Rare Binghamite Find in Minnesota

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Thomas from 99 Rockhounding and I head to the Cuyuna Iron Range to search for Binghamite and other fun stuff.
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@ehr5465 Год назад

Welcome to MN! We're glad you're here!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm not there anymore, but I had fun when I was. Thanks for the welcome.

@lilalightandlove421 Год назад

Very cool video! I love walking through new areas to explore and rockhound. It looked like a workout in places and well worth the view! Thanks Rob and Thomas for sharing!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Mostly we were going up and down the hills slowly, so it wasn't bad.

@netamorton4832 Год назад

Isn’t it amazing how many different colors of rocks there is all over the United States! Good searching!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Even just in Michigan, the variety is amazing.

@captpaul8827 Год назад

Cuyuna has some very interesting minerals, including some unique to that iron range. I have an idea what some of your "mystery" rocks were, but as always would have to see them in person to know for sure. If you go to our old friend Mindat, they have a pretty good explanation of Binghamite and the Cuyuna Range in general.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'll go check that out and put a link in the description. Thanks, Paul. www.mindat.org/min-7622.html

@KimRandolph 10 месяцев назад

I dragged a bunch of quartz home from that area because I didn’t know what to look for. After tumbling even the white slabs of quartz have beautiful shiny patches of yellow binghamite and shiny black veins. I love this rock! I learned about it on your channel. I only live an hour away.

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery Год назад

Excellent work. Good camera editing. Minnesota boy myself too. Good luck. "Don't disappoint me." "Look harder for them. "Brilliant comeback Thomas 👏

@MichiganRocks Год назад

He's pretty quick with the zingers. I like that about him.

@kellyharper367 Год назад

Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: That was an amazing experience! Binghamite is new to me....never heard of it before. Would love to see finished results of a worked piece of this stone. Beautiful scenery... interesting geology...good company! Another fascinating video! Thanks for taking me along!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Here's some that Thomas tumbled. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cm_6WdbPuFc.html

@silkyb-love Год назад

I love those birch forests.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Me too!

@soul_adventurist Год назад

I love it when you and Thomas collaborate ❤

@theodorehowe2262 Год назад

Interesting rocks 🪨

@salliemorrill2671 Год назад

That was a huge contrast to Michigan rocks. So I take it the hills were generated from expelled or unusable iron ore similar rock. Glad you finally found some to bring back to tumble. Very interested to see those results. The slabs came out nice.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes. The Keweenaw Peninsula has a lot of mine tailings piles similar to this, but with copper related minerals.

@Indyanas_ocean_view Год назад

What a great day! You guys both found some really cool rocks. The area was very beautiful. 😍🥰😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It sure was beautiful, especially since it was an old mine.

@semiproactive9625 Год назад

That's right, it's a nocluelike. The the birch trees take me back to the 60s in the mitten. Happy Holiday Weekend Rob.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I love a whole woods of birches like that.

@justjulee9135 Год назад

I am loving all of these collaboration videos! I already subscribe to Thomas' channel and I very much enjoy it. I love exploring right along with you!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thomas has some really great videos.

@grokeffer6226 Год назад

That's a beautiful spot.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Sure is.

@priscillaross-fox9407 Год назад

This video brought back many memories of picking both copper & iron mine rock piles in the U.P.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, it's very similar. I've done that too.

@ruthchapman3847 Год назад

Very interesting and different

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Год назад

Really enjoy Thomas's videos too

@michaelisham4953 3 месяца назад

Hell yeah Minnesota Rocks!!

@kimfrommn7162 Год назад

Looks like the trip was well worth it!! Thanks for sharing Rob!! Neato!!! Have a Fun Memorial Weekend!! 🤗♥️🙏🏼

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yep, it was. There's much more of this trip to come, too.

@kimfrommn7162 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks OK ! Cool !!!!! I'll watch for it!! I am still amazed how beautiful it was there and e color of the water was gorgeous!!! I hope you have Super Weather like MN is having this weekend!! Low humidity and around 80 degrees!!!! 👍🤗🤗

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@kimfrommn7162 I got back a week ago. It rained for four days after I left Minnesota, but I was still able to get videos every day. The rest of the trip after that I had good weather though.

@jennystone421 Год назад

Very cool. That's a new stone to me as a lifelong Minnesotan. "When arranged in parallel lines, its called silkstone". Another stone on my list to learn about and maybe find :) What beautiful views there too.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I just put a link in the description about Binghamite. Silkstone and Minnesota Tiger's eye are closely related or possibly variations of the same thing.

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

So nice to see Thomas again!! You make a great team and I like how you are trying different areas very interesting thank you for sharing 😍

@MichiganRocks Год назад

When I got to 100,000 subscribers, I asked people for suggestions for my videos. I think the most common one was to travel more. Since I asked, I figured I should listen. That's what prompted this trip.

@Hippiechick11 Год назад

You guys have much a good time together!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I enjoy Thomas's company.

@darkwood777 Год назад

I think the first rule for mine tailings is to not get your hopes too high. That hill must have been picked over countless times. But I'm glad you found something to put into the bucket.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That's true. I wonder if we would have been better off digging a hole. I didn't see much evidence of people doing that. The second place we went had much looser rocks, so every step we took rearranged them a bit.

@staceymcmahan5016 7 месяцев назад

Great video ! I like that you travel to different states . So many amazing rocks. ❤

@MichiganRocks 7 месяцев назад

It's expensive to travel to other states just to make videos, but I'm trying to make it work. I just got back from a trip to some southern states and I hope to take at least one trip a year to add some variety to my videos. It's nice of you to let me know you appreciate it.

@sparband Год назад

Neat. I have never heard of it before. You needed the hand truck again for that big rock with the crystals.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

And a Jeep that's not chock full of camping stuff.

@nikkilovesrocks Год назад

I love quartz! So many variations and beautiful bands all across the world. Looking for specific agate is somehow nerve racking for me. 😂 Thank You & Thomas for showing the beautiful stones of Minnesota 💖

@123guitardan Год назад

That stuff slices beautiful

@ktlivingherway516 Год назад

So summertime 🎉

@haidarhaidar5896 Год назад

Good luck my friend😍😍😍

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

11 wonderful slabs!!

@helgavoorneveld1530 Год назад

Omg so steep!! Amazing scenery!!

@dustinfindsrocks Год назад

Oh nice! I was wondering if we would see Thomas. His channel is where I first heard about this stone

@MichiganRocks Год назад

He should have a couple new videos out soon. I was there when he recorded them.

@sunnycadwallader2873 Год назад

Can’t wait to see these tumbled!!

@keithcunningham7925 Год назад

That is some very cool stuff

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Год назад

Really cool place to hunt. So many pretties. Such a beautiful spot. Oh and you also taught me how to tumble too 😊😊😊😊

@MichiganRocks Год назад

And you learned well!

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I always tell people who want to learn to tumble, to go watch your videos. 😊😊😊😊

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Thanks, Nicola!

@patriciamckean4186 Год назад

Love when you join up with other rockhounds. Thomas's tumbling skills are awesome. Lol, some guy from Michigan taught him! 😅

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Those Michigan guys know how to tumble!

@annhans3535 Год назад

Just learned something new.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Great!

@roman11469 Год назад

Learned a new rock today…Thanks…Can’t wait to see what you do with all the rocks you have collected on your travels. So much fun!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

There will be videos, but it's going to take awhile.

@roman11469 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks I get it, I have some of my finds that have been sitting in my garage for over a year waiting for me to get to them.

@riecarocks Год назад

'No clueite' :D I'm gonna start using that. Thanks for the video! I can't wait to see your pieces once you tumbled them!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I haven't trademarked that yet, so go right ahead.

@melindakapp5838 Год назад

the way it crystallizes is interesting ......

@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 Год назад

Sweet! 🎉❤

@janehelbert7551 Год назад

Can't wait to see binghamite polished!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thomas has tumbled some and probably better material since he lives close and can spend more time collecting higher quality pieces. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cm_6WdbPuFc.html

@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery Год назад

I've never found these. Intriguing. Thnx Rob & Thomas

@markattardo Год назад

Interesting rocks and minerals!👍👍Great bonus view from up top too.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes, it's beautiful from up there. The drone shots came out good too, I thought.

@markattardo Год назад

@@MichiganRocks The drone shots are cool too. Just wanted to give credit for billy goat'n up there👍👍

@ericabuffa2576 Год назад

I love rock hunting

@bluelily8289 Год назад

If you love that boulder valley, you should visit New Hampshire - we have lots of those! Really pretty finds in this one.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Maybe I will. I do love big boulders.

@joniangelsrreal6262 Год назад

What’s that…? “A Rock”…Lol Nice video… 🪨🪨🪨 21:17

@debs_wheels Год назад

Good stuff. Somehow I ended up following you around. I was just on the north shore looking for agates. The day this video came out I rolled into Crosby to look for binghamite and ride my mountain bike until my legs fall off. I hope I can find a few goodies.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Are you headed to Montana next? That's where my next stop was.

@debs_wheels Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Sadly no. One more stop in Minnesota then we start working our way home to the Detroit area. Maybe Montana will be next year!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@debs_wheels Hey, at least you got to Minnesota. Nothing wrong with that!

@davidhile5363 Год назад

I’ve never heard of Binghamite before. Cool stuff !

@wyomingadventures Год назад

I have a couple of pieces of Binghamite. Thanks to Thomas I had to get some. It's pretty rock. That kinda reminds me of the Hibbing area. That area is neat. I enjoyed seeing the open pits. Can't wait to see you tumble some of that, Rob. The slabs are cool. Think that is the only place to find Binghamite in Minnesota.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

The Cuyuna range is the only place in the world to find it. I stayed at my sister's house near Hibbing a couple nights before making this video. She lives near Nashwauk.

@amywanden2094 Год назад

Love your channel❤

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thanks!

@greatnorthernviews3052 Год назад

That’s a cool looking rock! Thomas has a great spot for that.

@lorenkozuch6642 Год назад

Would it polish on the cab machine?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Binghamite? Yes, I think it would. Thomas made a couple cabs from it when he visited my place a few years ago.

@chitraprabakaran2144 Год назад

Love birch trees. So beautiful. The view from the top of the hill is fantastic. Binghamite is something new to me. What do you do with this rock?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thomas has tumbled it. He also made a couple cabs of it at my house a couple years ago.

@velmamunoz3263 Год назад

I love hunting mine dumps. The striped ones looks so much like Kona Dolomite that I pick up in Marquette. I tumble it but does wear down quickly since its its on the soft side. Sure have some neat finds

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I guess it looks a little like Kona dolomite. Kona is much more pink though if you get the good stuff.

@velmamunoz3263 Год назад

@Michigan Rocks I was thinking more like Moose blood colored Kona. But yes, Kona comes in so many colors. I have from light pink and yellow to deep burgundy. I love going to the quarry and pick around there for Kona and to see what else might pop up.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@velmamunoz3263 I've only been there once, but I came home with a lot of rock.

@ruthsawyer3357 Год назад

I’m hoping to see some Binghamite when it is tambled, looks interesting rock.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I haven't tumbled those yet but I'll probably do a video when I have some done.

@largent45 Год назад

That water was amazing! It looked so beautiful! There is so much rock to look at, i don't know how you can possibly find anything there! But great video! And good finds!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I was having a little trouble focusing to be honest.

@carmenevans7651 Год назад

Oh joy! A twofer! Thomas, sadly hasn't posted much lately.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That's what he said. Maybe this will get him back into the swing of things.

@laurieowen8696 Год назад

You are such a lurker! Tell me the truth, you love Minnesota, don't you?😂I'm glad you woke the Sleeping Thomas. Thanks for sharing your adventure. That was quite a hike.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Lurking around Minnesota?

@laurieowen8696 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks yes.

@kimdedominicis6893 Год назад

It’s nice to see Thomas! Will he be posting a new video soon? He hasn’t posted in 3 months😢. Great video!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

He recorded two while I was with him, so yes. I don't know exactly when, though.

@michelecaron Год назад

In search of Fordite…..really colorful cool.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yep, that's fun stuff.

@Perfectionseeker1967 Год назад

We have a few pits that were previously rock quarries around here too. Some of them were dug out until they hit the water table. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case there as well.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I really don't know much more than what Thomas said on the video. Seems like it would have been a lot of water to pump out.

@margaretlynch1494 Год назад

🙋‍♀️❤ Jeepers! So steep and Dangerous!

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Not all that dangerous. We were careful.

@davidl.turner1005 Год назад

Thanks for this unique vid. Good to see a bit of the MN iron range. Had never heard of Binghamite. Slabs were interesting. Show us a polished piece if it’s convenient. Btw did you make it to the Beaver Bay Agate Shop and Museum? Some truly awesome finds there.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'll be tumbling this stuff in the future, but I'm not sure when. I brought a lot of stuff back from my trip. I did get to the museum/rock shop at Beaver Bay. The specimens in that museum were jaw dropping.

@lisamills-wv6nc Год назад

That's so cool! It's really close to my home! Beautiful agates! 😊

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Oh, cool. We spent the next day on a river.

@lisamills-wv6nc Год назад

@@MichiganRocks The crow wing river, or Mississippi River?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@lisamills-wv6nc I am not at liberty to say what river we were on. Thomas likes to keep his spots a little more secret. Maybe you'll be able to tell when you see the video.

@lisamills-wv6nc Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Completely understandable! 😊

@jamesfox2857 Год назад

Actually Depends on type , there Are Finds in Multiple River Systesm East , Moutain Ranges Mostly

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'm not sure what you're talking about. What depends on the type? The type of what?

@jamesfox2857 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks chatoyant / Chatoyant quartz known as 'tiger's eye' is the only chatoyant gem produced in abundance. It can be found in South Africa and Australia and is particularly popular for use in men's jewellery. = BUT Your The Expert , hmmmm , dont even know the structure of the stone composite ? and Now You probably want to say that is a different type of material , same this , large iron deposits that leave about certain material entwined in a fiery dance / but your Type is one of = silkstone and cyunite Which Also is chatoyant / Many species can exhibit chatoyancy including tourmaline, apatite, beryl, actinolite, demantoid garnet, scapolite, sillimanite and quartz among others but only chrysoberyl can be called simply 'cat's eye', the others must be prefixed by the species name , but you werent expecting No one to correct You , were you ? Nor to Show Proof , tooo badddd

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@jamesfox2857 I am definitely not an expert, nor have I ever claimed to be. I'm just a guy who enjoys finding and polishing rocks.

@cynthiarowley719 Год назад

It takes a while for me to see the colors. It's not just rock color😂 adjusted the brightness on this end. Happy Birches

@matthewkite5110 Год назад

I think the "Noclueite" lumpy guy... Was slag!

@seattledoug1342 Год назад

Pause vid at 11:09 you can see a fish (the eye in the lower 3rd) hiding in the rocks.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I think I see it. Is it a gray fish?

@icatz Год назад

Were all these spots on the way to/from Yellowstone? Good to see Thomas and the goodies you found. Love dendrites. TFS ❤️🎸🏏

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Yes. I left for Montana two days after making this video. I have a lot of videos from that trip and it'll take awhile to get them all edited and posted on RU-vid. I plan to do two a week until they're all out.

@icatz Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Groovy

@user-ol9vp9ll6v 3 месяца назад

That banded stuff does polish. You just can't use a tumbler to do it.

@MichiganRocks 3 месяца назад

Thanks. I do have a cab machine, so I should have tried that.

@josephpotterf9459 Год назад

Thanks

@abusedbyyou5482 Год назад

brill❤❤❤

@BubuH-cq6km Год назад

😎 👍🏼

@jeffholmes1362 Год назад

The striped rock may undercut, so no good for tumbling, but couldn’t you cab them? I think they’d look awesome as cabs.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Possibly, but the ones I found were all pretty small. Besides, I tumble a lot more than I cab. I have so many cool slabs that I haven't even touched that I don't really need any more for awhile.

@markjeranek627 4 месяца назад

Dudes, my dudes. Binghamite is not an agate BUT it is chalcedony. Not all chalcedony is agate material.

@MichiganRocks 4 месяца назад

It didn't seem like agate to me either, but I was going with the local. He must have read that somewhere.

@markjeranek627 4 месяца назад

@@MichiganRocks Thanks for the reply! I don't make the videos BUT I have been writing articles for years for sites like Michigan Rockhounds. I used to live up in Houghton but now am back in Northern MN. Nice to meet you.

@MichiganRocks 4 месяца назад

@@markjeranek627 Nice to meet you too!

@johnhampshire25 Год назад

I might be around this area

@10Agates Год назад

Great video. Can’t wait to see some of them tumbled or polished. My daughter and I are headed out for another river hunt tomorrow. Gonna spend some more time in the river this time.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Good luck, you did well last time. You must live pretty close to the Cuyuna range since it's also in Central Minnesota.

@10Agates Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Cuyuna would be about 90 minutes away from me. It would be about 45 min away from where I’m headed for agate hunting today. Unfortunately I live in an area with nothing but powdery sand soil for about 45 minutes in every direction. I have to travel a min of 45 minutes to find any rocks in the soil. Even the rivers and creeks near me are mostly sandy beds.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@10Agates Oh, that surprises me. I figured that all of Central Minnesota would be good agate hunting. Shows how much this Michigander knows!

@dancrites453 Год назад

Great video! Quite an adventure...

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That was a fun place. Something different than what I usually do.

@stoogeslap Год назад

If the stripy ones undercut in a tumbler, couldn't the pieces be polished by means of a wheel? With the grit wheels even pressure would be applied to the surface, in theory... am I right?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It's very possible that they would fare better on wheels than in barrels. They were nice, but not worth the effort to take home to polish on wheels, so I left them behind.

@kbwoodcock Год назад

Very cool, but your shirt really should be green & white😂

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I left all my dirty shirts at home.

@kbwoodcock Год назад

@@MichiganRocks 😆

@Brenda-sk6ev Год назад

Rob, can you show how any of these tumbled up? Curious to see how they look ❤

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I will someday, but I came home from this trip with a LOT of rocks. It will take me at least a year to get them tumbled and I haven't even started yet. I just got home a week ago.

@JacquesTreehorn Год назад

When you find a round rock out of place, not near a river or stream start looking around for artifacts.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That seems like a good tip, but does it work in northern areas that were once covered by glaciers? Around where I live, almost all rocks are rounded and were deposited by glaciers. In this quarry, the only reason the rocks were not round was because they were mined. Obviously the mining took place long after native artifacts would have been left there, so any rounded rocks would have been left there by somebody in more modern times. Am I missing something, or is that advice better for places without glacial deposits all over?

@JacquesTreehorn Год назад

@@MichiganRocks You are right in areas that had a lot of glacial activity.

@vickykirts7956 Год назад

Ash, the bird eggs

@kellyhollingsworth6100 Год назад

I wonder how the stripped rock would do on your cabbing machine. Cool place for a mine, compared to gold mines which produce a huge amount of waste. Nice adventure.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It was pretty small to make a cab out of and not cool enough to spend time doing it on a cabbing machine. Honestly I didn't even think of it at the time, and didn't bring it home with me.

@kellyhollingsworth6100 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks Just spent 5 hours on the flat lap, one of the stones was the Gambiri Agate I sent you a picture of.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@kellyhollingsworth6100 Those are very cool.

@grimdoesadventures Год назад

Nice video! Any chance you could share some tips with me on where to start in the Cuyuna range? I had a bunch of places marked that looked promising from aerial maps (think I had tips too) but when I got there there was no tailing pile, only sand, haha. Hour drive wasted to get there.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

No, I'm sorry, I can't do that. Thomas asked me not to. Actually, I couldn't tell you even if I wanted to. I just drove where Thomas told me to.

@grimdoesadventures Год назад

Haha, well then, I’ll have to reach out to Thomas haha!

@Nikkisavage100 Год назад

Hi Rob, a very nice stone, unknow in france !

@MichiganRocks Год назад

This is the only place in the world that Binghamite can be found.

@Nikkisavage100 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks you are so lucky !!

@paulw7371 Год назад

Maybe that thing can be polished on the cab machine..¿¿

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I'll be polishing some on the cab machine.

@CoLwJ Год назад

Bro I went to the Meldford mines yesterday and was looking for normal agates but did not know there was those.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Did you find some Lakers?

@CoLwJ Год назад

No I did not but I find a lot of them at my cabin

@debivort Год назад

Could you cab that stripey undercutting material (instead of tumbling it)?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Maybe, but I didn't think of that and didn't bring it home. It wasn't really that cool that it would be worth spending the time doing that, though.

@marimari4316 Год назад

Очень красивое место.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Да, это.

@weirdscience1 Год назад

Those were the good sleds. You know something that you could go fast enough to possibly hurt yourself. Dangerous freedom over safe slavery...

@MichiganRocks Год назад

It's surprising that people my age or older every survived childhood with no seatbelts, bike helmets or cell phones.

@weirdscience1 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks exactly i remember riding in the back window of my mom's z-28.

@lizevans5559 Год назад

Have you ever tumbled field rocks (found in cropland)?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Where I live, the rocks in fields are the same kind of rocks that are found on the beaches. Both should tumble equally well.

@lizevans5559 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks sweet, my sister loves to collect rocks around us and so I was curious if we could shine them up. We have some that are a pretty blue/green. Thanks for answering my question. I really enjoy watching your videos on how to tumble.

@stevenhecht8275 Год назад

Where were you at in this video? I am in The Lakes area and would love to go check pills out

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thomas asked me not to share the exact location. It's in the Cuyuna Iron Range. That's all I can say.

@matthewlamers9966 Год назад

I am heading to moose lake this summer. Can you tell me where this location is so I may hike it and do some looking

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Thomas asked me not to share the exact location, but it's somewhere in the Cuyuna Iron Range state land. Honestly, I couldn't tell you exactly where if I tried.

@matthewlamers9966 Год назад

@@MichiganRocks thanks Rob. Maybe I can talk Thomas into taking me out 😉

@davidhindy Год назад

Any possibility that there's gold in that material

@MichiganRocks Год назад

Not according to the Mindat page on the Cuyuna Iron Range. www.mindat.org/feature-5023689.html

@davidhindy Год назад

OK thanks. And thanks for the link,very helpful resource I didn't know existed

@billywhitehorn6397 10 месяцев назад

the stone you showed 20;43 isn't feldspar?

@billywhitehorn6397 10 месяцев назад

because feldspar has the same shininess

@MichiganRocks 10 месяцев назад

There's not a single rock at 20:43, but this was a new area for me, so I couldn't be sure about the identity of every rock. I know what feldspar looks like on Michigan beaches and the rock right after 20:43 didn't look like that.

@catd9r Год назад

I have found this stuff in Ishpeming, Mi.

@catd9r Год назад

Since I can't figure out how to add a pic I put it as my profile pic.

@catd9r Год назад

Great videos

@MichiganRocks Год назад

That's in incredibly ingenious way to share a picture. I do see the resemblance, but it's not Binghamite. I know this because the Cuyuna Iron Range is the only place in the world that it can be found.

@catd9r Год назад

I find things where they don't belong. I've found mohawkite in ishpeming as well. It's only supposed to be found in Mohawk, Mi. The stone in my profile pic is very chatoyant. Like a street sign.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@catd9r That's certainly interesting. Chatoyancy is a good sign.

@ghostmanscores1666 Год назад

I wonder what could be found with a U.V flashlight nighttime hunt?

@MichiganRocks Год назад

I have no idea. Might have been fun to look. Or possibly very disappointing!

@ghostmanscores1666 Год назад

Maybe a fun experiment to see what your existing collection looks like. Future rough specimens might jump out at you.

@MichiganRocks Год назад

@@ghostmanscores1666 I have looked through existing rocks. I did find one Yooperlite that way in a box of Michigan stuff.

@captpaul8827 Год назад

Any of the rocks there will likely have zero glow since iron is a major quencher of fluorescence.

@ghostmanscores1666 Год назад

oops I just found your episode where you tried that two years ago. I'm learning new stuff from your channel. thanks.

@artweeks6986 10 месяцев назад

Binghamite only found in MN in the world. Some banded layered pieces look like wood…… don’t tumble off these characteristics.

@MichiganRocks 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the advice. Is it easy to over tumble binghamite?

@artweeks6986 10 месяцев назад

@@MichiganRocks I would not recommend tumbling yellow portions or specimens with stratified and layered rock that resemble wood….let the beauty of these natural features stand out in your collection as a true counterpoint to the tumbled and polished rock samples.