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I Found Pyrite Crystals (Fools Gold) in Michigan! Gem and Mineral Hunting the Great Lakes State

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This has been a bucket list mineral for me for a very long time! I remember going into rock shops as a kid and being completely amazed at pyrite cubes. The cuboidal crystal structure just looks incredible to me. I had the pleasure to hunt this site in Michigan for clusters of these pyrite cubes. They are found in this limestone rock used as fill material under a bridge. I was thrilled to finally find some of this beautiful mineral to add to my collection!
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@tinacluff2793 3 года назад

I love pyrite; I use to walk along the railroad tracks in my home town trying to find some.

@beckieg8479 3 года назад

Lol Tiny wild Kyle so cute showing off his tiny dino😊❤️

@robbybobby6483 3 года назад

I've always wanted a dinosaur like the Flintstones.

@beckieg8479 3 года назад

Deno the dino lol I always wanted to have Fred's car 😁😂

@rrhodes4433 3 года назад

Wow so pyrite, quartz, druzy, calcite, fossils and iron all at the same place? Might have just found Heaven lol

@manisteerocks7092 3 года назад

I live in northern Michigan, on lake Michigan..we have an endless supply of rocks..each and every day!

@Justfollowthecrumbs 3 года назад

Thank your mum for being patient so you can bring us fascinating videos. Those “cubies” will be awesome.

@AndyMalfunction 3 года назад

hahaha cubies

@robbybobby6483 3 года назад

Calcite often being the last crystals to form in cavities obscure crystals you want. Hydrochloric acid to clean up that. Only rust? oxalic acid works on that.

@torhne 3 года назад

The Calcite Quarry at Rogers City MI is amazing! I was able to go in one of the huge dump trucks when I was younger. Worlds largest limestone quarry :)

@donnabeaudin9114 3 года назад

Hi to your patient Mom! Pyrite is so cool! That is one thing I can find in our state, your excitement over finding some has prompted me to visit a local river to get some of my own!! Fun time!👍😀

@beckieg8479 3 года назад

Amazing vid Kyle ur infectious laughter always puts a smile on my face 😊👍❤️

@mirkatu3249 3 года назад

Your mom is a trooper! Tell her we all appreciate her sacrifice For Great Content!

@jessejamesmcclear3613 2 года назад

Pyrite is one of my favorites... AND I live in Michigan! :) Sweeet

@kellywion1464 3 года назад

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure! I've always loved pyrite! Never found any...except at rock and mineral shows!

@TheoKellison 3 года назад

Dude that was awesome!!! Those were some fantastic pieces!😄 they are gonna look fantastic once they get cleaned up!😁 i agree though man, there's something amazong about finding a good pyrite crystal cluster; they are all over Montana but that doesnt mean i dont get super excited every single time i find one🤣 huge props to wild mom for waiting for you! Awesome video as always dude!😁

@FoxHound0985 3 года назад

Try using Hydrochloric Acid (Muriatic Acid) to free the pyrite from the limestone. The reaction is really vigorous, so do it outside and away from anything you don't want acid splashing on. Try it on a rough piece first to see how it reacts. I use a jar for small pieces, but you'll probably need a large glass bowl for some of those bigger pieces. Awesome finds man!

@TiffYG2133 3 года назад

You find Pyrite and Mica everywhere you turn in Colorado

@truckerenoch8824 3 года назад

I hope you consider doing a follow up to these specimens when they are cleaned and prepped. I subbed anyway, but I'm hoping to see it in my notifications in the near future!

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

That video is actually scheduled to post tomorrow hahaha! 🤠

@truckerenoch8824 3 года назад

@@WILDKYLE looking forward to it!

@Lil_Seizure7 3 года назад

Didnt know you had family in Michigan! ive lived here most of my life and didnt know all of these places to hunt for things

@shep4516 3 года назад

Your mom is an absolute champ for waiting for you like that haha. Great looking pyrite!

@danksmoker420 3 года назад

I hope you enjoyed our beautiful state.

@eyupchuck1235 3 года назад

I live in the UK (Yorkshire) I can pick some stunning pieces of pyrite straight out of the mud in the cliffs on the coast. I have stunning picks of them. Like you I love it x

@HBhelpinghand Год назад

I know a river in Puerto Rico that is full of them pyrite, my friend as young man we mess with them as it was gold so we kept some of them, then my matches box full of it disparate, it was a fun day, we didn't know what they were. always had that place in mind. wall and river full of it.

@theresabeck582 3 года назад

As children we found many in Indiana. My grandparents were what they called rock hounds.

@divingwithmicheleinvirgini7957 3 года назад

Yay! I've been waiting patiently for this video. I never realized my home state had so many cool things. I love how excited you get. ✌❤

@storytimewithunclebill1998 2 года назад

Wow, that was totally cool. Never seen it before. Great stuff. Look forward to seeing it cleaned up. Was fun to watch. Great video

@donnalantz7981 3 года назад

That was cool. Now I will have to hunt for pyrite too. Glad you got your chisel back.

@jessicamermaid2438 3 года назад

My grandfather was a major rockhound and we would come across it often while mining in NC. I never developed an appreciation for it though, because he would say, "aww it's just pyrite" and often discard it. However, as far as I can remember, those pieces were never as large as the ones you found. He grew up in the the Great Lakes area though. Anyway, it was pretty cool watching you find those shiney well formed cubes. Maybe you could share what gets you so excited about pyrite? That would cool to know.🙂

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

I don't even know if I know why I get so excited about it 😂 apparently it's common, but I love the cube shape of the crystals!

@tophermohegan9797 2 года назад

Just saw this and had to ask...do you know how valuable pyrite specimens actually can be? Like I've had many that would sell for ten times a handful of precious gems I've found. And yeah I may be a mineralogist, gemologist and geologist but I'm not speaking bias to those professions and skills of mine when I say pyrite is absolutely stunning (when fully formed/terminated), it is so reflective and brilliant that in ancient times and even medieval times it was actually used as a mirror. As a matter of fact my own families ancestors (I'm a Native American Lenni Lenape/Mohican Indian) used pyrite as a mirror as well. I'm from Ohio (literally the Mohican Valley in which I am to be heir to chiefdom from the lineage of the Wolf Clan in which I trace from ironically) and we have some world class specimens here especially a little south of me. I strongly urge to look up after reading this if you do, world class Ohio pyrite specimens and world class pyrite of Spain. I can tell you've never seen pyrite how it actually looks just inclusions and/or small masses of the mineral not it's terminated form. It's not just a crystal of the cubic system its also a common pseudomorph to or from many other minerals and can form in many spectacular forms. So also look up pyrite "Sun Stars", pyrite "nodules", mineral pseudomorphs from pyrite, and pyrite pseudomorphs. You're going to get out and look for some. And if you get some nice ones you can part with(very hard if you are a collector) you can make A LOT of money from them especially because of how high of demand there is and how many people love it. Good luck!

@jessicamermaid2438 2 года назад

@@tophermohegan9797 WOW! I had no idea. My grandfather actually was from Ohio. I am surprised he didn't know. However, that old man had his own idea of value so maybe he did. Lol. I thank you though, for sharing your knowledge with me. I have always had a great deal of respect for Native/ Indigenous people's and their connection to nature. My aunt (by marriage) who passed a few years ago, studied Native American History in college. I believe her lineage was in small part Native American. She had a special bond with her horses that she passed down to my cousins.

@markzinzilieta8927 3 года назад

Very interesting watching you find these treasures. Glad you were excited and had fun ! Look forward to seeing the “ clean up “ video.

@haperawehiwehi8661 3 года назад

The spikey looking fossils seem like they're probably Rugossa, or Horn coral. The pyrite forms as organic material, composed of Iron Phosphates, breaks down into Iron Sulphides, which in turn breaks down into Iron Oxide and native/elemental sulphur. Pyrite itself is an Iron sulphide, hence why it's always good to keep it in a dry area (to help prevent Hydrogen sulphide build-up). The two secondary minerals to watch out for (in the cautious way) when digging Pyrite is Arsenopyrite, which is a toxic form of Pyrite formed of Arsenic, and Galena, a lead ore which forms under similiar conditions to the sulphides :) love the video!!

@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340 2 года назад

Enjoyed the video

@SomedayRiver 3 года назад

"hold on a mama - Hold on a minute maaa" haha

@AlouciaFaye 3 года назад

Definitely let us know how to clean it! I'd also love to know how. This was epic, Kyle

@annedavis6090 3 года назад

One of my favorite finds was a pyrite cluster found on a driveway rock...we have tons of limestone gravel here in Indiana

@lauren5144 3 года назад

so happy you uploaded today

@ineedanewname9595944 3 года назад

Too cool! Cant wait to see more from up there!!!

@sidneysophie9546 3 года назад

People: all lines in nature are curvy, you'd never find a cube in nature Pyrite: bet

@williamwalters3796 3 года назад

Bismuth looks cool too.

@kamoonrathewolfgod9189 3 года назад

What great finds. I bought huge pyrite pieces at a rock show. Went hunting for amethyst in Rabun County, North Georgia. Pieces are all over the ground there near the water.

@lisak5133 3 года назад

poor wildmom waiting in the car all that time..! 😂 You really did find amazing stuff though, wow!

@ballin768 3 года назад

I love your vids amazing job on everything

@RichardHeadGaming 3 года назад

Did it surprise you how hot it gets in MI.? Try hanging out in one of the big corn fields in southern MI. lol.

@pictie 3 года назад

Pyrite is really cool even though it is common . Cool video kinda makes me want to go rock hounding again

@AngieDoesStuff 3 года назад

You can get a gallon of muriatic acid at any hardware store or pool chem supply. It's cheap. Just do it outside and be careful - it's essentially hydrochloric acid. It's also great for cleaning up shells, if you dip them for about 3-4 seconds.

@sevaliogas3379 3 года назад

Great fun!

@silverlady1118 3 года назад

Great day!! Interesting and enjoyable video 👍 ☺

@janvafa9959 3 года назад

Kyle… 😳😳😳 I can hear you drooling over those crystals!!!! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤪😉

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

I drooled alllllll over them! 😂😂😂

@geraldpond168 2 месяца назад

Limestone rocks contains all sorts of treasures. Found a fossil gastropod, pyrites,, crystals, and once an emerald.

@justinicenhower9834 3 года назад

Have you found the queue that stone came from. If not you should. Then you can dig for the big clusters

@unknowinglynerdy3541 Год назад

Wow this was given in my ncert book and I just got curious about fool's gold name... Thanks bro

@sunnydiaz5659 2 года назад

Nice find u might be able to find gold also and platinum who knows

@KAZSANable 3 года назад

dude woz on fossil leaves and flower hunting ad many preaty beauty like pyrite very much good job dukman

@michaelstrong3634 3 года назад

I live in northwest Indiana and drive up to Michigan for pyrite and copper

@spoonangelmakes42 3 года назад

Great video Kyle. Wish we had places like that here in the UK.

@eileen.333 3 года назад

Love it!

@kelleylaughlin392 Год назад

It looks like some of that already has "pyrite disease," It would be cool to find the quarry where the rip-rap came from.

@stevenjones3266 3 года назад

Iron out works to clean them up.

@jeffreykeffer4352 3 года назад

You can get the Pyrite cubes out by using Muriatic acid in short dipping times ( 15min or so ) it appears that the matrix is limestone so when put in the acid it will bubble like mad , MAD I SAY!! after you do a dip move the pyrite and what's left of the matrix over to a bucket that you have mixed water and baking soda into , so that the acid if neutralized, then spray them off with water ... Also wear gloves and eye protection and either an apron or old cloths you don't mind getting holes in them. Also that pyrite is pretty but it almost looks likes Galena on the T.V.

@janvafa9959 3 года назад

Galena is another term for pyrite… pyrite is an iron ore, hence the rust surrounding a lot of the stones. The cubes usually look golden, thus their common name is fools gold.

@janvafa9959 3 года назад

Another iron ore is hematite, which has a silvery look, but a scratch test will show red… I love rocks and minerals!

@jeffreykeffer4352 3 года назад

Pyrite and Galena are important sulfide minerals but they are different from each other in various aspects. Pyrite is iron ore while galena is lead ore. 9 times out of 10 hematite will be rusted in color until polished there is also magnitie which is an iron ore base but will usually be more magnetic than pyrite or hematite .... But Pyrite and Galena are two diffrent things

@janvafa9959 3 года назад

@@jeffreykeffer4352 - thanks! I learned new information!

@jeffreykeffer4352 3 года назад

@@janvafa9959 Any time , I love rocks too ... Another Iron based rock if you are lucky enough to find one of course is the meteorite ... Sadly I have never found one :(

@zioncardman18 3 года назад

Those are cool! I have a recent video of limonite pseudomorphs that kind of cube up. Similar to what you where finding but in ball form and not in the host rock.

@karynbrown7519 3 года назад

Hope you show all polished etc!

@JaneEllenMusic 3 года назад

This was absolutely astonishing! I would love to see a video where you figure out how to extract the pyrite cubes from the limestone matrix. Congrats on another fantastic adventure!!

@PANAMATOR1 3 года назад

You should try making Bismuth crystals on your house, is easy and very funny.

@bobbg9041 2 года назад

I think your busting into some iron ore. A rusty rock leads me to belive its iron deposits meaning all these minerals are closely related on the periodic table its only takes a certain forest to change it from one form to the next.

@edpaslaski9477 2 года назад

Go to Bellevue and look around outside the quarry. The ones you found aren't the best but still a great find. The ones in Bellevue are attached to calsite and are still gold. I have one that's 4 pounds of pyrite and calcite. you can get even bigger ones if you'd like. there are a lot in the area the you can see from the side of the road

@laurengardiner5824 2 года назад

Where is this?

@karenmeyer3275 3 года назад

You can ask Theo how to get the matrix off . Love your videos

@dreesexton4269 3 года назад

If you like pyrite, try to get to Idaho someday. We are a great state for rock hounds. No shark teeth though...lol.

@anniemenard5578 3 года назад

All that a the same place? Nice! 🤟❤️

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

Yessss! Didn't have to move at all from under that bridge! Hope you're well Annie!

@406findings 3 года назад

Great finds good sir 🍻

@exile4life174 3 года назад

Hey bud awesome video as always :) you got a great mom if shes willing to wait for you to hunt lol, my mom didnt wait for nothing

@ebear6555 3 года назад

pyrite is everywhere here in COLO maybe not crystals but lots of pyrite. people think they have found gold but not.......

@gingermackeen5741 3 года назад

Congrats on the great pyrite finds!

@truckerenoch8824 3 года назад

Make sure to just use any chemicals on only the pyrite of any specimens you want to leave some matrix on. Otherwise, you'll clean the beautiful oxide stains on the matrix too! As for getting whole crystals out of the matrix, maybe try just water in an ultrasonic bath? Test 1 piece first, of course. Limestone (calcium carbonate) doesn't get along real well with tap water, so my theory is that it should soften up and the vibrations should be enough to shake it loose, but the pyrite is dense enough to stay in tact ...in theory. As for the ones staying in matrix, a cheap air scribe, or the right dremel bit should do the trick.

@maryoneill5070 3 года назад

Awesome video. You found a lot. My Irish skin would be redder that’s cooked lobster. Your mom is a good sport waiting all that time in the car. I’m going to Florida in a week and a half. I want to search the roads for shark teeth and shells if I have time. I don’t know if there are any roads with that material where I’m going. I hope to find out. ✌🏻🙂❤️🙏

@tabbatha68 Год назад

Kyle I enjoy your videos!!! I just have a question that no one seems to be able to answer! Do you know if iron pyrite is attracted to a magnet??? I have none to test the theory! Hoping that you can answer that for me. Thank you!

@bonesstones6584 3 года назад

Good stuff dude. Those look like some nice specimens, just watch out for "pyrite disease." I had a beautiful cluster of large pyrite crystals, collected by me in Dale City, VA, in one of my display cabinets. By the time I realized the specimen was crumbling apart, it was to late to save it.

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

Ahhhhh that sounds terrible! 😬 I'll keep an eye out!

@bonesstones6584 3 года назад

@@WILDKYLE - I looked it up and it seems pyrite disease is triggered by moisture in the air, aka humidity and you living in Florida, well, ya know... One way to preserve your specimens is to store them in an airtight container.

@barbymccain2436 3 года назад

Cube-A-noids!!!!

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

Hahahahahaha perfect 😂

@dustinfindsrocks 3 года назад

I know there’s pyrite around where I’m at in Missouri but I’ve only found a few random pieces... there’s a quarry I REALLY want to get into... chalcopyrite and ruby jack sphalerite!

@peachylife8419 3 года назад

SEE IT ! HA 🤜🤛🤟

@nhragold1922 3 года назад

Pyrite isn't rare, but give a crush and a pan. Maybe it's got some free milling au or ag.

@veroniqueantoine8918 3 года назад

Hello Kyle

@dominicdoofus6935 3 года назад

Does Duck man have his own RU-vid channel? If not, tell him he should make one.

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

I tried to get him to do it but I don't know if he wants to. 😂

@dominicdoofus6935 3 года назад

Makes sense, I don’t even know what he would do on it.

@jenmarkel294 3 года назад

Did you ever clean these up or did i miss that....Your videos Rock by the way

@WILDKYLE 3 года назад

I made a while video on it 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d99Q1K9duWI.html

@cynthianewsome7585 2 года назад

How do you safely clean up pyrite & possibly retain the matrix? What chemical works best?

@MakeupandMasque Год назад

I’m from Michigan and pyrite is my fave. Where can I get some?

@adriannagibson6528 3 года назад

Acid like dilute muratic acid, or vinegar will dissolve the limestone.

@wynja77 3 года назад

Kyle introducing his friends to each other: Beautiful Cube of Pyrite, meet Handsome Human Guy! ;) Joke's aside, that was awesome! I have no clue about stuff like this, but is it possible to put the rocks in some sort of acid or something to dissolve the lime stone...?

@nancywalker6335 3 года назад

Use a Engraving Pen like Theo Killison does to clean up the around Pyrite Crystals Should take the Matrix off well!

@zioncardman18 3 года назад

soaking it in muratic acid would be better and easier.

@nancywalker6335 3 года назад

@@zioncardman18 not if the Matrix is Rock… It’ll just dissolve the Iron!

@justinicenhower9834 3 года назад

Ocsolic acid will take all the rust off and leave you a beautiful crystal. Over night in a old crock pot.(on heat). You can find it any drug store...worth a try. I would say

@nancymcshane3501 3 года назад

Oxalic acid

@ebear6555 3 года назад

in water too? Withe the acid

@chrisbgifford7387 3 года назад

Neat-o frito! Since it is heavy will you have to pay more for your luggage when you go home? The rock remind me of moon rocks.

@tashacano3324 3 года назад

If you think those are cool wait until you get a chance to go bear canyon agate hunting... lol I hope you get up to Montana to see Theo soon! I was following y'all both before the collabs.

@nickalouscromer9082 3 года назад

Mineral Calcite is Limestone

@eyupchuck1235 3 года назад

Have you any where I can share the pics of the pyrite Kyle? I think you’d like them x

@jonathanmattson3640 3 года назад

Hey WK. I'm guessing that's either county or state erosion control. Is it legal to bust up the rocks. I know a few places in Fla I might try. I've seen the rusty spots

@IAA015 3 года назад

Great video Kyle! I also love pyrite cubes. I also posted my very first crystal rockhound video... just a small montage. But if you are curious on what we find in Sweden, you are more than welcome to check it out :)