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That zany earth science channel everyone's been talking about! Not for children.
My goal with this channel is to freely share my education with anybody that would like to learn. I also add humor where I can to keep things entertaining!
I also sell minerals on Etsy/eBay, so check my pages out if you'd like to support what I do.
My goal with this channel is to freely share my education with anybody that would like to learn. I also add humor where I can to keep things entertaining!
I also sell minerals on Etsy/eBay, so check my pages out if you'd like to support what I do.
Awesome Fluorite Specimens from the Lost Trail Mine in Southern Colorado #fluorite #minerals #USA
These fluorite specimens are from the Lost Trail Mine in Saguache County, Colorado. Fluorite from this mine was featured in the February, 2008 issue of Rock & Gem magazine. This fluorite is mostly known for its green color, but blue and purple also occur in some specimens. The mine is on private property and is closed to the public.
Specimen grade pieces look great with one surface polished. The rainbow colors present in some specimens are caused by thin fractures that refract light. Most of the terminated crystals from this locality are heavily etched, but once in a while, specimens are found with druzy quartz coating the fluorite. These are rare for the locality. This fluorite also fluoresces blue under longwave UV light. Like most fluorite, it should be stored away from direct sunlight, as UV exposure can cause the color to fade over time.
If you would like to add some of this fluorite to your collection, I have some available on my Etsy store. Thanks for watching!
Music: Highway One - Steve Adams (free to use via CZcams Audio Library)
My Etsy Store: geocommineralsllc.etsy.com
Specimen grade pieces look great with one surface polished. The rainbow colors present in some specimens are caused by thin fractures that refract light. Most of the terminated crystals from this locality are heavily etched, but once in a while, specimens are found with druzy quartz coating the fluorite. These are rare for the locality. This fluorite also fluoresces blue under longwave UV light. Like most fluorite, it should be stored away from direct sunlight, as UV exposure can cause the color to fade over time.
If you would like to add some of this fluorite to your collection, I have some available on my Etsy store. Thanks for watching!
Music: Highway One - Steve Adams (free to use via CZcams Audio Library)
My Etsy Store: geocommineralsllc.etsy.com
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Beautiful!!❤
Thanks!
Looks like a tiny steak lol
I also let the shape of the rough determine the freeform shape of the stone sometimes. This piece had some interesting banding that I think worked well with the overall shape, and I roughly followed the banding contour when choosing where to put the edges/facets.
Very very helpful thank You !!!
You're welcome!
Just bought two of this named by the seller as agates and something was weird to me with them, thank you for this information
You're welcome.
You're a racist! Best gems in the world are from China, let's admit it, it's God-given. There are more fake in American and Euro countries than in Asia.
Fake
😂
Nice
So pretty!
Thanks!
Nice specimen! I’m more into fossils myself but the crystal, mineral and rock collection style is growing on me.
This monster weighs in at 275 grams! Large old collection pieces like this are rare, so I thought it would be fun to share some video of it, even though the termination isn't quite perfect.
Nice video, detailed narration.
Thanks!
@@EarthScienceFun43 Welcome, and thank you. Reliable information in the fields of geology, mineralogy, and current market of is a rarity. Often, the studies are kept separate as specified knowledge bases are required for individualized jobs. The scrupulous counterfeiting of such a large market (dare I say largest market) promotes many lies and deception. The complexities of trying to place a value on a piece of this planet and convince someone else that it is worth it is pretty wild, though. The Pet Rock guy may not of known geology, but sure knew marketing!
From a natural source of actual sard, this material is far from. Love agates. Avoid any dyed, so ugly.
How long you think you would last in that ocean back when that thing was still alive no boat less then like five minutes with a row boat like a day maybe two if that things would be ramming your boat and stuff just to see what it is and if they can eat it or not and that time was before the senses they got today they were probably was more vicious like primal for survival of the fittest so many species and no one really knows what job they got yet just eat or be eaten
when i was a kid i was digging a brittle rock with a garden tool and a rock hammer, me and my friend found this fossil that stuck out from the rock (like the ones shown) it was light brown, and was the same color of the rock. it felt kind of soft, like you could break it if you pushed on it. we tried to secure it somewhere at home, but it had dissapeared off of the rock, like some one had scraped it off. It looked alot like a very large rolly polly, with thin lines that ran maybe like ribs along the back. i think about that alot when i see things like this. im 19 now and i want to say i was maybe 10 when i discovered this with my friend. Any insight or pointers helps.. it was definitely very interesting, i can give you the location it was found at if youd like.
Sorry. It did not magically dissappear on the way home. A couple nights later, maybe a week, it disappeared. we had it in a plastic bag. it sat outside by their garage, and both of us at the time suspected my friend's father (who was a total prick, damn him to hell)
Sounds like a cool find! My recommendation would be to look for other documented fossils near the area it was found to get a better idea of what it was. You might be able to learn more about the host rock and fossils from geologic maps of the region. Rockhounding forums/clubs that are active in your area might have found similar fossils as well, and they can be a really good resource.
I currently have some trilobite fossils for sale on my Etsy store for those interested: geocommineralsllc.etsy.com
I see a lot of trilobite fossils for sale online get misidentified, so hopefully videos like this will help others ID their fossils! Morocco has some amazing trilobites.
Maybe even the positive comments for these sellers are some type of scam...
Excellent video. Thank you
Last one available is a scam alone, never buy last one! Haha😂
All the above is great advice but here's something I stand by. I think it's good, if you are going to buy, to find, or better yet be recommended a shop and don't be afraid to question the seller, genuine traders won't mind answering questions. Then build up a relationship with that seller, not only will you be in a better position to trust what they offer but they'll get to know what you like and may be able to look out for specimens that would be of interest to you.
This is great information! The other aspect of ethical selling is true, authentic moldavite but that has been procured and sold by drug cartels, etc. Buyer beware! It's so important to do our due diligence.
I have two really good gem shops in my area, I will never bye off the internet. I rarely bye from the internet, I don't need anything that bad. I have a nice irregular fragment of Moldavite.
If you have a microscope, real moldavite is jaw droppingly beautiful. It also gets increasingly alien/bizarre looking the more you zoom in. Even if you don't have scientific knowledge of the types of inclusions and whatnot that should be present in genuine moldavite and other tektites, you should easily lose hours plus of your time just staring into the view finder the first couple times you look at it. If you look at a new piece you just bought under a microscope and are not immediately left speechless by how awesome it looks at any magnification level, it's almost certainly a fake...
Thank you so much for this video! Yes, it’s easy to get scammed now. And true Moldavite has really gone up in price… I have many, bought years ago from Charles Albert, Starborn Creations. Recently bought pieces from Moldavite Family, Starborn, and Inner Visions Crystals. I like Mark Bajersky too. Moldavite is my favorite crystal, amazing energy, great for Arcturian energy! But it’s going to cost you to get the real thing now. ✨💕✨ Just wanted to add: The fakes won’t hurt you (Except perhaps in the wallet LOL!), but they won’t help you in any way, either…
You're welcome!
Thank you for posting this. I've been looking for Moldavite and knew that was I was seeing on the internet was fake. Thank you for posting reputable sellers!
You're welcome!
I just ordered from Starborn before viewing this video.
16:05 What's interesting to me about this listing is that even though the glass beads have been tumbled into a sphere shape, they list it as an _unprocessed_ moldavite.
Great video! I now only buy from one dutch online store that i trust and has been selling for years. Will never buy from ebey, china, scammers ever again!
Mag ik vragen welke dat is?
Come on people stop this crap why does everybody have to steal all the time? isn’t it hard enough? Isn’t trying to do business for the benefit of all buyers and sellers? If people were just honest on both sides Of this fence we wouldn’t have to be concerned, about all these ridiculous laws and societal influences that cause all of these problems that we have stop it . there’s plenty for everyone.
Scamdavite 😮 Internet is rife with scams fake products and fake reviews you really have to be careful
Me grabbing my necklace to check it 😂😂😂, great video mine was gifted to me and im pretty sure its real. Thank u for the video
You're welcome!
Doin research, seeing if i got a new impact site, pulling out clear too teal glass under glacial till.
Good luck with your research!
Scammers NEED TO BE STOPPED AND CALLED OUT, ASAP!
P. T. Barnum quipped "there's a sucker born every minute". But, not all are, most don't know/have ENUF information.
Those look like different colored marbles. They did get it partly right, mold. Not Moldavite.
Moldavites are also Created due to Lightning Strikes, aren't they? As in when Lightning Strikes into Southwestern United States Desert areas, high in iron content. I have been told that B4 from Gemologists.
Moldavites are a type of tektite, which are only formed from meteorite impacts. Lightning strikes can form fulgurite, which is lightning fused sand and glass. Fulgurites contain lechatelierite, a high temperature form of silica that also occurs in tektites. As far as I know, the only two natural processes that form lechatelierite are meteorite impacts and lightning strikes. So tektites and fulgurites can have similar mineralogy, but they are classified differently and also have different textures. Fulgurites are usually hollow tubes with glassy centers and sand fused to the outside. I've seen some really cool ones from the Sahara desert!
You took down my comment because ? Check before you make assumption.
CZcams randomly removes comments from time to time. Hopefully they fix that issue someday. What was your original comment?
@@EarthScienceFun43 CZcams does not have an issue,they are the issue.I assume because I used word Amaz..(onyx).You can find there bracelet( the same photograph as in video) being on sale for 60€ and 74€.One bead would cost more if MoldaVIT - Czech meteorite was real.You can find real and not real, just sell - signed Amaz..(onyx).[!]
@@EarthScienceFun43 There is no reason why Y. would remove my third comment.I guess it will be number 4.
Thank you for posting this! Very informative and helpful. Keep up the good work.
O this was great . Thank you. Do you ever get to go to Tucson.?
You're welcome! I've been to Tucson a few times. It's a lot of fun!
Good vid. I bought mine 20 years ago... and even then, there was what I called "Indian drop glass" that people tried to pass. It wasn't very realistic, but they tried to imitate the texture and shape by gravity and rapid cooling. If you want some, go to a regional gem and mineral show (Springfield MA is coming up in a month from this writing) and bring a loupe... and USE it!
I found some beautiful apple Green in the Colorado River Colorado
Amazing
Can you do a video on a mastodon bone?
I'm a Pisces, and Moldavite is one of the worst crystals for pisces (least compatible, making Pisces wander in thought). So I never bother acquiring one
Good to know,about to give this to my Gemini friend
Why do you assume 112 people didn't know it was enhanced? I sell this material and tell my customers everything about the enhancement. You make this material sound like it is inferior or just made to scam. It is one of the prettier materials available, and not every seller is a "dirtbag." They are natural agates. Semantics
Dyed and natural are NOT the same thing. I explain this right in the video. That listing claims the agates are natural as opposed to dyed. That is where the disconnect is. Treatments should be labelled and then there isn't an issue. From your comment, it sounds like you explain treatments when selling, which is what I am trying to get people to do. You are not being targeted; the people making false claims about natural vs. treated are. People new to the hobby won't simply know about treatments. It's easy for sellers with lots of experience to forget that new people won't know what they themselves know. Like I showed in the cutting portion of the video, this material is useless for lapidary purposes compared to natural agate. It can still be pretty as-is, but the limited use strictly as a display specimen demonstrates that it should be labelled as treated.
If those 112 people knew, it would likely have been from info that could have been added in the listing. Like I showed in the video, the "natural" statement in that listing is not accurate. Not simply semantics. I'm a seller as well, and the #1 rule is describe your material accurately and honestly. 2nd and 3rd would be add a ruler for scale so people know the size and add a locality if you know it. This is simple stuff and so many people in the online space miss it entirely. If nobody makes videos to call out mistakes and/or shady practices, they'll keep getting made.
@@EarthScienceFun43I’m really glad you made this video! I bought one of these a while back off eBay and had the gut instinct it wasn’t real but thought it looked cool so I bought anyways. Don’t recall what I paid but hopefully not $40. I agree with you 100% sellers need to be honest about dyed vs natural.
A Beautiful Creation.
Thank you!
WOW!!! YOU CAN CAB!!!
WE ARE NEWBIES TO ROCKING THE HOUND AND LAPIDARY.