eath! Maybe not diamonds but... you never know! Atleast now I know what to keep my eyes peeled for!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃 Glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi Chris, deeply found this informative ! I have a sample of crystals and would love to know if i can send you the video somehow to help me identify if they are diamonds! many thanks

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

look at the video and you will be able to identify them yourself. Glad you enjoyed the video.

@DiamondMinerIvins

4 жыл бұрын

sohail sarfraz You can buy a $15 diamond tester off ebay. it hasn’t failed me on my 30 plus diamonds found. :)

@habashparis7795

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have face book account I have more stone but I don't no how to identify f it is diamond or gold,meterior Stone

@deborahduthie4519

4 жыл бұрын

sohail sarfraz I hope that your gems are Diamonds. I wonder as the jewellers try for more CZs’, that the need to fluff them out, some real diamonds be added to the mix. Nice surprise, if so.🤠

@diodeananeas1696

3 жыл бұрын

Hi i found this rock that has crystals on it. Is it a Diamond?. By the way how to upload picture

The best video I have ever seen explaining the diamond stone, full of valuable information. Thank you very much. 👍 I hope you get lucky and get diamonds worth 100 million 👍👋.. I wish you great luck.

@ChrisRalph

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for the video. Very informative. I'm an avid rock hunter. I collect opal, sapphire and other gems. Im a true rock hound. I truly enjoy it. It rained quite a bit here i n Arkansas and I found many gems including sapphire, Herkimer and carbonado diamonds. I'd love to sale them but don't know how to go about it. I enjoyed the video. Thank you.

@ChrisRalph

6 ай бұрын

Very cool! Best of luck to you in your efforts.

There were a few points I was hoping you would hit upon. Pyrope Garnet inclusions as an indicator,Alluvial deposits(these can be rounded and cloudy from being tumbled underwater for eons),Hardness testing(I use a large industrial Corundum crystal for scratch testing)and other types of testing. I found what I believe is the center of the local caldera which formed the surrounding mountains about 100 million years ago(I live in Southern BC,Canada).Why that is important is that it is central to several overlapping gem fields with lots of water coming from gold rich deposits upstream close to where the rivers meet the ocean(coincidentally,where diamonds were found in both Australia and Africa by the Kimberly mining company).These gravel bar alluvial deposits which I found by chance looking for Gold(and it took a while for me to realize what I had found and why it was there) kicked off a period of intense research and prospecting and eventually gem cutting(it was more to learn how to identify a gem grade stone in the field and to practice on low grade material that had the proper hardness and to identify internal flaws in the stone,etc.since I had self educated).These local deposits sit upon the oldest exposed bedrock in the entire region(according to some fairly old geo. survey maps I had sourced,the only way I found this information out).Nature classifies everything according to it`s specific gravity,which is important to remember because these minerals are found in fairly specific spots a person could walk by a thousand times without any clue was under foot.There are so many things that can be hit upon because it is such an in depth field covering a range of subjects from different fields of science making it fairly complex to fully understand.My friends just tune me out when the subject of rocks comes up because most of them cannot grasp or believe the fact these things are there,thinking that if so why has no one ever found them before in this area.One answer to that(and there are several logical reasons) was it was because up until that point no one thought to look there or did not know what they were looking at or understand why they would be there in the first place.I met a rock doc(a Ph.D in diamond hunting)and we had an in depth discussion where showed him my specimens that I had found and he was impressed(I am a few years older than he,but the fact I learned it on my own studying the variety of fields gave my a well rounded background not taught in school.This was because I kind of learned it as I went along instead of focused intense applied learning for a degree.That way I was able to have hands on experience with stuff I had found,and with some measure of success,I will add)but due to contractual obligations with the company he worked for in NWT forbade him from doing any outside official analytics or side prospecting,because of mining regulations,etc..My deposits sit on common or crown land and are legal to keep without digging equipment or any form of sluicing,etc.They are found by eye and hand where I casually look through gravel and go home with rocks in my pocket and no one even knows what I am looking for.On a few occasions I had to deviate from the truth because if certain people found out,they would be back right away,digging up everything and destroying what is good,leaving holes garbage and letting greed or the dreams of wealth get the better of their senses.For me,the education was the pay off and material wealth almost irrelevant after the fact.Like you said,a single stone could change your life,but the question is...Is it worth it and are the odds on a persons side to stumble upon it by chance or educated guess?I can only say is look at the ground and learn about what it is you are looking,and if you are lucky you could find some really interesting things from the earth...just remember to respect nature and the sanity of society in general by being discrete as to not create havoc on your special places(hence the vague locality description on this public platform.I don`t mind sharing specific information,however it is proprietary information that is kept on the down low for reasons stated,among other reasons I have not mentioned). I would plug my fb page,but I do not have prior consent,respectfully...

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Typical calderas do not produce diamonds.

@Karlosangeles1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph No,but it`s where the ancient bed rock is exposed and in a very key location.I dont think it`s a typical formation because it was an extremely small under water volcano that kicked of all of the massive mountains that encircle the entire region as the shelf was forming below the ancient sea bed.The region,(which extends from Mt.Baker Washington,to Whistler,BC and Mt.Washington on Vancouver Island Eastward toward the mt. ranges that form the extensive ranges that lead into the Rockies),for the most part have waterways that come to a choke point that converge prior to emptying into the ocean right on top of that old bed rock where they are classified.There has been several Gold discoveries in Southern BC as well as Kimberlite shafts discovered within those Basalt mountains.It`s one thing to theorize,but when you hold it in hand,one concludes that there has to be a logical explanation.Like I said,they occur in a small area that was possibly overlooked for any number of reasons,some of which I had n`t mentioned along with other information I have left out to try to be as brief as possible,but I will add that there a sulfide deposit tracking directly toward the center of the mound angling downward coming up from a split in the bedrock.We had dug down and found a dense layer of metallic silvery bluish silt clay sitting just above the bedrock shelf that was extremely heavy but we did not sample any but should have because that seems like an important clue,now that I think about it.It`s still in the ground and not far from where I live.I doubt it will go anywhere anytime soon unless more people catch on and exploit it.I.It may be hard to visualize unless one were standing on the spot to see the layout of the area for it to make more sense.But I found something else that was,in my opinion,far more interesting and rare not far from there.Do you know any paleontologists?I think I have something they might want to take a look at...

@Karlosangeles1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisRalph I totally forgot that I had commented on this video 7 months ago...I just realized this now.ooops.

@nikkiharrison7290

Жыл бұрын

Who are you???? My Gid you are BRILLIANT I DONT KNOW IF I HAVE EVER BEEN SO IMPRESSED 🎉🎉🎉!!!!!

HEY Chris , I was into fossil hunting and stumbled onto your videos and now I'm out and about and seem to have a really good eye for these things. Where can I get rough Crystal's professionally tested ? A jewler perhaps? also what do you think about the little 20 dollar diamond scanners that measure the thermo conductivity , do those work well ? Also I am curious about the little chemical test kits on amazon for gold and silver and if there useful at all. Thanks so much , about to order your book!

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

It all depends on what you are trying to identify. Jewelers dont normally ID minerals. the diamond testers ID if its a diamond or not but won't tell you what it is if its something else. The gold-silver testers are for testing jewelry, not for testing nuggets and other minerals.

@ishakolcak

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmmbxLGrY7ffeqw.html diamond gel shaped

I really appreciate this video Chris

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, I have many more...

Lovely video, watching from Jamaica.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

How can i find the diamond here in the Philippines.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are not mined everywhere. The Philippines has much gold and no diamonds except in jewelry stores.

Thank you for your informative vid. However, it made me a bit sick .. a few years ago my wife and I visited friends in NE Georgia and I waded in the stream along the back of their property and found some of those octahedral stones up to 1.5 cm between points, but I thought they were just brownish quartz and one clear one and tossed them away. Now I am a bit depressed ... lol. Unfortunately, our friends have passed away and the new owners are NOT friendly. Sigh... I sooooo wish I had seen this 5 or 6 years ago.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

In NE Georgia, the odds are good that it was quartz.... I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

That vaseline trick is great info. I live exactly in between kirkland lake and new liskeard ontario canada ( shown on the map) they are both 30 minutes away in either direction and the geology is amazingly diverse and actually for the most part not explored much. I have discovered some truly unique and rare finds. Not many people have the knowledge or the will to even take a second glance at amazing finds in the area let alone kayak for 5 hours and then hike for a few more, so it's mostly all mine.. lol but seriously you can find everything from a to z if you know where to look.

@ChrisRalph

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Chris thanks for the educational class of conflics Diamond s,didnt know👍👍👍

@ChrisRalph

2 жыл бұрын

glad you enjoyed it.

Very informative and relaxing to listen to.

@ChrisRalph

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!