Spectacular Agate Of Brian Head Peak! How It Formed?

Описание: Surrounding Brian Head Peak and the adjacent Cedar Breaks National Monument are fields and hills full of brilliant, sometimes enormous, Agates. In this video we do a deep dive in how the Agate found here was formed. Unlike much of the chalcedony, agates, jaspers, found in the Southern Utah Region, the agate in this area was not formed within volcanic rock. Rather, it was formed within a limestone layer of the Clarion formation that was once a seabed. Come along with Shadow and me while we explore the area, read up its geologic history, and gather beautiful and rather large agate.

We also spent the night doing astrophotography and imaging the cosmos. We hope you enjoy the image of IC 1396, otherwise known as "The Elephant Trunk Nebula."

Topics covered:
Rockhounding for beginners
How Agates are formed
The difference between Chalcedony, Agates, and Jaspers
Rockhounding Southern Utah
Rockhounding Brian Head
Astrophotography

Thanks for coming along!

00:00 Introduction
01:21 The Rockhounding Begins
01:54 Finding Tuff
02:57 Finding a HUGE Agate
07:01 How These Agates Were Formed
10:19 Rockhounding The Surrounding Area
17:40 Hauling the HUGE Agate
20:12 Drone Footage of the Surrounding Area
22:18 Th Elephant Trunk Nebula

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