$120,000 Gemstone Fossil Found at Granada! 

My uncle Rene owned the company (Korite) that mined these beauties in Medicine Hat. He donated a huge one to Drumheller’s Royal Tyrell Museum, through his other company, Canada Fossils. I had the privilege of visiting and photographing the whole process right down to the jewelry making. So breathtakingly beautiful.

Oh gosh, the matte finish really adds a sophisticated vibe to the ammonites. I can understand why gloss is the default, but there's something very silky about matte.

The complimentary art in the background of the ammolites was also quite amazing, props to the artist!

6:34 I am only halfway through this video and I am in HEAVEN. DAN Hurd you are sharing THE BEST VIDEO THAT YOU HAVE EVER MADE!!!! The closeness of the shots the stillness of the camera and the slow-steady movement that is flowing past the fossil is showing -to perfection-the colors and the chatoyancy of the piece. I think I will save this and watch it many times. It is very entrancing to watch. Thank you.

Hi. After 40 years of search I also found two of them partially opalized. I am stunned! The best one I found has a diameter of +- 3 cm with a tiny spot of color. So I know that the jewels that you showed in the vid are fabulous. Have a nice day!

Was I the only one just waiting for Dan's arm gesturing to knock over the ammolite in the intro?

Now thats a gorgeous gemstone

I find your RU-vid videos not only absolutely interesting, but even better yet for me, educating. I've always wanted to go to very remote proven places and "dig" as I've had an interest in fossils at a young age. Later growing up science was one of my favorite subjects d/t my hobby. Thanks again! Look forward for your future videos

Woh!! Those are sooo beautiful!! Thanks for showing these in your video, love your channel!

Ammonite fossils can be found in many places all over the world, they've very common in several places in the UK. Ammonites where the fossil has been filled in with ammolite are what is specific to the shales you mentioned.

Yeah! Always a great day on sundays. Clicked on it and saw it was posted "seconds ago"!! Beautiful stuff Dan. Remember watching the video about them, amazing to see.

This was amazing! Thank you for sharing this

All I can say is AWESOME! Thanks for this, Dan!

Thank you for showing us the up close, unique beauties these Ammonites are! If not for you, I had no clue that these existed. I have seen a couple of other's videos where they found them. However, these were found in small streams and creek beds without being intact or in color. These are stunning exhibits and each price takes each piece's rarity into account. Unbelievable what the Earth's circumstances create! The other I wanted to thank you for was explaining the difference between the creature's 'name' vs. the fossilized remnants on display. I never stopped to even think about that until you talked about it. Well, until we 'meet' again, I'm sending warmth and blessings from Alabama to you and your family ❤️

Beautiful, Dan! I love your videos, and thoroughly enjoy learning from you about the various types of gems you find.

Oh my gosh!!!! AWESOME gemstone fossils!!!!!

Just mesmerizing. 🥰🥰🥰 Thank You!

You have definitly earned my subscription today. I used to collect gems long ago and i'm getting back into it.

Another great video Dan, thanks for posting

thats amazing, i never knew these existed but seeing and knowing that literal rainbow flosses exist has made my day better.

Just awesome. Thanks for bringing this to us.

The violet is stunning in the biggest ammonite. Makes me think about how we could of been an ammonite millions of years ago. Thank you for sharing Dan

Absolutely spectacular specimens.

Absolutely amazing pieces!

That was possibly a must have for someone. $120k and a red dot sticker next to it. One has to chuckle at the use of a ubiquitous and fraction of a penny cheap red dot sticker to proclaim a $120k sale. LOL!

Amazing what beautiful history. Thank you DAn ❤️‍🔥🧬☀️

Thank Dan!!!!! 😁🎉😊

Dan I have to say I very much enjoy the content in your videos. You are a wealth of knowledge. Keep up the great work and the amazing videos. Good health and success to you good sir.

Wow! Beautiful specimens.

LOVE the mate finish.

So crazy fossils from Alberta have a home in Tucson! I really love the one with the rainbow on it. I always love your prospecting, but I find fossils even more so. Thanks for the amazing content.

Always a pleasure wishing you luck. You always bring out the best in your videos. World class 👏 👌. REGARDS SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦.

Dan I don't comment on your channel alot. But like dad always said it don't mean I don't love you son. 😂 this was fascinating. So beautiful. I can't remember any thing full of so many colors. Almost like a child's 1960s kaleidescope. Amazing. Thankyou for sharing ❤

Thanks for the Tucson rock show tip!

Awesome....thanks Dan

Absolutely stunning colors

Crazy how time flies! I remember the video you made on amolites and it seems to be like 3 months ago but apparently it was a year ago! Loved this video and the gifted piece in the end was amazing!! Don’t sell that bad boy!!

WOW! The colors are a pearl and opal mix. LOVE THEN Thanks

Absolutely gorgeous!

That is MAGNIFICENT

Thank you Dan for sharing this awesome video with us six stars brother

Hello dan love your work watching from central Queensland Australia i mine sapphires for 2 year's now.

Definitely prefer that matte finish! Much nicer.

They have them in the Kali Gandaki River, high in the Himalayas of Nepal. I'm going to ride up there next month and will look for some.

WOW! AMAZING!

Lucky I live near the city. Enjoyed this year's gem show

Those things are crazy cool Dan

I love the Hat - outdoors Dan, please! Great show, thanks

I really enjoyed this informative video. The matte finish was my favorite treatment on the ammonites. Personally I like the smaller sized pieces more than the large fossilized pieces. Also those huge pieces of Amethyst were pretty incredible. Would’ve been nice to some up close.

It would be very interesting if you would talk about the stabilization process these Ammonite fossils go through in order to be able to be displayed. I would imagine they are very brittle and require extensive work in order to make them stable enough to display. It seems as though it is a bit of a "black art" and the artists who do it would be secretive of their techniques, but it would be so fascinating to see the process. Thanks so much for showing these beautiful fossils!

When I was a kid (a long time ago) we used to find cephalopod (mostly baculite) and arthropod (such as trilobote) fossils in Colorado. The largest I found was a partial baculite about 12 or 14" long and as thick as my wrist at one end. In life it must have been 3 or 4 feet long, just tje shell. I had a modest collection, which my Mom eventually donated to the Denver Museum of Matural History (after I sort of lost interest). Those ammalite are spectacular! I especially liked the example given a matte finish. Nothing I had was anywhere near that colorful!

Those triplets are beautiful, wow.

That's absolutely beautiful

Much love from Texas!!😎😎

Fresh oxalic acid will take some of the yellow off. Heating the acid will make it work faster and the yellow will not precipitate out of the solution. Talk to your friend at the quartz mine in Arkansas about cleaning quartz in oxalic acid.

Incredible! 😮

Never would have known the colors appear naturally. Thanks Dan.

Thanks for the post, the Matt one personally was the one I'd buy for a dollar

Beautiful!!!❤️

Huh, I've never seen anyone display the back of an ammonite. I like the matte finish much more than the glossy. It lets you see the colors without all the reflections. Thanks, Dan!

The patterning on the gem at 2:31 is insane. So cool!

Beautiful gems

🌈Stunning!!🌈

Just unbelievable Dan awesome video 😊

Man I’ll have to come to the show next year! I’d love to see all those amazing gems

Mother nature at her best! ❤

Enjoy your channel Dan! Gorgeous ammonites. Question. There was a good musical groove when you were showing off the display pieces. Can you tell me who scored that guitar drum instrumental?

Fantastic, I am a fan.

Wow most impressive

One of my favorites!

wow those are some beauts. I like that matte one with the two ridges in it for some reason, well multiple really. looks like its ribs or spine is still part of it, real uniquely shaped and I like how its proportioned. beautiful natural work of art there. I'm a sucker for natures Fibonacci sequence though and that's a great display of it. props to the artist that prepared it like that. also, I didnt know they had to finish the back side as well. they're somewhat thin. makes sense though. very nice work.

Matte finish is really nice. I prefer it to the high gloss.

I thought the large one was lower quality! Glad you had them open the cabinet cause an extra layer really dumbed down the color and the shine! Just wow

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

Amazing ❤ so beautiful.

I got a little pair of ammonite earrings. They're awesome!

Back in the early seventies I worked at the Highways dep't,, digging three feet down outside of Queen Charlette City for a stop sign, I dug up a large Ammonite, around ten inches long plus a weird sandcastle looking large object, Both items were dull and I did not shine up.

Those are some beautiful specimens. I recently acquired a large Ammonite, similar in size to some of these big ones.. but not near so colourful. It has not been preserved or cleaned. Do you have a video, or can you point me to one on how to stabilize and preserve it. I have watched a couple of videos by amateurs but I want to make sure it's done right. Might even be willing to send it to a professional to perform rather than doing it myself. What would you recommend?

man i enjoy watching ur channel

They always remind me of some paint my dad had made for my moms car. he paid a he'll of alot of money on this paint. My mom loved molar cars. Her favorite was road runners. My dad promised her he'd keep her in throes or mopar vehicles for the rest of her life. As a kid that's all I remembered was moms Hotrods dad's trucks and motorcycle. dad was a master mechanic out of california in the 70s and a80s. Was one of the est. Highly certified to work on foreign and domestic. If it had a motor he could build it from ground up. He even helped build cars fo4 Mickey Thompson Steve McQueen and micheal landon. Well he had this one car my mom loved. It was a 71 Plymouth satellite half vinyl top thT was white with blue top and the blue extended as a striped down the side to a point by the front wheel. It had fat tires in back tiny ones in front and had a 383 bored out to a 400. A friend offered twice the oust my dad sold it. mom was pissed but what she didnt know was he was in the works on her dream car for their anniversery.he had gotten a beat up 68 road runner and put a 440 6pack motor in it with muncie trans. it was metalflake midnight blue with black vinyl top. Dad paid alot of money for thempaintjob because running down the side was a white stripe that the paint was mixed with crushed opal. It sparkled with color the contract between the midnight metalflake blue bling and the opal white was such a beautiful sight to behold.ive used opalized paint on models before too. But that's what the ammolites remind me of. Is like someone spray painted them with opal.

Great video!

Wow didnt know they came in gemstones that's awesome

Amazing

i do love the mat finish better than the shiny shiny

I enjoyed the video Dan with the great specimens, and unfortunately was out of my collector budget.

Good job

Hi am from UK 🇬🇧 I was watching a video of yours seen you drilling to get the samples you want I seen a video on another channel and they had huge big bolder what they did was drilled it then put a silicone in left 24hrs and it had split the borders and they had tried for day's with all sorts of equipment just a thought cuts out the big work leaving you to do something else??

Waow. Amazing

Good morning all!!!

Can't get over how much it looks like Dichroic glass!!!

The music while showing that 120k piece sounds like the outro from Pink Floyds Echoes

Nice ammonite! 👍

I wish the Ammonites we find in the UK were as stunning as those in the gallery.

Lovely 👍💚💛❤️

Holy COLORS!! These are all stunning! How much are the smaller Amolites?

@dan what’s the difference between this Ammolite gem quality opal?

Beautiful specimens, Dan. I have a question for you, can the gemstone ammolite come from bacculites?

They can be found in a few places in North America, but only in that strata. Unless you're talking about the opalised fossil, then yes, in that abundance they are only found in one place.

hey Dan... Are you planning to come to any of the rock and gem shows in Alberta? Will you be setting up a booth? You have lots of fans would love to see you.

FYI- Ammolite in the Caribbean cruise ports are $10,000 a pendant....duty free.