Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Jan 7, 2010 23:07:32 GMT -5
Ammonites with Ishmiel
Trilobites with Ishmiel
Orthoceraus with Ishmiel
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Apr 6, 2010 3:06:24 GMT -5
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on May 1, 2010 12:08:16 GMT -5
Understanding the EarthOld geology show from 70's 22 Episodes just click on what episode you want on the right side. This guy is such a good dresser. ;D www.youtube.com/user/mineguy101#p/p
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on May 12, 2010 1:02:45 GMT -5
Gem prospecting expeditions
Whole bunch of rock collecting videos. Just click the link it will play them all one after another
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xantokon
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Post by xantokon on Jun 28, 2010 13:30:52 GMT -5
Europe - Germany - Schlottwitz
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Sept 10, 2010 21:05:47 GMT -5
How much would you like to find these!!
ammolite gem
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CallMeShane
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Post by CallMeShane on Sept 24, 2010 8:42:28 GMT -5
I used these video's tips the first time I drilled some stone's and glass. Helped me a lot.
There's lot's more,search for drilling glass/sea glass. The gemstone drilling results are mostly commercial operations and offshore drilling.
Drilling glass/stone
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Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Feb 9, 2011 23:29:56 GMT -5
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blarneystone
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 11, 2011 15:17:42 GMT -5
Amethystking! Man I really dig your videos... have been watching them for a couple of years now. I don't know why I didn't make the connection before now but I'm just putting it together.
Keep 'em coming!
Dan
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Digforcrystals
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Post by Digforcrystals on Feb 17, 2011 22:10:26 GMT -5
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 14, 2012 12:19:33 GMT -5
Here's my favorite video on how to build a rock tumbler:
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unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Jan 14, 2012 15:42:22 GMT -5
Wow what a great collection of intersting vieos. What a great thread. I have to sort through the videos that I have seen on utube and see if I can add some new blood to the mix.
Thanks Saskrock
Stu
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on May 18, 2012 2:19:26 GMT -5
Been a while since I found a video. So here you go.
Gems TV Cambodian Zircon
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on May 28, 2012 2:33:48 GMT -5
Time for another one probably
Gems TV Zambian Emerald
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jun 4, 2012 14:25:15 GMT -5
Man Sasrock, I need to go through these vids. Thanks for keeping this alive!
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Jun 4, 2012 18:03:04 GMT -5
No problem, I just put them up after I watch them. Here is another.
Brazilian Gemstones
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Post by Tommy on Aug 20, 2013 20:15:25 GMT -5
I don't know if this has been posted before but it's a neat video about the Bruneau Jasper mining. |
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Chertaceous
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Post by Chertaceous on Dec 8, 2013 16:04:00 GMT -5
Folks,
You all have posted some amazing, "lithically inspired" videos/video links.
A place of geological wonder and geologically influenced history is the 1,000 Steps near Mount Union, Pennsylvania. 1,000+ rough-set, stone steps took workers to quarries on the upper slopes of Jacks Mountain to dig out the orthoquartzite (not sandstone as referred to in the videos and text) of the Tuscarora formation. Dinky railroad tracks zig-zagged up and down the steep slopes to transport the stone to the brickyards and refractories of Mount Union where high-heat resistant brick was produced in massive quantities. The fossils and rich, varied colorations of rock on this ridge are as an amazing site to behold as the overall scenery.
These three video about 1,000 Steps are well worth watching. Some of the narration and music is a little corny in a couple of the videos and just has to be put up with. Click on the "Show more" tab beneath the YouTube video-screen when it's available for more and objectively better information on the 1,000 Steps.
I'm sorry that these addresses did not copy in as hyperlinks. I do not know how to "activate" them, but a simple copy and paste should do the trick just as well.
I sincereley hope that many of you found these to be worth watching.
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Chertaceous
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Post by Chertaceous on Dec 10, 2013 11:54:02 GMT -5
Tu., 12/10/13 @ approx. 11:52a.m. E.S.T.
Folks,
Well; by darnnation! The links actually did post as working hyperlinks!
Anyhow, I noticed that in the text and/or narration of one of the videos I linked you all to, it was said and/or written that Pennsylvania's Appalacian Ridge And Valley Region, in which Jacks Narrows and Thousand Steps are located, was formed by glacial action. That is not so.
I've lived in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, where Jacks Narrows and Thousand Steps are located, nearly all of my life. I've ascended Thousand Steps several times. I have also studied the history, geology, and geological history of my home area extensively through general interest, employment, and college courses. These are the reasons why I am quite familiar with The Tuscarora Orthoquartzite Formation. I suppose that orthoquartzite is sandstone, but of course, it's a modified and hardened form of sandstone. Also, I can confidently say that Pennsylvania's Appalacian Ridge And Valley Region did not experience, nor was formed by, glaciation; the glaciers simply did not make it that far south. The "mountains", hills, ridges, valleys, water gaps and water gorges in this region were all formed by good ol' erosion via flowing water. Of course, it took the water a year or so to do it [ ;-) ], but as you can see in the videos, it got the job done and is still working away at it. Glaciers did reach into what is now the northern tier counties of Pennsylvania, and there is a marked difference in the geography of those northern Pennsylvania counties.
As I've already written, I've ascended Thousand Steps several times and although the videos do a nice job of showing the general, overall scenery, they don't do a great job of showing the vast boulder fields, abandoned quarries, fossils, and rich and varied colorations of the rocks. The base of the "mountain" is The Bald Eagle Sandstone Formation, which has varied colorations within it. The mid-section of the climb takes one through The Juniata Sandstone Formation, which is primarily of a reddish color. The rocks of this formation are surface-pocked full of holes of various sizes where pebbles and stones from long ago eroded out. The upper portion of the "mountain" is, of course, The Tuscarora Orthoquartzite Formation. This formation forms massive boulder fields of glistening stones full of rich and varied colorations within it.
I write the word "mountain" with the quotation marks because technically, a mountain is a specific, area-condensed landmass that rises at least 2,000 feet above its immediate suroundings. Although Pennsylvania has many elevations over 2,000 feet, these are elevations above sea-level. None of these 2,000 and 2,000+ foot elevation locations are 2,000 feet or more around their IMMEDIATE surroundings. Technically, my home state has no true mountains!
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Chertaceous
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Post by Chertaceous on Dec 10, 2013 12:02:06 GMT -5
Tu., 12/10/13 @ approx.
Folks,
I made a sort-of typo in the last paragraph of my last entry. In one of the sentences I wrote: "None of these 2,000 and 2,000+ foot elevation locations are 2,000 feet or more around their IMMEDIATE surroundings." That should have been written as: "None of these 2,000 and 2,000+ foot elevation locations are 2,000 feet or more above their IMMEDIATE surroundings.".
I apologize for the mistake.
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