10,000 comments about how annoying the Geiger counter was, I want more! Thank you for an amazing video. My 11 year old son and I have been playing with fluorescence of rocks and minerals. It keeps him interested, and he loves showing his friends.
@tommcelroy6975
27 күн бұрын
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@shyPandemonium
8 ай бұрын
I actually enjoy the sound of the Geiger counter lol. Seeing this video really makes me wanna start collecting fluorescent rocks now ☺️ great filming Dan thanks for taking us along. Also that lazer beam seam you highlighted was probably my favorite part of the video, it looked so cool.
@thoyson2562
8 ай бұрын
I think the Geiger counter is such a great thing to have to show that it really is radioactive. And to show the hottest spots. Great vid!
@wonintenn8939
9 ай бұрын
What a way to light up Christmas! And it's all natural!
@ccjensen4670
2 ай бұрын
My mother's cousin was a geologist in Moab circa 1952. Called my dad in Northern CA to come out and go uranium mining. At six years old I would camp out in an army tent at the mines my dad worked. My dad and Marlowe Smith struck the claim to what became the Rio Algum Lisbon Valley Mine. My dad gave his share away in 1962..so close yet so far..mine operated 17 years 24/7..LOL...
@krakhedd
9 ай бұрын
Dan, these collab videos you guys are doing are really great for any number of reasons, and I'm glad y'all share so much chemistry (pun intended) with each other cuz the content you all make is great, little pictures from different perspectives. Thanks so much, the UV light at the end w/ the 80s-esque electronica was perfect!
@johannesdesloper8434
9 ай бұрын
Along the obvious applications Uranium also has a bit of forgotten use to colour glass and ceramics. I found a piece of Vaseline glass on and old dump which contains SodiumdiUranate, it glows bright yellow/green unther UV light. The romans already used Uranium as a brown/orange glaze and from the late 19th century up to 1940 Vaseline glass was produced. Nile Red made a youtube on making Uranium glass.
@CrackerFL
9 ай бұрын
You Tuber "Radioactive Drew" collects radioactive glass and dinnerware.
@kaboom4679
9 ай бұрын
A new wrinkle , Vanadium , associated with a granite pegmatite . I wonder what the beryllium content is ? Beryl plus Vanadium ( and / or Chromium ) = the possibility of Emerald . Vanadium is fairly commonly associated with Uranium and Thorium , although it might have been picked up as an interaction between the Granite body and any Mafic / Ultramafic country rocks . I am also curious to know how much of that brilliant green fluorescence is actually Autunite , and , how much ( if any ) , might be Hyalite from weathering of feldspars ? This is a common feature of many granite pegmatites. Yes , white granites are typically rich in Uranium , and , Radon is a product of Uranium's natural decay chain . Black shales are often also rich in Uranium , and therefore , also Radon . If you ever feel the need to get banned from a home improvement store , bring in a detector and check their granite countertop samples , lol . They should give discernable counts above background , and might start a panic , given the typical ignorance of the public about such things .
@jamesriggsdds2337
9 ай бұрын
Hmmm! Now that sounds like a plan for my next trip to Home Depot! 👍😁
@cptnkaos5994
9 ай бұрын
glowing caves with Dan Hurd nice
@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756
9 ай бұрын
Thats why there have always been miners. Its not just your typical precious metals that are mined. Just about every product you purchase has minerals that were extracted by mining. Great video Dan. Merry Christmas to everyone!
@johnfarrow5873
9 ай бұрын
It's very interesting how the different minerals glow a different color
@zippybean
9 ай бұрын
It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Really cool!
@yetibremsstrahlung9018
9 ай бұрын
My day loved this kind of stuff. Must be why he named me ytterbrium Bremsstrahlung
@Grateful.For.Everything
8 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@rogerdudra178
9 ай бұрын
You got my 'subscription many years back. Now it's all just fun.
@patchvonbraun
9 ай бұрын
U235 is the isotope used in bombs. It constitutes less than 1% of natural Uranium, is more radioactive, and can sustain a chain reaction. Separating it from its less-active U238 cousin was a *huge* "deal" during the Manhattan project. These days, they use gas centrifuges, but initially, in a secret project at Oak Ridge, they ran massive numbers of "Cal-U-Trons" which were basically mass-spectrometers that were "tuned" to slowly separate the two isotopes. They had dozens and dozens of these machines, and they'd have to cycle the output back on itself many many times to get adequate separation.
@garrettabcdefg4602
7 ай бұрын
Not to mention the science and precision it took to get it to critical mass to even have a fission reaction
@garrettabcdefg4602
7 ай бұрын
Not to mention the science and precision it took to get it to critical mass to even have a fission reaction
@kathysarmcandy1992
9 ай бұрын
Reminds of of when you could buy rockhounding sample boards as a kid in the 60's. Piece of cardboard with various bits of crystals and such glued to it. Including a chunk of radioactive ore.
@edrightnow2453
9 ай бұрын
I still remember mine.
@DanSalig-jq5mu
9 ай бұрын
Tres cool! All the hallmarks of a lost episode of Star Trek. Weird vegetation, Martian landscape, high tech scanners, caves of glowing rocks, weird elements we've never heard of, even some tritanium. Just warning, don't step in any Gorn poop.
@UlysseProm
8 ай бұрын
Really cool stuff!!
@vggalbraith5076
9 ай бұрын
Like a dark ride at an amusement park but the real deal. Cool!
@brandonhenderson322
8 ай бұрын
Your definitely on a list
@dillbuckler1239
9 ай бұрын
I love the different colours.. i want some glowy rocks now thanks 😊
@loadedhot1034
8 ай бұрын
I like the sound of the Geiger counter.
@forgingluck
9 ай бұрын
This is so cool, love it!
@DavidMartinie
8 ай бұрын
Thank you Dan for making videos that brighten my day. With so much darkness in my life, I enjoy your videos tremendously. Every video makes my day a little better as I slowly die. Thanks again Dan for you are a great part of my day to day life.
@StephanieElizabethMann
4 ай бұрын
Those colours are amazing.
@Jim_____
8 ай бұрын
The sound of the geiger counter is awesome. People just like to complain 😂
@Dorothy365Ludwick
9 ай бұрын
Some things you look for I've never heard of. But I enjoy learning about it with you.
@donnahank9413
9 ай бұрын
All of your videos are amazing, I like when you are with Jason and Harry. All of you are very interesting and know your stuff ! Thank you for sharing.
@JellyRadium
7 ай бұрын
That cave looks so cool when you shine it with that UV light! I've explored a lot of Uranium mines, but I've never seen one glow like THAT!
@40thplumengineering61
8 ай бұрын
Cool to see you found vanadium. Stryten Energy in Georgia usa is working to develop Vanadium flow batteries . Once these batteries are perfected I would expect that metals value to spike. Great work Dan
@lethalyoyo5592
3 ай бұрын
That dark or is definitely uraninite I’m jealous. I’d love that sample.
@hughesis
8 ай бұрын
im a collecter of different mineral and radioactive specimens. one day id love to actually explore one of these mines
@guillermodelnoche
9 ай бұрын
I found this video extremely informative! I always learn something watching your videos but this was a cornucopia of information. Very cool!
@keithstudly6071
9 ай бұрын
Dan, the secret of white light LED's is that the actual LED is a high efficiency ultraviolet LED and it is surrounded with phosphorescent elements that glow and produce the actual white light you see. Turn it off and you will see the phosphorescent material continue to glow for a short time.
@josephcormier5974
9 ай бұрын
Awesome sir six stars
@diannabrown7754
9 ай бұрын
I collect uranium glass. I would live to have a piece of rock that glows.
@Oregontrailblazin
9 ай бұрын
dan's web page !
@lobke666
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas from the Netherlands
@robertwhitey6621
8 ай бұрын
Great video Dan I really enjoyed the information on the vanadium which I have some experience with while working in a steel mill, we used the vanadium for alloying the steel mostly when making tool steels.
@Stanton_High
9 ай бұрын
"Dust is bad" Three hours later.. "It's beautiful!"*drags feet*
@patricksnyder7724
7 ай бұрын
Very educational
@diamondhunterTv5
9 ай бұрын
"Absolutely mesmerizing footage inside the Uranium Mine - a true spectacle of the surreal and otherworldly! 🚀 #UnrealBeauty #UraniumMineAdventures"
@BenjaminEsposti
8 ай бұрын
6:18 I'm not a scientist so I can't explain the reason, but for fluorescence to take place, a certain balance of mineral levels must be there. For example, willemite (troostite) requires a few percent manganese in order to fluoresce. If there is too little or too much, it will have weak fl or none at all.
@ddd3645
3 ай бұрын
Whoa,Whoa,Whoa.What?This is in CALIFORNIA!!!!!!
@radekc5325
9 ай бұрын
Petition to use the phrase "minerals of rare earth". Same meaning because of how English works, less confusion about which adjective goes with what. "Earth" means "ore" in this context, and "rare earth" means the ore has low concentration of the relevant element (is "rare" in its "earth").
@TylerMWeather9102
9 ай бұрын
The videos with Jason and harry are so great I love the collab videos
@LeTrashPanda
9 ай бұрын
Welcome to Cali guys....good to have you here, this was a super cool segment....keep rockin the minerals, Dan.
@robertforrest7956
9 ай бұрын
Wished I knew you were in my state!! I'm in the north central area in Chico, north of Sacramento, but south of Redding. 😅 A gold community of it's own.. and then some. Beautiful area, lots of agriculture and history. 🤠 Happy Holidays... 🎄☃️🌟🎁❄️
@guywhoisaguy67676
9 ай бұрын
Relax folks, it U238 non fissile and not U235 fissile grade. Dan might glow in the dark now but he won't explode.
@BoroBootBoy
9 ай бұрын
Hmmmm.... you may have just given me an idea. Cheers Dan!
@stevenrowlandson9650
8 ай бұрын
Vanadium is used in special alloys.
@blueumbreon5636
9 ай бұрын
Uranium fever has done and got me down Uranium fever, it's spreadin' all around With a Geiger counter in my hand
@robdidur11310
9 ай бұрын
The Relative Biological Effect is a calculation used to determine cellular damage due to exposure to ionizing radiation ☢ The damage factor for waveform radiation is 1, while the damage factor for PARTICULATE radiation (dust) is 10. From an old Radiographer... ☢👊🇨🇦
@steveareno5580
9 ай бұрын
Dan, Pronunciation lesson of the day...its nuc lear!!!!!!!
@Danhurd
9 ай бұрын
If I said it wrong, my apologies, and remember people from different areas say things slightly differently,
@lady_draguliana784
9 ай бұрын
FASCINATING!
@bfd1565
9 ай бұрын
Amazing colors especially that blue. That was neat to see. Cool stuff brother.
@nabatron21
8 ай бұрын
Though that was you shopping at superstore. Couldn’t recognize you without the hat haha. Noticed the hoody and beard.
@thegootch2098
9 ай бұрын
I watch ALL of your channels never stop
@Rottens100
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christm Dan! From the Gossen subdivision at Gossan Cr.
@denneberg
9 ай бұрын
Wow. What a cool place. Tnx for showing
@rodneygilbertson2231
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas to Harry, Jason and the rest of the gang as well!
@slimwantedman6694
9 ай бұрын
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
@rindapelton5876
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@jeffcoll1377
9 ай бұрын
So my granite countertop would set off a Geiger counter? The Uraninite looks like something from Pandora.
@carykatzenberger4224
9 ай бұрын
Great video
@1944chevytruck
9 ай бұрын
AWESOME! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
@bigbuilder10
9 ай бұрын
I don’t know much about vanadium or geology but on the nuclear engineering side, I can say that one of the two common oxidation states of uranium in ore (and is the oxidation state used in nuclear fuel) is +4 which has a dark green color. +3 is a very pure black. Possible those black deposits are concentrated uranium (concentrated being relative to an engineer with no geology background). Again, no idea about vanadium. Just as likely color is associated with vanadium and not uranium or something else entirely. The other common oxidation state of uranium is +6 and has a yellow color. That’s what gives yellow cake it’s name (a product generated during uranium refining to make fuel or weapons). When an electron jumps from an excited state to its normal position in an orbital, that would be called going from a metastable state to its ground state. During which, it would emit a photon. In the case of the autunite ore, a visible spectrum photon. It might be worth getting an ion chamber or seeing if any local universities that have a nuclear physics department would come out. That’ll tell you exactly what the radiation dose rate is in the mine. Geiger counter just says the radiation present but an ion chamber can quantify the damage the radiation is doing. Although it sounds like someone already has brought an ion chamber out since you had the 24 hours ~ a chest X-ray Not of much interest with the mine being in a desert but rain can make the radiation worse around uranium deposits. The moisture forces radon out of rocks. Radon can also dissolve in water, especially ground water, so it can accumulate in puddles instead of blowing away in the wind or be emitted from wells / springs. Lastly, the pancake probe will be picking up every form of radiation. If you want to get a very rough estimate of the surface concentrations of uranium in a rock, very slowly pan the probe over your rock of interest. Not touching the rock but within an inch (alpha particles have a short mean free path in air [the average distance they’ll travel before disappearing. Probably turning into helium]) of the surface. Take a note of the readings the Geiger counter is reporting. Then cover the probe with a piece of paper, that would probably be sufficient to fully block even the highest energy alpha particles you’d see from uranium ore maybe a couple sheets of paper to be safe. Pan the probe at the exact same distance from the rock and along roughly the same route and note the change in numbers the Geiger is reading. Whatever the difference is how many alpha particles (which loosely translate to uranium decaying per second. It’s probably a factor of 7 high so divide the number by 7 to get a more accurate guess) the rock is giving off. Take that number and divide by 12,444. Whatever number you get at the end is the number of grams of uranium (roughly) at the surface of the rock. If you crush the rock and then spread it into a thin layer and repeat the previous process, you could calculate g/ton from the rock. Disclaimer, this has been mental math so the numbers could be off slightly but it should still give a pretty accurate guesstimate without paying for an assay. Could run an assay and the compare the guesstimate to actual numbers and then be able to adjust the guesstimate accordingly to be more accurate. That also only holds true for uranium ore. If there’s a thorium ore body as well, the number won’t be accurate. Knowing roughly what the ratio of thorium ore to uranium ore would let you adjust the guesstimate to then have it accuracy predict the total concentration of both. The rate the probe was being moved in the video would be way to fast to do this, especially with uranium ore, the Geiger counter will have a high dead time from all the gamma and X rays being emitted. Going slow as a snail gives the most accurate numbers
@rodneygilbertson2231
9 ай бұрын
Dan another great year of videos! I wanted to wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas!!!
@jaratt85
9 ай бұрын
Those barrel cactus with the red spines you filmed are amazing, they get really HUGE beautiful flowers that are typically ultra dark red or insanely bright yellow and often upwards of 7 inches across when fully opened. I need to get a new cactus sometime. It'd be funny to grow some San Pedro cactus but I'd be too tempted to use it as more than a plant.. and I think I'll stick to weed for that thank you. (I don't need a 4 hour dose!) Something that fluoresces that same blue is scheelite.. tungsten ore which is commonly found around rare Earth minerals and uranium. (I did research since the last video.. I'm autistic, I can't help it.. I research anything that interests me)
@scruggsbuster9458
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄✨🤶🎅
@Cthulhu013
9 ай бұрын
Some geiger counters have a more pleasing sound. The lower pitched ones are less annoying. This one is particularly high pitched, so i can see why people might have complained. The handheld GQ geigers have a decent click sound.
@richardbaham6813
9 ай бұрын
Nice one🎉
@sharonmalone8312
9 ай бұрын
I would love to be able to afford a bunch of the rock to set up in a aquarium with a black light,to have that beautiful color at night.
@dimagiojimenez514
8 ай бұрын
Very cool video!
@juneyshu6197
9 ай бұрын
stunning!
@RonSales
9 ай бұрын
Merry X-mas and a happy new year from Zion Il.
@GimmeOo-mox
9 ай бұрын
I've heard of an instance of a natural nuclear reaction occurring but the circumstances behind its occurrence were supposedly astronomical. Not sure where or when it happened but they say it happened...somehow. I'm gonna go look it up now. Edit: It's a natural nuclear reactor in Gabon, Africa.
@infernaldaedra
9 ай бұрын
There's a conspiracy that it could be a ancient reactor. Which is pretty much debunked but that's how improbable it is.
@stevenlachance8576
9 ай бұрын
I like the Geiger counter sound.
@danherrmann8755
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the. Trip. Great information and education.
@omnigar9611
9 ай бұрын
At some point you need to get Cody's Lab involved in some of the chemistry end of it all. damn smart kid.
@PrometheusZandski
8 ай бұрын
Here in France we get 63% of our power from nuclear plants.
@rogerdudra178
9 ай бұрын
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I'd bet there's a bunch of that stuff on Fort Peck .
@thomasanglin1751
9 ай бұрын
Time for a new hat Dan. Or is that the new air conditioner setting?
@nopelindoputraperkasa5869
9 ай бұрын
Very useful and informative guys...God Bless You Merry Christmas and happy New year..🇮🇩
@cultivationplus6719
9 ай бұрын
Certain carbon steels have vanadium in it. The alloys make the carbon steels extremely tough and help create a very sharp edge.
@jamesfink7555
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas Dan to you and the family...
@roseannecarratkinson4271
9 ай бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@rikspector
9 ай бұрын
The Franklin and Sterling Hill Mine in Northern New Jersey is the Fluorescent mineral capitol of the world. I visited years ago and it was amazing, some minerals are unique to that area. I'm not sure about uranium or rare earths, but it was beautiful nonetheless. Cheers, Rik Spector
@karlgunterwunsch1950
9 ай бұрын
Those minerals are fluorescent but not radioactive, their UV activity comes from complex predominantly zinc content in specific places of the crystal lattice.
@rikspector
9 ай бұрын
@@karlgunterwunsch1950 Thanks for clarifying my remarks That’s true, I had forgotten.
@phoule76
9 ай бұрын
One would be wise to wear a breathing maske in an environment filled with uranium dust.
@Denpachii
9 ай бұрын
Nah, how else is a person going to achieve that "healthy glow"?
@johnlarouche3805
9 ай бұрын
My Dad, had worked in a uranium mine, in Elliot lake ,Ontario ,Canada. he was told that they used aluminum powder to keep the dust down! No masks were used in the fifties and early sixties.
@markrobinson7831
6 ай бұрын
Leave the Geiger sound on when it ticks louder we know we got the good stuff! Love the video..
@lunchboxleftovers718
9 ай бұрын
Careful taking souvenirs from the desert in some places there are laws against removing natural environments because cholla skeletons and the like are so popular amongst the pet trade for a while ppl were over harvesting not leaving enough for natural wildlife
@jasonresler1413101
8 ай бұрын
Hey Dan have you seen the Rover surface pictures of mars showing gold veins could you imagine
@SnK_Prospecting_Adelaide
9 ай бұрын
Have a Very Merry Christmas
@treasureplanet9082
9 ай бұрын
There IS a site in Africa where radioactive elements are so abundant that a natural chain reaction takes place!
@johannesdesloper8434
9 ай бұрын
Lol, these colaboration thingy's are starting to look like the gospels of mining.
@mobiusprolix8454
8 ай бұрын
Autinite be remembering that ores name? ^_^ Great video, super enjoyed the hosts and the content. Thank you!
@neilahalter9663
4 ай бұрын
Live nysic with glowing rocks. Learned to thanks
@wayneandcharlottespence2169
7 ай бұрын
I love rocks
@Bradimus1981
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for explaining so much in this video. When it comes to radiation, so many people simply do not understand the subject. I am not an expert, but I am aware that it is not only the amounts of radiation, but the type, type of exposure and the grade of the source. Please correct me if I am wrong. When I go to my dentist I sometimes fight and argue when they put the lead apron on me for the x-rays. I know that I am still going to get a decent dose of radiation due to the "scatter effect" and that the apron really does very little. Sometimes that assistants will still insist that I wear the damn thing though. lol
@thelifeandtimesofcrazypatr699
9 ай бұрын
I got to tour a uranium mill in Wyoming when I was about 12 years old. The man, that took my Dad, and I was the head chemist at the mill. He said the raw uranium was much more dangerous to your body than the processed uranium. The raw uranium will kill you.
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