Utah has beautiful rocks!

I live in Cedar City, and would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to know Where You Are rockhounding in this video. I'm just getting started in rockhounding.

The green is celadonite which is a mineral in the mica family. It is commonly associated with minerals formed in cavities in volcanics. It forms microscopic crystals that are often included in other minerals giving them a green color. The green is usually from ferrous iron.

Hi Tapp in, my name is Barb, and I am a retired grandma who has always loved pretty rocks, but I am just now starting to get into the technicalities of these rocks. I recently moved to Cedar City, and I would love to be trained by someone like you in the Art of rockhounding! I know you like to work alone, but I was wondering if you might consider letting me shadow you on a couple of your rockhounding excursions?

I wish I could find stuff this good up in northern utah. Great finds!

Good job on the focus for the specimens. Might be an idea to get someone to gift you an Estwing rock pick. Utah is paradise for people who love rocks! Possibly some old lava tubes in that area.

Just a little help for you non geologist type of folks that love to rock hunt. The lava rock is "basalt" it is an extrusive type lava. When you see this type of rock think Hawaii. The orbs are called concretions, they are not from any other planet just earth. They form in the ground as water passes through the basalt. Iron in the water glues the sand grains together to form the concretions. Minerals that I have seen in this vid. The red mineral is hematite, mostly iron. Green mineral is copper, more than likely it is malachite or some other copper mineral. Then there is silicon minerals quartz. All of these minerals are formed from hot water that is moving through the basalt. Two things to have on a rock hunting trip in Utah. A good book of rocks and minerals and a rock hammer or just hammer to bust rock. Have fun out there and watch out for snakes.

I LOVE your channel. I just watched your land of Apache tears video and I’m soooo excited to keep watching!!!

So many awesome rocks! Great job!

Thanks for sharing, very pretty. ❤

Im gonna say possibly the green is from copper and red are Iron sulfates/sulfides- also found with gold deposits around quartz vein intrusions.

wow, that one at 17.22-23 with all the colors stood out, special

Awesome finds!

Not sure why you won't share the location of your finds so others can enjoy going. At least give us a near by city so we can get some idea on where to look.

The purple-ish botroidal one is sometimes called grape agate, even though not an agate. Might be interesting to cut open. Is supposed to be found in Utah. Did you find turquoise? A generalized location would be cool.

Good stuff! You're funny! I love it! Glad I found your channel ❤️Where are you from?

Do you have directions or coordinates?

I think the green coloration on the top of the rocks is a type of moss.

It's most likely clorite , it's closely associated with volcanic activity .

Green usually indicates chromium. I am guessing it is too green to be copper related.

When I’m getting close to a jasper deposit I find a colored almost conglomerate clay looking rock that’s almost jasper but not quite. Has the color but not the glassy or hardness

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Kam Paterson where you at

Try google lens..

The green basalt is olivine most l 7:59 likely. A magnesium, iron silicate.