A dozen or so minutes of the upper waterfall at Paradise Falls Herkimer Diamond locality. The Herkimer Diamond digs are located near, but not within the falls. I guess this would be considered a waterfall relaxation video?
Category: Rockhounding
Taking a walk through Jasper Park, in Vera Cruz, Pennsylvania. This was the site of an OLD Indian jasper dig. Jasper was a valuable commodity way back then, and was used in weapons, tools, arrowheads, and more. Collecting or digging is not allowed within the limits of the park, but a couple pieces were collected along the side of the road nearby.
Part 2 of digging fern fossils in St. Clair, PA. Splitting a couple slabs at home. Carboniferous, 300+ million years old. Species include pecopteris, alethopteris, sphenophyllum, and many more.
Digging Carboniferous fern plant fossils at an old coal strip mine in Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. The white color is the mineral pyrophyllite, which is a pyrite psuedomorph. They are dated at around 300 million years old.
Some fluorescent calcite/willemite mineral specimens from The Sterling Hill Mining Museum’s 2018 night dig, as well as fluorescent zincite and {?} from the Palmerton, Pennsylvania slag locality. Shown under the DRK Light shortwave UV lamp.
Surface collecting Herkimer Diamond quartz crystals at the Russell Family Mine in Little Falls, NY. Scepters are known to be found at this locality. Most crystals here found just laying on the surface on and in the dirt. This is Grayson’s 2nd dig at 6 months old.
Here’s a video from Tresckow, Pennsylvania. Digging quartz crystals and stunning colorful peacock coal, also known as rainbow anthracite. This mine is no longer accessible. View many more PA crystal and mineral collecting videos here: https://www.youtube.com/digdigdig
This video is of Jason roaming the grounds at Paradise Falls in Middleville, NY after a major flood. He finds a few nice Herkimer Diamonds right on the surface. Surface finds like these are rare in the Herkimer District, most crystals in the area are encased in hard dolomitic limestone. Heavy equipment and power tools are usually required to extract these crystals. Finding them without hard work is a blessing. View many more Herkimer Diamond mining videos at https://www.YouTube.com/DigDigDig