MINERAL EXPLORERS | S2 | Ep4 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MINERAL EXPLORERS | S2 | Ep4 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
San Diego’s rich gem history is mostly forgotten, but signs of its rockstar past are everywhere. Join veteran mineral dealer Thomas Nagin as he explores local geology – kayaking La Jolla’s sea caves, visiting the birthplace of kunzite, and the Pala Gem mining district, renowned for bluecap and pink tourmaline. We also visit the Gemological Institute of America and view a top mineral collector’s private collection.
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Thomas Nagin is the owner of Crystal Springs Mining & Jewelry Co. For over 40 years, Thomas has traveled straight to the source in search of the finest gems, crystals and minerals. Every mineral in his inventory is hand selected to ensure the highest quality and best price. Inspired by the many questions people have about his profession, Thomas created the television series “Mineral Explorers,” taking viewers along on his adventures around the world.
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Forgive me if I’m naive, but due to natural erosion, wouldn’t it serve mankind better to rely on natural process to bring those beautiful crystals to the surface? I don’t understand why you need to blast a hole and make a safe place to dig. Humans being greedy destroy what was meant for all of us to prosper later, together.
Gem mining with explosives destroys about 60% of what the location COULD yield. Most of the time it actually destroys more. I’ve seen instances where up to 80% gets destroyed or broken. Hand tools the old fashioned way is still king. Slow is how you go…
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When it comes to crystals , im absolutely spoiled. I’m from central ARKANSAS, i can close my eyes throw a rock and hit a WORLD CLASS QUARTZ CRYSTAL MINE. But believe it or not there are still some secret spots that knowbody knows of …IV got a spot ..where the last 10 years I know for sure I’m the only one digging out there ..and it’s literally 380 acres of land …all to my self ..it’s crazy !!! But I love it!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you so much.
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Living about 35 miles north of these mines I’ve had great success in finding a wide variety of quartz in my area. From citrine to smokey and many with beautiful petroleum inclusions. This episode makes me want to check out the creeks in Pala.
sad to see them just blow up huge Quartz Crystals…. Divinity in nature
I want to go :]
i, love the kunzite
Born and Raised in La Jolla Still here. Yeeewwww good vibes glad you enjoyed your visit to my beautiful home.
They didnt mention green beryl or red beryl.
Its more valuable then diamond in weight.I read about this.
No wonder Torrey Pines Beach is so cool.. so many colorful rocks traveling down to the sea after storms
So the earth comes equipped with the antidotes, to our sour moods here, and that’s what it is, a mood swing enhancer of a certain kind, that we all use, to over triumph, and dissolve the old moods around, that builds on negative feelings, and sour moods, from another person here, that took itself out, on a child, an adult, and a neighbor here!! So use it, and over triumph it, and dissolve it, and live here as free then, always too, as you are, and are intended to be here!! So use it much, but beware of blending it, to make bracelets here, they are deadly after a while, as the medication don’t match, and enforces a stronger presence then, that doesn’t benefit us at all!! It’s our medicine, as we are made of vibrations here only, as the feelings and thoughts that we are!! So tame it down with a stone around, that diffuses the situation here, and channels out the negativity at hand, that causes you to stagnate, and stand around only, and then develop causes for illness here!! So medicine is the word for "media", and then "without", so it’s another word for when life stopped and stood still here!! Without happy "media" here, about ourselves, and what we do for real around!! It’s a cross between english and spanish, 2 of the 5 languages that we use to make ourselves understood here, and the words that we use, in an over all way!! So we take medicine, when the media stopped, and went without here!! No happy news for you, about you, and then you get constipated in the energy bodies, and needs to go to the doctor here, of one kind, or another!! So I’m an energy doctor, and can fix most things around, even people, and places, and soil and dirt too, if it needs to be fixed here!! There’s tension in the ground that can cause accidents here, and then make the land go off, as a happy place to be!! And then I fix it, and we can be there too!! So what do you think about this here, any support at all??!! It’s a deeply profound profession to have, and I’ve had it for 20 years now!! So study, you too, and get to know all this then!! Please go to school now, and do something funny here after!! Thank you!! // J
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တွင်ထွက်ရတနာမျာလှပတောက်ပနေသောသင်၏ရှာပါရတနာအရိုင်ကလက်များဝါးအံအောရအောင်ပြသသွားသည်ဗီဒီယို
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Man I’ve spent alotta time peeling rock off the pala chief mountain. Someday… Someday…
Amazing video! Great job telling the story!
https://youtu.be/sTDUs60Hv1s PAINITE
My best friend from camping at Silent Valley membership campground lived in fallbrook / rainbow. Wish I could talk to him again after all the years.
Chris Justin is his name
no jade? im only interested in jade. this is boring, Im outta here.
LOOOOVE THE HISTORY IN THIS VIDEO! Love love love to watch this.
amazing video. I grew up next to the mines and am blown away by their riches
This reminds me of a tv show
Fallbrook is my hometown!
Suprrr
Mine owner is a pos.
A fantastic film!….I’d love to get some blue topped pink Tourmaline for my collection in the UK.
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I never knew.
Now I know, and knowing is half the battle
The dogs deserve hard hats too
The mine owner got super weird after everyone started picking up the quartz, his idea to spread out the debris with a bob cat to find nicer crystals and comment that he would throw a perfect one away because this method was going to uncover much nicer ones; he’s shitting his pants over the idea that he might kick crumbs down to people he should be breaking bread with. Not a fan of this character.
Wow !
Thats insane
Opal is the best
excuse me esque the gentleman at the end of the report esque he sells the minerals u these just a private collection museum !?I would love to buy specimens from the United States so much
I live in San Diego this was beautiful to see. I learned so much thank you I will definitely look into this.
I’m a miner for years, those walls and ceilings are very unsafe, layered faults
Season 3 please!!!