This page provides a growing collection of informational and educational videos on minerals and gemstones. Specific topics include mineral exploration, collecting, documentaries, and show reports. If you have any videos you would like to share with us that you feel are educational and interesting, please contact us.
A New Mineral Discovery in Amity, NY, with Glenn Rhein
This video documents the recent discovery of new minerals from Glenn Rhein in the classic locality of Amity, New York, near Warwick. Glenn discovers amazing crystals while excavating on his property, and reaches out to the mineral community for help in figuring out what they are. Glenn then becomes an expert in the deposit and starts finding amazing minerals. Produced and documented by Hershel Friedman of Minerals.net, and filmed by Mark Gilden of Rombus Digital.
Category: Mineral Collecting
Outstanding Minerals Featured at the Tucson 2012 Shows
A video showcasing some of the outstanding minerals displayed in the Tucson shows in February 2012, in amazing detail. Footage includes minerals from the main TGMS Convention Center Show, the Westward Look Show, the InnSuites Show, and the Pueblo show. Footage by Hershel Friedman, www.minerals.net.
Category: Mineral Shows
Minerals.net Presents: Searching For Agates Near Suffern, NY
Follow Hershel Friedman from Minerals.net as he searches and discovers agates in volcanic rock only 20 miles north of New York City.
Category: Mineral Collecting
The Largest Crystals on Earth
Discovery Channel Video on the exploration of the astonishing giant Selenite crystals in the Crystal cave of Niaca, Mexico, which are to date the largest crystals every found on earth.
Category: Mineralogical Documentary
Mining Topaz in Rhyolite Pockets in Utah
Follow Rick Seng as he extracts a large gem Topaz crystal from a ryolite vug in central Utah.
Category: Mineral Collecting
Collecting Howlite in Tick Canyon Near L.A.
RockHoundingVideos.net presents field collecting Howlite in the Tick Canyon locality near Los Angeles, California..
Category: Mineral Collecting
Video Describing the Great Tucson Show
The Tucson Show, at the main show in Tucson Convention Center, with a good overall video documentary of the show (2010).
Category: Mineral Shows
