How To Prospect For TOPAZ | Liz Kreate 

I haven't been active in this channel because of COVID. Can't go prospecting with all the lockdowns we've been having since last year. However, I have another channel that I've been very active with. Link below the video if you're interested. It's called "Growing Succulents with LizK." Thanks for watching. Keep safe and healthy.

@@LizKreate thank you for this information about your other channel! My niece loves succulents but isn’t very good at growing them yet. She’ll be thrilled to see you have more videos about your garden.

@@LizKreate Liz the link for your growing succulents channel doesn't work

@@fuzzynubbins Just look for PEDRO the Budgie. That's his channel name.

@@fuzzynubbins Succulent Channel is called "Growing Succulents with LizK." Thanks for letting me know.

It sure is. Thanks for watching Jeanine.

All I can say is go out and look. I live in New Jersey in the USA and my entire life I thought we have nothing but silica here... hell 2ithing half mile of my house there are like 6 sand holes. Well recently we started picking up clear "QUARTZ" only to start noticing differences in the way some polish and cut. After much testing and speculation because identification online is a nightmare with similarities and mislabeled stones we are confident a ton of the stones we are finding are topaz and sapphires. It blows my mind and I would love to get professional testing done but I can't simply afford it at the moment however my confidence in some of the stones is at an all time high. The topaz polishes cleaner and cuts cleaner. The quart and feldspar like to chip more and are a bit harder to get a clean shiny polish. The sapphire is super solid and when it touches a diamond wheel right after cutting quartz the quartz feels like cutting butter in comparison. If you don't mind where are you located. I might be able to give a list of gems to be on the look out for.

@@seditt5146 I live in Orange NSW Australia. Thanks

You're welcome and thanks for watching Bj. Nothing better than finding these gems yourself. Keep safe and healthy. Cheers, Liz

Thank you! 😊

Some of the clear quartz you have might actually be Topaz. Most Topaz in nature are colorless. Most blue topaz that you see in jewelry are actually colored or enhanced(radiated). Very rare to find a bright blue topaz naturally since most of them are light blue or baby blue as I prefer to call it. I cut a couple of topaz and set it as earrings for my daughter which she wore on her wedding day. I forgot that I made it and thought she was wearing a diamond earring. It sparkled like a diamond.

@@LizKreate you are correct, I have several pieces that I am certain are topaz but they look like they have freshly come out of the host Rock. Two small pieces but they have a different type of inclusions then the quartz I find around the same area. I know that the blue topaz will turn clear once it is exposed to sunlight. Thank you so much for taking us on your adventure and for sharing with me your knowledge. 👍🌎☮️♾️💖♻️🙏🧘🌟💎🤳

Glad you like them Adela. Thanks for watching.

Thanks, you too!

Yay! Thank you Chloe!

Thank you! Cheers!

This was our second trip to that area and can't wait to go back there again. Good luck. Hope you find a nice big blue one.

Thanks for watching!

You're welcome Ragnar and thanks for watching. Keep safe and healthy.

😊 thank you Tony.

Thanks for watching Neil. Keep safe and healthy.

Glad you enjoyed it!

My pleasure Sarah. Thanks for watching. 😊

You're welcome Joseph and thanks for watching. Wishing you all the very best.

Wal is in the other recent gold video upload Patti. Thanks for watching.

@@LizKreate Thanks! Did he hurt his leg? Here’s to good health for you both!

@@pattimessenger6214 He hurt his hip. He jump off a boat thinking he's still 20 years old.

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Hopefully soon. Take care and stay safe.

Thanks for watching.

Glad you enjoyed it Miles. Thanks for watching.

This was from our recent trip to this area before the lockdown. Thanks for watching Tina. Stay safe.

I was thinking the same thing!

I am sick and tired of filling up other peoples' holes which eats up into my fossicking time. Yes it's common courtesy to fill up the holes but I always put it down to INCONSIDERATE and LAZY people. We promote people do the right thing but unfortunately, there are always a few bad apples who don't adhere to proper prospecting etiquette. Thanks for watching and keep safe and healthy. Cheers, Liz

Thanks for watching and glad to know you find the video helpful. Cheers

The deeper you go the better the topaz. But just like detecting, you need to fill in your digs.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you! Cheers!

We're all doing great Lee. Thank you very much. Hope everything's great your way. Keep safe and healthy. Cheers

Been busy with my Succulent channel since we can't go out and go prospecting. Been uploading there almost everyday. It's called GROWING SUCCULENTS WITH LIZK if you're interested. Hope everything great in your neck of the woods.

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Thanks for watching David. Hope this will soon be over and we can go back to just the way it was. Take care and stay healthy.

Mabuhay. Thanks for watching.

Thank you very much!

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching. Cheers

That would be great. Please send us a message on our Facebook page, WalnLiz. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!

Sure thing :) and happy new years to you too Liz! x

All is well. Thank you for your concern. We just haven't been prospecting due to COVID restrictions. I'm also busy with my other channel where I recently revealed in a video why we haven't been prospecting. Video link below. Hope all is well with you both. Thanks for watching. I Have A Secret - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ib5I219aBaQ.html

In the past 30 years I've been poking around rocks and bushes, I'm yet to encounter snakes. I make a lot of noise on approach and this gives plenty of time for the little critters to run away from me. Thanks for watching Mike. Keep safe and healthy.

Hey i live in victoria too!! Its hard finding good areas down here, but keep your eyes open, some places you would not expect, iv come across a rock thats black and rainbow irredescent inside, i think it may be a peice of ammolite, i know of some areas, like Mortlake, Lismore, Camperdown, Elaine. All noteworthy aussie places 👍 make sure you got ur miners rights!

@@foxylady4163 so far I have one place in Ballarat that I found what I think was sapphires it's just I haven't been there in a year and when I first went there I assumed it was bits of glass that someone threw in the river I never expected sapphire to be that easy to find.

There's a book called Gemstones in Victoria by Bill Birch & Dermot Henry. This shows all the available places to go to hunt for gems. A bit of research online as to exact locations and best to check with local information centers for more info. Good luck and Happy New Year!

Hello Jasmine. Thanks for watching.

Still alive and kicking. Just can't go out fossicking due to COVID restrictions. Thanks for asking. Cheers, Liz

Pedro had his own channel and he has a few recent video upload. Link below to his channel. PEDRO the Budgie - ru-vid.com

Topaz usually forms along fractures and in cavities of igneous rocks, usually in the latter stages of magma cooling down when there's enough minerals to form topaz. Cheers, Liz

Hardness, cleavage and crystal structure. Both these stones have very distinct look even when tumbled and rounded. Cheers, Liz

Please send us a private message on Facebook (WalnLiz). We'll try an answer questions you might have. Cheers

@@LizKreate Hi Liz My family is dealing with covid....please be patient for my reply. Regards Ian

You can use whatever is available to you.

Good thanks! Happy New Year!

No need to be hostile...I upload these videos so that I can share this wonderful hobby with others who appreciate the time and effort it took to do these videos. It seems that you only watch the first part and the last part of the video and have lost the context of what the video is all about. The title of this video is "How To Prospect For Topaz" and not "A Show and Tell of every piece of Topaz dug up." Cheers, Liz

@@LizKreate I'm glad you responded. It's an opportunity to apologize for my rudeness. I had a rubbish day! That's no excuse really. Again, so sorry. I actually enjoy your shows. Kind regards, Marie.

Please send it to my Instagram account. Link below the video. Cheers

@@LizKreate sure....Will send it there... Thanks