Finding Yooperlites on the Beach of Lake Superior in Michigan | Crystal Collecting

[Music] [Music] here we are in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan right on Lake Superior with Eric Renta Mackey and we are looking for super lights doesn't look like much now but check this out what so back in 2017 Eric was trying out some new methods for hunting for agates using some UV lights boom and all of a sudden he starts to see some different things appear had no idea what they were no here we are and what we've got are you / lights Eric actually discovered a mineral that's never been found here and you know what happens you get to name those so he came up with this awesome name super light super for where I lived light they light up I took Brian Nault last night for an amazing adventure on Lake Superior so check this out so these just look like regular everyday gray rocks and the sunlight okay okay and when you hit them with UV light you see all these different patterns Wow they're all the same color but they get a lot of different patterns that's what we're after right there and these are a sign a written florescent so light that I dog you polite yeah I know I mean it doesn't like a fit like it's like a piece of charcoal so here we are and we are all Lake Superior it's right at nightfall and we're gonna be looking for the yooper lights let's get it here we are first one whoa I'm gonna lose it nice that's a keeper there it is [Music] nice one [Music] yeah [Music] let's watch this mom check out because it's really neat oh yeah it's got the lines you kind of run through it all right here we are and where did it go it is huge [Music] flip over disappeared yeah [Music] it's the biggest one I found yet that's like four or five pounds pretty good pretty good we have another one here there's another one this one's a decent size [Music] looks like it the slight tinge no pretty good more like a constellation or galaxy cool flip it over the other side looks like oh look at that that's a huge watch wow I haven't seen that yet so basically that little area the hairs just beer oh my gosh look it's like a little smiley face then see the face it's gonna greet it kind of started me at first because I was like whoa it's brought chicken out let's get to fighting some more Wow we go look at that right here on the shoreline that's a big piece too big potato do that cool too but maybe I should keep this it doesn't bright up doesn't lighten up it's a right let's got some Purple's really cool yeah good sized one and then walked up on another one in the light here if I can find it there it is look at that like it's got the neat lines running on it sighs oh yeah nice a little galaxy [Music] pick this one up already but it looked like a constellation of galaxies outer space look at the way it just all right I might have a new favorite for tonight check this one out it's got like these fall some patterns to the bottom looks like I've been wraps around and it does [Music] that sick [Music] so here are our finds for tonight with the group here Huebel oh yeah just a few not all of them this is just probably what a quarter maybe what we found so so awesome [Music] [Music] to help and support this channel please like and share and we sure do love your comments thanks for watching [Music]

Channel: The Crystal Collector

Views: 951,254

Rating: 4.9379916 out of 5

Keywords: yooperlite, yooperlites, uv, uv reactive, fluorescent minerals, glowing rocks

Id: BF_UTLxWeIA

Length: 11min 41sec (701 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 12 2019