Rough and raw Ruby and Sapphire crystals - what Ruby and Sapphire look like as they are mined

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  • čas přidán 16. 10. 2019
  • Learn what raw, rough sapphires and Rubies look like. I will explain where they come from, how they are mined and what they look like so you can identify them.
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Komentáře • 114

  • @vanessadoe1740
    @vanessadoe1740 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thank you so much! Your videos have taught my boyfriend and I so much. I'm pretty sure we have discovered a sapphire motherload on his property were going to have to figure out the next steps to take!! Your book is on my Christmas list.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 6 měsíci

      I'm glad to hear you both enjoy the videos.

  • @johnsmith9565
    @johnsmith9565 Před 2 lety +2

    I wish i new 10% of what u know .I live in Montana. Your a great teacher..awesome editor. Great filmmaker

  • @jamesmclane2826
    @jamesmclane2826 Před 4 lety +3

    I learn so much from your videos 🎥😃🤔I’m still gonna buy your book when I can😊👍✊️✊️

  • @ophmankondowe2338
    @ophmankondowe2338 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much Chris for your presentation. I am just 6 monyhs in gold and ruby prospecting and am getting real stuff to advance my new career from your presentations.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Best of luck to you!

    • @ophmankondowe2338
      @ophmankondowe2338 Před rokem

      @@ChrisRalph Thank you. I have found some pagmetite rocks at a ridge along the river in the northern region of Malawi,.this rock hosts quartz,feldspers and micas. Please enlighten me on the potential minerals I may possibly find.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Pegmatite rocks can contain almost anything to almost nothing. I have no idea what yours might have.

  • @aforgottennativeamerica8439

    Excellent just the information I was looking for

  • @bantalee2002
    @bantalee2002 Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks Chris. My son purchased me 5 bags from the Montana Gem mine in Philipsburg Montana(birthday gift). I wanted to review what you shown so i don't miss anything when i process the material.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 lety +2

      Sounds great! I'm sure you will enjoy the hunt.

    • @bantalee2002
      @bantalee2002 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ChrisRalph Did i hear you say you are a geologist? My wife was a geologist,graduated from Beloit College,wisc.

  • @robertshafer5940
    @robertshafer5940 Před 3 lety +2

    I love the knowledge THANK YOU!

  • @dunnsdiaite8085
    @dunnsdiaite8085 Před 3 lety

    Excellent work

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Many thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @atifmehmoodkhan7056
    @atifmehmoodkhan7056 Před měsícem

    Sir So nice of you ❤ for such a beautiful informative video ❤❤❤

  • @user-ke8st8jc1v
    @user-ke8st8jc1v Před 2 lety

    Great video!

  • @billandpamwalsh4668
    @billandpamwalsh4668 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank You Very Much

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      You are welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @jillmondt5398
    @jillmondt5398 Před rokem

    Thank you.

  • @brunocassivi4979
    @brunocassivi4979 Před 3 lety +1

    I want to express my total gr@titude. Your are the Best teacher withinn the Better. Merci beaucoup Yul . Tres grande Gr@titude . Autodidacte prospector . St- John Quebec.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      Thanks for the kind words. You are very welcome

  • @ngobithe
    @ngobithe Před 2 lety

    Thanks. Interesting.

  • @okboomer6201
    @okboomer6201 Před 4 lety +5

    "Oh corundum!" is what I holler when I stub my toe.

  • @onewearycatfromtexas2066

    Sir! They are the Most Beautiful Raw and rough ❤️! Folks sir, many by in observation don't realize, ya know, once any stones quartz ! Once it's fired it's all zero properties! Then becomes complete crap! I've been studying sir the stones for healing and spiritual meaning. About fifteen years now. Yessir! There is even still soooo much to learn and know! God Bless you sir!

  • @Indrid__Cold
    @Indrid__Cold Před 2 lety

    I love the corundum gem family. It's the ones I own are lab grown by a company called Chatham. Their uncut gems are the most beautiful crystals in existence.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety +1

      I own a Chatham ruby crystal.

    • @Indrid__Cold
      @Indrid__Cold Před 2 lety

      @@ChrisRalph How big is it? My largest Chatham ruby crystals are 41.5 and 65.5 carats respectively. I would love to see a picture if possible.

  • @seditt5146
    @seditt5146 Před 2 lety

    The oxidizing environment turns them Yellow, Reduction turns them blue. Generally a fancy burn( oxidation) takes place and the most yellow are those thrown in the final reduction burn.

  • @Ghryst
    @Ghryst Před 3 lety +1

    so if its all about colour, then what is the cutoff point?
    ie: how dark does a pink sapphire have to be to be called a ruby?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      Its the point that the buyer says its red. However, near the meeting point of the two, prices converge.

  • @420Brew
    @420Brew Před 3 lety +1

    The wind hits your Mic. What mineral is mixed with Corrundum to make Ruby?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      You can't always have the best weather conditions and I was only there a few days, so it was either film in the wind or forget it. I chose to film. Corrundum with traces of chromium is ruby.

    • @420Brew
      @420Brew Před 3 lety

      Right but sapphires require Aluminum oxide correct?

  • @sharifabdul4237
    @sharifabdul4237 Před 2 lety

    Thanks old timer, lernt many things here,

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      My child, it is good for you to learn new things.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 Před 2 lety

      Sorry I meant Spokane bar good stones there Bruce worked there.a friend of mine,David Tunes murdered out there.killers not found. an unsolved mystery I hope will be solved.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 Před 2 lety

      Rock creek very good Philipsburg.

    • @danpollard4210
      @danpollard4210 Před 2 lety

      Chatoyant

  • @chet2201
    @chet2201 Před 3 lety

    I love Cowee Valley in N.C.

  • @suryasharmapulivarthi5788
    @suryasharmapulivarthi5788 Před 9 měsíci

    SIR VERY VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EVERY BODY THOSE WHO ARE WORKING IN THE GEM ROUGH FIELDS, THANK YOU SIR FOR YOU'RE KIND INFORMATION, THIS IS SURYA SHARAM INDIA 🇮🇳 THANK YOU SIR

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 9 měsíci

      Greetings SURYA SHARAM - best of luck to you.

  • @markkent8947
    @markkent8947 Před 4 měsíci

    Hey, I was wondering if you know of any highly recommended lapidary businesses or individuals who do both quality cutting and heat treating?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 měsíci

      I'm Sorry, but no I do not know of any such folks and I've not had experience with them.

  • @timtremblay8601
    @timtremblay8601 Před 4 lety +1

    Have you ever found raw diamonds? Just asking Chris, thanks.

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 lety

      Got a video on diamonds coming up soon! Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @Xen980
    @Xen980 Před 11 měsíci

    I have ruby star sapphire

  • @BreakerFamily
    @BreakerFamily Před 3 lety +1

    question, I have low grade Madagascar rubies with almost a pink colour but are all around that 1"-1.5" in size. Not very clear. Any ideas how much something like that would run when selling?

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety +1

      No idea - depends on a lot of other factors. The value would be as a specimen, but are they nice specimens? Contact someone who deals in mineral specimens to ask them.

    • @BreakerFamily
      @BreakerFamily Před 3 lety

      @@ChrisRalph okay thank you

  • @Sartorialtrucker
    @Sartorialtrucker Před rokem

    I found a round stone with 3 sides red with orange brown ish shining red under light at a tx loves truck stop feeling smooth in the hand not sure what it may be

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem +1

      There are about 500 minerals that can be found in some shade of reddish brown, so its probably one of them.

    • @Sartorialtrucker
      @Sartorialtrucker Před rokem

      @Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector maybe I got some sort of ruby in rough who knows any idea where I can take my collection to for telling me what I actually got

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před rokem

      Perhaps to a nearby university? I don't even know what country you are in.

    • @Sartorialtrucker
      @Sartorialtrucker Před rokem

      @Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector united states

  • @atifmehmoodkhan7056
    @atifmehmoodkhan7056 Před měsícem

    Sir I have a question plz Can we found diamonds with these minrals?

  • @randomnessrules4971
    @randomnessrules4971 Před 3 lety

    I don't remember this area in Hoenn.

  • @tomekakoro2840
    @tomekakoro2840 Před 2 lety

    I wish you were in community….!!

  • @danpollard4210
    @danpollard4210 Před 2 lety

    We called orange ones Pads for padparadshaw.

  • @ronnalscammahorn8002
    @ronnalscammahorn8002 Před 4 lety +1

    Exilent 💎💍💞

  • @Xen980
    @Xen980 Před 11 měsíci

    Star buby indian , how much of cost per ct

  • @josefinaabol7622
    @josefinaabol7622 Před 2 lety

    How much is the white sap6?

  • @danpollard4210
    @danpollard4210 Před 2 lety

    Ask the owner if he knows me he is at the french bar I think I worked at Castles,Russ and Debbie. Is Bruce still working there
    Dan Pollard.

  • @kevinhubbard8039
    @kevinhubbard8039 Před 4 lety

    wont heating them up like that make them brittle

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 lety

      Heating them up in a controlled environment does not make them brittle or any less hard. They are formed originally at red hot temperatures. Glad you enjoyed the video.

  • @JuliaMason-yk1cn
    @JuliaMason-yk1cn Před měsícem

    What is onix

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před měsícem

      Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, a type of quartz.

  • @lcbuell5535
    @lcbuell5535 Před 2 lety

    I need help identifying a crystal I guess

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 2 lety

      I get many, many requests for personal help. Its almost always impossible to ID stuff from photos.

  • @MrTopHaVirtaltReality
    @MrTopHaVirtaltReality Před 4 lety

    Suddenly they were fusing and formed a garnet

  • @greedygringoprospecting6941

    hey not saying anything bad I was reading through the gps part in your book sounds like you didn't have the WAAS turned on (enabled) this gets rid of the errors jumping from satellite to satellite or the older models didn't have this feature you have marked way points with it yes ? so you can go back and dig the same spot or sample the same place I started hiking with an etrex 30 and found some natural black chalcedony (black onyx) the real thing this is what started the prospecting bug oh you go to fallbrook Ca fallbrook gem and mineral society and talk to mike he works at the GIA gems and gold not much different free $$$$

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 4 lety

      Been using GPS for over 30 years, newer ones a lot better than older. Glad you enjoyed the video.

    • @greedygringoprospecting6941
      @greedygringoprospecting6941 Před 4 lety +1

      @@ChrisRalph so far books f**ken awesome just was asking questions that's all boss

  • @brunocassivi4979
    @brunocassivi4979 Před 3 lety +1

    Gr@titude

  • @AxUnderground
    @AxUnderground Před rokem

    ✨ c o r u n d u m ✨

  • @user-zr2yk7ce6l
    @user-zr2yk7ce6l Před 11 měsíci

    Tg u
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  • @kigarkbajarke6834
    @kigarkbajarke6834 Před 3 lety

    The vagabond fur philosophically rub because secure mainly notice inside a bitter iron. possible, barbarous forest

    • @ChrisRalph
      @ChrisRalph  Před 3 lety

      OK. Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gymble in the wabe:

  • @cindysnow9166
    @cindysnow9166 Před rokem

    love your stuff! thank you however please don't repeat yourself so many times.....sorry it's just hard to keep listening to a slow moving highly repetitive info vid....hard to watch all the way, it's ok I'm just trying to say to help with your vids...God bless, go in peace