00:00If you find this kind of rock on a beach, don't tell anyone.
00:02This could be a turning point in your life.
00:04It looks completely ordinary, dull gray, and unremarkable.
00:07Totally invisible mixed among other stones.
00:10But its value doesn't show in daylight.
00:12Shine a UV light on it, and the stone instantly comes alive.
00:14Orange-red light glowing from inside, like sealed lava burning.
00:18This stone is nicknamed Dragon Egg, a sodalite rock containing fluorescent minerals.
00:22Under normal light, it looks identical to any ordinary rock.
00:26Under ultraviolet light, it transforms completely.
00:28People picking up a few along the shoreline can sell individual pieces for $555.
00:34Pick 10 in a day, and that's over $5,000 in your pocket.
00:37Most people never earn this money.
00:38Not because the stones are rare, but because they can't identify them.
00:41What you're missing isn't luck.
00:42It's that one beam of light.
00:44These stones are found mainly along the Lake Superior shoreline on the U.S.-Canada border.
00:48Without a UV light, even if Dragon Eggs are literally beneath your feet,
00:52you'll walk away empty-handed.
00:53By the time you realize it, someone else has already picked them all up.
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