Jade Hunting, How to "Identify" and "Test" Jade!
Jade Hunting, How to "Identify" and "Test" Jade!
Jade hunting on the Mighty Fraser river in British Columbia, Canada. In this video I spend an afternoon looking for jade on one of my Fraser River Jade claims. I find many pieces that could be Jade (Nephrite) or could be serpentine. I then take them home and run them through 3 tests to determine if it is in face BC Jade or just gem serpentine.
Nephrite is the mineral name for what we all know as Jade.
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Maybe bring a inflatable raft next time then you could float a few bigger rocks back to the 4 wheeler?
I need to take a break for a few weeks to reset…….I would love to hunt like this ….if I knew what I was doing…..I would love to team up with you…..I imagine once I am 50 I will be to old and busted to try.
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Hallo uncle
ROCK AND STONE!
what place are u i may want to go find jade
I’ve never used TikTok but I didn’t know TikTok tells you they are listening on the top bar of your phone.
PERTANYAAN NO 1= CHOP DI FLOATING TURTLE ,CHOP DI PORT TOWN, RUMBLE DI PORT TOWN, SMOKE DI HAUNTED CASTLE, PHOENIX DI FLOATING TURTLE,ROCKET DI HYDRA ISLAND
PERTANYAAN KE 2=ROCKET DI HAUNTED CASTLE, PORTAL DI SEA OF TREATS SEMOGA MENANG WIR
Hello. How are you :)) can you give me the location?
I have a green rock and really smooth and shine
Ok
How about this bro
Nice brother!
Agate
The fact that he licks rocks to mine is so wierd, and cool! amazing job. you just earned +1 sub and +1 like. Keep up the AMAZING work!!!
what is the approximate thickness of your slabs here?
nephrite jade is not the same as jadeite at all…..
You talk a lot . Blah blah blah blah blah blah
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Well I learnt a new skill today.. time to dig up the garden
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Lol its beeb years since ive gone prospecting,but ive done the same thing. Set my pan down for a second, then when i look up, my pan is 200 yrds down the river and theres no way im catching it.. haha
Mr crab
IF I COULD AFORD TO TRAVLE NW I’D VARY MUCH LIKE TO PAN WITH YOU DAN I’VE BEEN WATCH YOU ABOUT .10 YRS NOW AN LEARNED A LOT THANKS MAN IM 65 AN HAVE CANCER AN ENJOY PANNING AN IT’S NOT GETTING RICH THAT ME THO WOULD B NICD TO FIND A CHUNKER
Thank you for this informative video! I have been drawn to green rocks while agate picking, and have been trying to sort and identify my greens. This will be so helpful!
You didn’t smack that rock with money before picking it out
What the light? Is itu UV light?
So it mean if the place have igneous rock might have jade?
Hey Dan! Love your videos! Just a hint: when I served in the Army we were issued condoms (which only used to protect our muzzles), but we also discovered they can also be placed over microphones to prevent the interference from the wind.
Thank you very much for this educational movie.
Now I understand that iam surrounded by thousands of valuable rocks.
Thank u Dan for your knowledge.
Personally I like the modeled ones better. Nice catch!
Do they have jade in Arkansas
I recently found alot of jade and African jade love your channel
Bro how are you finding jade like that when Chinese people are like fighting over it?
Good gass