It has come to my attention that several of my viewers have been illegally collecting at this site. DO NOT COLLECT HERE! Buell Park is PRIVATELY OWNED by a few land owners on Navajo Nation Land, and they DO NOT WANT trespassers. I merely posted about this feature because I found it interesting and DO NOT want people to collect here. Much like how I have mentioned active mining operations (and some inactive operations, with Buell Park not being a mining operation) in the past along with their minerals, it should be self-explanatory that you do not trespass on a location just because I mentioned where it is located. Land ownership laws exist around the world, and these needs to be respected. I am posting this because I was contacted by a land owner regarding several repeated incidents of people trespassing who cited my video. Please, only view this unusual geologic feature from my video, and NOT in person.
The land and how and why it formed the way it did has always fascinated me. And the interesting information you bring up is always amazing and mind boggling to me. Thanks for even another great episode!
For everybody who appreciates beautiful things for their beauty and not for how expensive they are, there are a lot of gemstones more beautiful than diamonds.
Oh yeah!!! And the market is full of them. I love Citrine! Carnelian, even altered quartz can have its beauty. I never knew I could afford Rubies until I looked around!!! ❤️
Coming from Scotland UK ,I love the area around Page ,the geology, the Navajo culture , Glen canyon ,lake Powell ,beautiful scenery! If I could live there I would !
The presence of kimberlites does not always imply that diamonds are present. Or, if diamonds are present, they are typically not gem grade. For example, I prospected at several remote kimberlites in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Those kimberlites only contained infrequent microscopic industrial grade diamonds. However, the rocks did contain red garnets and olivine crystals.
Can diamonds be brought to the surface and not be in a kimberlite deposits? Small diamonds were found in the stream bed near Ramona, California yet no kimberlite deposits are nearby. The source of the creek is near the gold mines in Julian, Ca.
PLEASE look into the huge circular feature in North Klamath County Oregon, it is South of Newberry Crater, slightly NE of Crater Lake and West of Hole in the Ground which it dwarfs. Look at Google Earth at the right elevation and it is clear as day and dwarfs Crater Lake. What is it? I do not believe it is some super volcano crater, I suspect it is actually a slight rise instead? but on a massive and almost perfect circular form.
That’s Yamsay Mountain. It’s a shield volcano and the circular thing north of the main mountain looks like a combination of a lava flow and cinder cone activity. I can see 2 cinder cones in the circular area.
There are TONS of obscure, ancient (although still Cenozoic) calderas around eastern Oregon. An old rockhound showed me one of 'em on a map, you'd never know it was there otherwise. Not sure what caused all of that and they always seem to be rather forgotten about. Might be related to the Columbia Flood Basalts, as those had an effect on northeastern Oregon and were markedly different than the main bit over in Washington. Either way I'm almost certain the high volumes of caldera volcanism there are responsible for the unusually high concentrations of thundereggs in the region. Shame that nobody ever bothers with them though.
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WOW !!!! This was most interesting and I instantly had to subscribe . My father was a geologist in Australia before I was born. When he came back and I was born here in New Zealand as soon as I could go safely with him I was there always !!!! Some of the most beautiful memories I have with my dad were formed out there in the ruggard mountainous southern Alp's. I still hold dearly his geologist's hammer which was also his father's... You have inspired me and givin me gold fever again as after he passed away recently every thing was up in the air... Thank you for posting this most interesting content. You earned a subscriber. Great narrator, very inspiring, thank you from me way down under here in New Zealand 💌✨
The first time I went to Arizona in the early 90s I was amazed by the landscape. Down around the San Carlos area, It looked prehistoric, Very beautiful yet empty, void of life. You could imagine dinosaurs roaming. I am from the East by the way and have never seen anything like that
This geologist has always been fascinated by Kimberlite pipes. The speed of the magma movement from the upper mantle to near surface or surface is astonishing. That’s what preserves the high-pressure forms of these minerals like diamond and the eclogite facies minerals, garnet and omphacite. Omphacite is named for the Greek word for navel, omphalos, as indeed these rocks originate from deep in the earth.
This geologist sometimes wonders if they're not just making some of this 5HIT up. Do they truly know the speed of the magma? Do they really know the age of the rocks? Reminds me of a guy that told me they use carbon dating on the rocks. Then he insulted me and called me stupid. When I told him carbon dating only works on organic and living material, he shifted his ignorance by saying, "well they know how old the rocks are. Maybe it's a special kind of carbon dating?" Would it do any good to explain the 3 kinds of rocks in the rock cycle?
@@kevindouglas8768 Carbon dating also only works for relatively recent stuff. Basically human history timeframe. Not far enough back to be all that relevant for geology. Although radioactive elements can be used for dating rock formations, assuming any are present in the area.
With the knowledge I've gathered I wonder in parallel alot of things. Like when crude oil is boiled, it separates up a pipe into different components. Kerosene, diesels, gasses of various levels and qualities. I thought that when the magma vents were open to air exchange, like steam, they began to collect elements growing ,pressuring and separating everything like gold ,silver ,diamonds. Nice to learn the diamonds were deep and flowed up. Like all the elements the key player is water and pressure and aa place to release was my compression. So I appreciate epiphanies
Hey. Recently I real an article saying that the Tonga explosives eruption reached a 6 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. If this IS factual. Would you make a video explaining how scientists determined this measurement on this unique eruption type.
That is huge, I've been researching a small volcano with several little hills that were built by volcanic action around the rim. However it's not on the list of extinct volcanoes. One of those little hills on the rim I believe was a kimberlite pipe. I haven't found anything like gemstones yet but I haven't really inspected that part thoroughly
If the ascent of kimberlite magma takes a few hours, would it make these systems particularly dangerous as we haven't seen such an event in historical times?
This is correct. Also, we wouldn’t really be able to order and carry out an evacuation in that short timespan. Kimberlite eruptions would be deadly and are always plinian
@@KS-hj6xn Not really connected to kimberlites at least not directly but yeah flood basalt eruptions aren't called that for nothing. And in reality the Columbia river flood basalts are relatively tiny compared to typical flood basalts This oddity probably is due to the Columbia river flood basalts originating not from the main plume head but from material trapped beneath the former crust of the underlying Farallon plate and piling up beneath the magmatically uplifted slab for well over 20 million years before it finally burst through. The resulting tear in the Farallon slab is still visible with seismic tomography giving weight to this hypothesis or something similar
But the largest Diamond bearing kimberlites are possibly the ones situated in the FalC Kimberlite Field in the Fort á la Corne forest in central Saskatchewan, Canada! The main kimberlite field is approximately 30 kilometers long with the primary kimberlite pipes ranging in size from about 1 kilometer wide to approximately 3 kilometers wide at the surface!
Here is a topic for you. When the Mississippi river flowed backwards following the great New Madrid quake, where did that water go? How far back did the water flow? Did go underground somewhere near New Madrid? Have geologists found any massive submersed cave systems connected to the Mississippi river? Thank you for your wonderful content and great work!
A lot of land in the New Madrid area dropped in elevation to the point where there are swamps even today where none existed before. Some of the backflow water remained in these areas. But your assumption that some entered and remained underground in new crevasses and caves also may be true. In either case once these areas were full the water reversed back to normal flow in a surge much like a tide reversing.
@@xenon54 Thank you so much! Do you know anything about the salinity of these swamps, or even better, their salinity changes over time? Do you know and good resources on the topic?
@@garbleduser I don't know if Gulf of Mexico waters made it that far north. The Mississippi River south of the New Madrid fault has a vast volume that could more than able fill in the New Madrid quake deformations. But if not, the natural fresh water dispersion in a short amount of time would have "washed away" the salts. What salt water that may have entered the area wasn't left isolated to dry up and leave salt deposits like those found in the Mediterranean basin. The Mediterranean never had the option for fresh water to flush out its salts. Instead it dried up several times in episodes (known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis) for previous millions of years. These drying up periods caused vast salt deposits to accumulate. These deposit layers are with us to this day. But who knows. Perhaps a exploratory drill site in the New Madrid fault area may find saline water that was trapped and isolated from the Gulf of Mexico during the quakes of 1811-1812.
I have been curious about this formation for years and I'm so happy to see your video about it :-) I was looking around the area on Google Earth and thought that's the weirdest looking crater or volcano and I wonder what it really is and you answered my question thank you so much :-)
It's like explaining a crime scene without considering the Electric Universe. I know enough these days to say that how it happened is probably very inaccurate.
Oh you know better than everyone else huh? You have the secret knowledge? What is being discussed here is well understood and is not particularly complicated, and it can't happen another way. You are a deluded oddball.
I requested Geo Hubs kimberlite knowledge a few weeks ago, and just like Olympus Mons on Mars and some other topics I requested a year ago, He Delivers!!! #bestgeologychannelonyoutube
Question: how did the shallow subduction of the Farallon plate lead to a kimberlite pipe? The shallow subduction and proposed roll-back of the Farallon plate is the assigned cause of so many of the features we find in the western US. It's always confused me as to how deeper mantle material could have erupted if the Farallon plate was situated between the North American plate and the upper mantle material. The rollback is invoked to allow hotter material to cause volcanic activity, however this video does _not_ show the rollback. (Prior videos have shown the rollback to explain some of the volcanic activity in the western US.)
Wishbi had answer but after watching nick zenter an guessing roll back sucks deep mantle in to void above lower plate and moisture from lower plate catalyzed mantle into magma that then quickly burned its way through contental plate with out picking up much silica from remelt crust
I personally think the "flat subduction" idea is bunk. What makes more sense to me is the idea that large land masses tend to insulate the magma underneath them, and eventually the heat just starts melting the crust. Consider the break up of Pangea, and the Atlantic ridge (the rift). I think the Rockies had the potential to be a continental rift, but either could not get hot enough, or the stresses on the NA plate changed. The Rockies did experience uplift followed by spreading after all, and Karen Sigloch has imaged the subducted plates sinking in the mantle.
This looks like an electrical discharge event caused these features. Because we haven’t captured one in the history books and because of how much it would unravel of what we’re teaching in mainstream science, it’s not even considered and investigated. It can easily explain some of the features and issues people are recognising here. It even includes the transmutation of elements, I.e. the creation of different elements and compounds that were not previous present. We think we’re so smart now that we can’t be repeating mistakes of the geocentric past. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HdfBGqWpW5w.html
I've lived in Arizona most of my life but I've also seen a great deal of the world while I was in the NAVY but Arizona has always been the best place that I've ever lived in!!!
I would like to know more about the "River of Stone" on the Northland Loop Trail of Dolly Sods Wilderness Area In West Virginia. I hiked it and have been fascinated by it ever since.
I have a question. You said that kimberlites form from deep in the mantle right? But then you said the video's kimberlite pipe originated from the Farallon Plate, the magmas from subduction don't come from so deep and they originate directly from the subducting plate, not from material from deep below. And more, the Farallon Plate was subducting in a very shallow manner, which makes things even more confusing
I pray they find gemstones in an amount to make the Navaho billions of dollars. It is highly unlikely that anyone can cheat them out of what is theirs by signed treaty, unlike earlier cases of gold and other valuable resources having been found on land Indians acquired by treaty. I’m ashamed of how our government sometimes behaved in the past, making signed treaties, and then changing after the fact once the existence of a valuable resource was established. It’s just wrong. Like I say, I hope they find billions of dollars worth, there. I realize not all people or cultures are prepared for handling great influxes of cash, but damn it, it’s their chance to take, right?
I don't think the kimberlite magma originated deep enough in the mantle to bring up diamonds. From your video it seems that upper mantle minerals are the primary makeup of the kimberlite. If it had originated from a deep mantle plume, then it could have carried diamonds up with it. In any case, it's fascinating to get a glimpse of the upper mantle make up.
Not ready made diam9 or cristal in a molten format only the diamond forming atoms came up forming diamonds as the magma cooled of slowly, only then the atoms can arrange themselves to forming diamonds 💎
I had found some kimberlite over 120 miles away near Barranger crater on one of my non- Barranger Meteorite hunts could it have come from this site or another ?
Love the video. However - if the plate is subducting at a shallow angle with the melted material forming volcanos - then how can magma from deep in the mantle get involved?
Love these videos, really informative and Geology Hub is my favourite. What do the various types of lava tell us about the source of the magma? Is it homogeneous but modified through its transition through the crust, or are the ‘clouds’ of magma deep below the crust that have different compositions?
Thank goodness the Farallon plate didn't carry a lot of carbon. It would be the case of another reservation having precious metal or gemstones, (diamond). What this reminds me of is the field in Arkansas. Surprised a large company has not started mining this field with big equipment, and digging a massive hole to the center of the earth like in South Africa. I do know in Wenatchee Washington a large volume of gold was discovered under the city and was drilled to find a large formation but was nixed by the local inhabitants not wanting their entire lives disrupted. If Mariupol happened in Wenatchee I can see mining in earnest start immediately. But the local people would have to benefit not some Wall Street conglomerate not helping the local economy at all.
Just curious. With the history of volcanic activity abundant in Northern Arizona why is Meteor Crater been identified as a "meteor" crater. I am unconvincied t is a meteor crater. Can you give scientific reason why it is, and change my mind?
I was wondering if you could explain where the Pagosa Springs Colorado hot springs come from and what is its source for the heating of the hot springs.
You like it when they tell you lies, the truth is , they are not telling you the truth but you don't know anything different so you accept it as truth. Most can't handle the truth Academia has lied about our past to keep things in working order for the controllers to stay in control of humanity. The original inhibitor of this world will blow your mind and make you see that world very different from your perspective now. The truth hurts to accept
A good and precise explanation of this phenomenon. The term "kimberlite" comes from the town of Kimberley, South Africa where diamonds were found in an arena of decayed kimberlite first, then in solid rock. According to geologists, diamonds would be pre-existing in the magma chamber. Thank you for this video!
I seem to recall a town in Europe, Germany possibly, that the buildings are all built of cut quarried nearby that is full of small diamonds. Are you familiar with this town and is the rock possibly from a Kimberlite Pipe? Nordlingen, Germany.
I had just a few days in Arizona and was totally amazed at what I saw. I never knew it has forests, and volcanos! We spent one night in the Trading Post in Cameron, which was fabulous! We also spent one night in the Hualapai Lodge in Peach Springs, and that was also fabulous!
Thank you: interesting and informative! Have you made any videos about other gemstones or semi-precious stones? I’m thinking of the Navajo fondness for turquoise.
Wasn't it two women geologists that discovered that kimberlite pipe, containing gem-quality diamonds? The actual pipe was narrowed-down as being under a lake - this by core samples drilled from a barge. A dike was built across the lake and half the lake was drained and then an open-pit mine was started. There is a book out about that find - a fascinating story.
A suggestion for a video. I'm a retired geologist and was traveling Newfoundland a few years ago. At Gros Morne National Park, on the west side of Newfoundland, is an area known as the "Tablelands". It is described as one of only two places on earth (and the only place in North America) one can "walk on the earth's mantle." It is a weird, weird place. Serpentinite all over the surface. But for a few scrubby carnivorous plants feeding on black flies, it looks like the terrain the Mars Rover photographs. Tectonics was never my geologic focus, and the park person did not impress me with her explanation.
I am a novice science hobby person Pa NJ border. Going to visit the Ben Franklin geo science center in NJ maybe this week. I don't envy those folks being a geologist here. 3000 variations of 1 type is fibbing. I need a Spectro, all software. This old fashioned way needs to tech up. And keep some people quiet.
I viewed a video on the Bay of Islands Ophiolite exposed in Gros Morne National Park yesterday that was well done in terms of the photography, but the geology was wrong on several points. The dominant mantle rock is peridotite and peridotites contain more much magnesium than iron as a rule. Crustal igneous and metamorphic rocks contain more iron than magnesium. The major error in the Tablelands video is that there over twenty-five places on Earth where the oceanic mantle is exposed. I listed the mantle exposures below, but I did not include all of the many ophiolites in Tibet and China and I did not did not distinguish between the two ophiolites in the Coast Range in California. To say that the mantle exposure in the Gros Morne National Park is the only place on Earth where anyone can "walk on the Earth's mantle" is a fundamental error. Nineteen of the exposed mantle sections or ophiolites are: 1) Coast Range, California, USA, 2) Ultramafic rock sections near Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 3) Central Andes, Argentina, 4) Bay of Islands, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, 5) Lizard Complex, Cornwall, Great Britain, 6) Northern Apennine, Italy, 7) Troodos, Cyprus, 7) Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, 8) Semail, Oman and United Arab Emirates, 9) Naga Hills and Andaman, India, 10) Kohistan Arc, Pakistan, 11) Dangqiong, Tibet, 12) Zhongcang, Tibet, 13) Dongwanzi, China, 14) Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia, 15) Yakuno, Japan, 16) Horokanai, Japan, 17) Poroshiri, Japan, 18) Zambales, Luzon, Philippines, and 19) Dun Mountain, South Island, New Zealand.
@@alexriter278 Interesting comments. They are appreciated. I'm aware (though have not personally seen) what have been described as ophiolites as part of the exotic terranes of the Pacific Northwest and extending into SW British Columbia. Part of the "Baja BC" area first described in the early 70's if you are familiar with that. Odd thing, since I retired in 2014, I'm enjoying geology more than ever though it isn't nearly as profitable as "back in the day". Thanks again for the information.
@@alexriter278 Wow you sure know what your talking about. I live along pa nj border in a complex zone not discussed much. I find plenty of many desirable specimens then some.
I turned off the sound and read the subtitles so I didn't have to listen to this guy saying KLOMmitters. Dude, it's KIL-o-meter, you know? ...as in 1,000 meters? You don't say KLOGgrams for KIL-o-grams, do you? So why are you murdering KIL-o-meters. KLOMmitters makes no sense. I don't know who started that nonsense, but PLEASE, just stop it.
A curious apparent contradiction, is that between the "shallow angle" of subduction, versus the "deep in the mantle" origin of the kimberite. The actual sequence of events was probably more complex.
Would you please explain the Kermadec Plate? It divides the North Island of NZ in 2 and the edge passes thru our big Calderas. How might its presence effect NZ when the big Australia/NZ plate moves. Thank-you.
Being a consistent reader of geo hub, I will give geo interest folks a little advice on wowing yourself. First admire nature and our universe, the basics is fine. A layman version. Physics is the key of life here and far, be a fan of an amazing person or 3. Earthly science basics free open coarse ware, any subject really. Go small and dabble till confidence little higher. Mean while gather some local geo specimens and read/look/get ideas. Hands on, everything is relevant like clay or limestone ect. A loose leaf with basics highlighted, short simple and easy. Then don't mention things till your a little seasoned or very. Science and physics is always amazing, people are not. Some psych helps also. Alberts greatest theory/equation?
So, this channel just exposed Navajo lands as rare 💎 gemstone site? L👀ks like the Indians are gonna get restless 😬 & upset 😡! A new Death Valley has been mapped out.
DeBeers knows that if you mine all the Kimberlite in the World without destroying a lot of the diamonds that you find, the value of diamonds plummets to that of jellybeans.
Ive collected numerous peridot and the areas South if there in Fort Defiance also have an abundance of peridot or the red variety. Both of these areas are heavily populated. Buell Park has multiple homesites within the crater and they do not take kindly to visitors. I usually would gather up pieces of peridot on the road up to Buell Park. Pieces range in size from smaller than 8mm to upwards of 2 inches in size, free of any rock. Presumably tumbled and eroded from the parent material. The area has several volcanic dikes and a large mountain to the east of Buell park is presumably from the same or later eruptions. Fuzzy Mountain was mined heavily for gravel in the past. Again....not an area with easy access as all areas are homesites for tribal members. The peridot are at gem grade with few to no inclusions. Generally light green in color to almost clear. Ive never found any diamonds though. Theres a large outcropping of what a few miners and engineers i worked with on visit and doing consultant work for the tribe from South Africa, who spotted a large green outcropping of what they identified as Kimberlite of the variety diamonds are found in. Just to the Northeast of Buell Park, right off the main highway. Again. The area is inhabited and fenced. But enough is in the highway right of way to look thru. I personally never have looked there though.
4/26/22- ahh hell, I saw that lava flow as i called it like some 10 years ago on the google earth, i made mention of it my boyfriend whom showed no interest. But i saw it and thought how fricken odd, never knew to be volcano activity there, i knew up north of there of yellowstone and such. but ha, i was correct in what i saw. coool.
I have driven many times past hills in AZ& NM then I flew from LA to El Paso and looking out the plane window I could see the hills are volcanoes. Ought to do a video on them.
Meteor Crater is geographically in the same area,. How or are the two connected in any way,. Did the impact cause the volcano to become active. You hit the ground that hard with a meteor,. That has to have effects on surrounding areas
1:00 "The big Hole" is in the city of Kimberly in South Africa hence the name kimberlite. The "Big Hole" was dug by hand and is said to be the largest hole on Earth dug that way.
Why do you keep dropping your voice at the end of every sentence. It speaks volumes about you. Stop doing that and you will find that you will gain many more subscribers.
I am Curious about this area off the East Coast of Cape Cod, Where on Google Earth You Can See Two Perfect Half Concentric Circles & a String of Volcanos Sprouting from the Center Point?
