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Rare Cat's Eye & Star Gems - Emerald, Apatite, Garnet & More!

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  • čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
  • Today, we're unboxing a huge collection of phenomenal gems with chatoyancy & asterism. See a huge variety of optical marvels and learn how to start your own collection. Plus the history of Asteria and how to spot a star simulant.
    01:16 - What is Chatoyancy?
    03:06 - All Types of Star & Cat's Eye Gems
    04:09 - Star Rose Quartz
    05:05 - Neon Apatite Cat's Eye
    06:31 - Star Garnet
    08:20 - All About Star Sapphire
    09:43 - Cat's Eye Kunzite
    10:55 - What is Fibrolite?
    13:00 - Star Diopside
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Komentáře • 95

  • @gems
    @gems  Před 11 měsíci +11

    Emeralds, Sapphires, Garnets, and more, oh my!
    Tell us about your favorite, and why!

    • @vincenthazelaar8679
      @vincenthazelaar8679 Před 11 měsíci

      I like all sparkly things.

    • @edelweisslandscape
      @edelweisslandscape Před 9 měsíci

      my fav collection is a chatoyancy ruby coz it is rare when almost all corundum phenomenon is asterism.

    • @Coincidence_Theorist
      @Coincidence_Theorist Před 9 měsíci +1

      13:09 i like ßīL
      ~•[híìL ßíìL•~

    • @Algoldprospecting
      @Algoldprospecting Před 5 měsíci

      Hey I just cabbed an opal from lightning ridge that has a star effect. I did a video on it. Have you heard of opal with asterism????? 😮😮

  • @TheFacetedFeline
    @TheFacetedFeline Před 11 měsíci +6

    Asterism is one of my favourites. I own a few star rubies, star sapphires and star rose quartz pieces! This guy has an amazing collection. Thanks for the vid!

  • @hannagyllensten475
    @hannagyllensten475 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I ❤ these visual effects! So happy to have a couple of pieces in my budding collection already.

  • @MrInsaint
    @MrInsaint Před 8 měsíci +3

    Another great gem show. And thank you for sharing Rebecca & Bill 💯👍💯

  • @michaeltrudell9356
    @michaeltrudell9356 Před 11 měsíci +18

    Hey she's back!

    • @user-nw5ml7lr2b
      @user-nw5ml7lr2b Před 10 měsíci

      Who cares! She got this job from her daddy!!!!

    • @StaceNyourFace
      @StaceNyourFace Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@user-nw5ml7lr2bDon't be a🍆!! She's VERY, VERY knowledgeable, obviously. smh

  • @sirembrum49thegreatmoth2
    @sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Před 11 měsíci +8

    So beautiful, I have some odd ones like Star Scapolite, Star Bronzite, Star Tanzanite. As for Cat's eyes I have a Cat's Eye Color Changing Diaspore, Cat's eye Prehnite, Cat's eye Augite and Enstatite, Chrysoberyls, An odd Watermelon Tourmaline thays stripped eirh green chatoyant areas and pink gemmy areas and I have more. Many of these gems i want to get in the future and this vidoe has hyped me up. One of my favorite videos from you guys! I have one question though. Whats that clear gem with a weird trapiche growth on there at 12:48

    • @gems
      @gems  Před 11 měsíci +3

      I think it's a quartz with some interesting inclusions, but let me check with Bill and get back to you!

    • @sirembrum49thegreatmoth2
      @sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Před 11 měsíci

      @@gems understood. Take your time ☺️

  • @hmm5131
    @hmm5131 Před 10 měsíci +3

    My favorite 2 hosts! 🥰

  • @ultramarinewaters9325
    @ultramarinewaters9325 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you Bill, for sharing your collection! It’s beautiful ❤

  • @SleepyRoyalty
    @SleepyRoyalty Před 11 měsíci +1

    I love living vicariously through Bill's collection videos 🤩 Love this video!!!

  • @jg5930
    @jg5930 Před 11 měsíci +1

    So beautiful! I always look forward to a new episode ❤. Thank you 🙏🏻.

  • @triangleman100
    @triangleman100 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Thanks again Rebecca and Bill!
    Id love to show you both the Idaho Star Garnet gems I've been cutting . Amazingly electric purples and bright stars. Have several cabs and a 100+ carat 'Nebula' specimen

    • @gems
      @gems  Před 11 měsíci +1

      We'd love to see them! Email us at info@gemstones.com!

  • @lorawaring883
    @lorawaring883 Před 9 měsíci

    wow! So cool- and so many! Bill is wonderful, thank you Rebecca!

  • @sophiegravel1423
    @sophiegravel1423 Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks Bill for being so enthusiastic! It's a pleasure to listen to you talk about your passion.

  • @suyamamalalasekera8015
    @suyamamalalasekera8015 Před 8 měsíci

    Phenomenal collection as always, Bill and Rebecca. Thanks for the huge dopamine dose.

  • @StarScapesOG
    @StarScapesOG Před 11 měsíci +1

    I just got a kunzite specimen.... I'm so glad to know that I need to keep it in a dark place!

  • @dashrathdoijode6244
    @dashrathdoijode6244 Před 11 měsíci

    Wonderful. Beautiful collection.

  • @joelazidragon3255
    @joelazidragon3255 Před 10 měsíci +2

    stars are one of my favorites a customer at my crystal store gifted me a star ruby i almost cried lol

  • @oscarmedina1303
    @oscarmedina1303 Před 11 měsíci

    What a fantastic episode! I just started building my collection of gems with optical properties like Chatoyancy, color change, etc.

  • @lorawaring883
    @lorawaring883 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Bill has the coolest stuff!

  • @kameronmatthews2022
    @kameronmatthews2022 Před 11 měsíci

    Blown away by these stones!!! Asterism is probably my favourite form of gemstone phenomenon. I’ve got a few stunning Star Sapphires, and I’m definitely after adding more gemstone varieties to my collection.

  • @katmarie743
    @katmarie743 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Yaaaay i love this! 😊 Always learn so much from Rebecca 💎

  • @favonivsfreiheit5881
    @favonivsfreiheit5881 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Apatite was just a mohs scale 5 stone for me until last month...
    Now, after watching a lot of videos in this channel, it's one of my favourite

  • @wyattmorelock5832
    @wyattmorelock5832 Před 10 měsíci

    Amazing collection!

  • @lisacrandall409
    @lisacrandall409 Před 11 měsíci

    I love phenomenal gemstones! This was a fantastic unboxing. I don’t have many loose stones but I do have some chatoyant peach moonstone and chrysoprase cabs.

  • @Nicht-die-Mama
    @Nicht-die-Mama Před 10 měsíci

    I missed this beauty so much on this channel.❤

  • @prettybird1978
    @prettybird1978 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video. My husband and I love star sapphires and chose to make both our wedding rings from them. I also have a star ruby in my collection. I would love a star garnet someday.

  • @opalessense
    @opalessense Před 10 měsíci +1

    I collect color change gems, but I think I should start collecting other gems that have optical effects. Btw, I find the music really unique.

  • @worlderrorcoins
    @worlderrorcoins Před 11 měsíci +1

    Very thanks

  • @johnc.hammersticks
    @johnc.hammersticks Před 5 měsíci

    I work and mine cordiorite/iolite, I have a few I have found like this cats eye but it's blue. It's fun to cut, works easy. I have some very unique peices and colors.

  • @KrosanBeast315
    @KrosanBeast315 Před 2 měsíci

    Cat's Eye and Star Emerald, and Cat's Eye and Star Aquamarine are EXTREMELY rare. Even the G.I.A. has rarely encountered them

  • @cxm8769
    @cxm8769 Před 10 měsíci

    thanking you

  • @chasecarlson4900
    @chasecarlson4900 Před 10 měsíci

    2:49 such a fascinating group; maxixe beryl is the one I hope to get someday💎

  • @gemstonemylove8416
    @gemstonemylove8416 Před 5 měsíci

    Your collection are very nice beautiful

  • @themaharlika189
    @themaharlika189 Před 3 měsíci +1

    We have a gigantic 13000 certified star sapphire glassy crystal with golden sheen and cat's eye effect in one stone

  • @Gauche123
    @Gauche123 Před 10 měsíci

    One of my fav episodes! P.S. I have a cats eye Diamond. Yup - there is such a thing believe it or not ;)

  • @fennynough6962
    @fennynough6962 Před 11 měsíci

    Ancient Megolithic Critter Rock Statues, would be a good venue to place those ginormous gems in their eyes 👀!

  • @Algoldprospecting
    @Algoldprospecting Před 10 měsíci +1

    Still trying to cab one.

  • @AldwinPoy
    @AldwinPoy Před 10 měsíci

    I have a chatoyant sodalite!!

  • @hannahpumpkins4359
    @hannahpumpkins4359 Před 7 měsíci

    I didn't even know cats eye and star aquamarine even existed!

  • @gemstonemylove8416
    @gemstonemylove8416 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Aquamarine cats eye and star also have myself

  • @diskablast5737
    @diskablast5737 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Sri lanka 🇱🇰 ♥️ ❤️

  • @hybridgoth
    @hybridgoth Před 11 měsíci

    With respect to rare star stones, I have a few in my collection many people wouldn't have seen before...
    The most notable in my collection would be a golden-honey coloured star apatite, it's an unusual stone as far as the asterism phenomena goes though as it displays diasterism but not epiasterism.
    The six-rayed star only appears in transmitted light, and, in particular only when lit within a few degrees of the optic axis.
    The stone also displays a typical cat's eye around the girdle which when lit from an angle between 45⁰-60⁰ from the front and oriented appropriately causes the cat's eye to reflect from a healed fracture within the stone and appear on the face as a well defined but somewhat wavy rainbow cat's eye with it's spectral colours being caused by constructive interference occuring within the healed fracture.
    I have quite a few star zircons mostly with 4-rayed stars but some with 8 however, most of the 8-rayed stars have discontinuities along some of the legs.
    There's also a 6-ray star rhodolite garnet I cut into a heart shape double-cab which displays two stars on the front when lit from an angle about 45⁰ above perpendicular when displayed right side up, the twin stars are due to the shape rather than resulting from any exciting internal features.
    If you'd like to see any of them just point me towards an email address and I'll gladly send some pictures through to you.👍

  • @KC9RXP
    @KC9RXP Před 6 měsíci

    Asterated heliodor would be pretty sweet.

  • @user-gy5xo9ci5t
    @user-gy5xo9ci5t Před 10 měsíci

    Can you talk about hyallite opals only and unboxing~

  • @Algoldprospecting
    @Algoldprospecting Před 9 měsíci

    Too many names my head is about to explode. 😂😮😊

  • @kiro9291
    @kiro9291 Před 11 měsíci +1

    by the gods look at em

  • @barbaraeidinger6826
    @barbaraeidinger6826 Před 11 měsíci

    What does Bill think of helical twists down the C axis of aquamarine crystal wands?

  • @that_viking_girl
    @that_viking_girl Před 8 měsíci

    Hi I didnt see purple and I have one I found at a thrift store. It has a couple dings but the movement is there, it has the 5 pattern. What family of stone would that be and also can it be taken out and smoothed without losing the star? Thank you and if you need a purple I have one for ya, I think anyway.

  • @erwincruz4578
    @erwincruz4578 Před 10 měsíci

    I have green chalcedony in cats eye

  • @markmatthews2391
    @markmatthews2391 Před 11 měsíci

    Star sapphires mean a lot to me my dad brought home a good number of the after he was deployed

  • @gemstonemylove8416
    @gemstonemylove8416 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I have sapphire catseye stone above 35 cart

  • @KatErina-ii6ru
    @KatErina-ii6ru Před 11 měsíci

    How long has he been collecting??? Fabulous collection ❤💎

    • @gems
      @gems  Před 11 měsíci

      I think he said this collection was over the course of about 20 years

  • @davidariamirroarkyoung
    @davidariamirroarkyoung Před 11 měsíci +1

    I'm obsessed with asterism, even in collections of asterism with people obsessed with asterism the form of asterism known as diasterism is rarely known about, virtually no data videos photos. Unlike other forms of asterism diasterism is when the star effect is shown when light is shined from behind the gem projecting the star on the front. It can only be seen before cutting into a cabochon with a electron microscope. So it is found in stones that are cut commonly in cabochon like rose quartz. Yes, i own six examples of diasterism. None are for sale and have been offered extremely large sums to part with one. Corrected I had a stroke it effected my writing amongst other things but am ok but always put biasterism when it is correctly diasterism. Lol some subconscious thing. So I did correct all the b's into D's thank you @hybridgoth

    • @hybridgoth
      @hybridgoth Před 11 měsíci

      *diasterism 😉

    • @srilankatourprosidd3150
      @srilankatourprosidd3150 Před 11 měsíci

      would you like to see a multiple star quartz?

    • @davidariamirroarkyoung
      @davidariamirroarkyoung Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@hybridgoth your absolutely correct I had a stroke it affected my writing amongst other things but ok overall still have trouble with affected vs effected no matter how many times look it up and it is diasterism and I always subconsciously write it as biasterism now

    • @davidariamirroarkyoung
      @davidariamirroarkyoung Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@hybridgoth why are you the only person that ever corrected me on this no matter how often I explained it or posted it? I posted photos of GIA certification with it spelled with a D as it should no one else ever pointed it out, and I know i incorrectly write it, the tattoo of a asterated heart cab gem on leg says "Diasterism". I prefer being corrected i wouldn't't ever have been offended. Is it just that they don't know about this gemstone phenomenon, or being too polite, I don't know? I would prefer every time I misspell it, someone would point it out. Thank you I mean it and honestly if someone doesn't point it out next time I will accidentally make it biasterism again instead of diasterism. My cognitive therapist told me I will keep making the exact same mistake like that but without someone pointing it out my brain will not catch it.

    • @hybridgoth
      @hybridgoth Před 10 měsíci

      @@davidariamirroarkyoung I'm glad not to have caused offence, none was intended.
      As far as asterism is concerned, i presume that most people will be unaware of the different types observed and distinctions between them, thus, I'm not overly surprised that no one had pointed it out prior.
      As wonderful as star stones are it's definitely considered niche information.

  • @gemstonemylove8416
    @gemstonemylove8416 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Morganite catseye

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ Před 11 měsíci +1

    Is asterism ever visible in uncut specimens? I would imagine its either impossible or exceedingly rare, but I do wonder if you could ever see some looking down the long axis of an uncut corundum crystal with some transparency...

    • @gems
      @gems  Před 10 měsíci

      I have not ever seen asterism in an uncut specimen but the gem world is a strange and beautiful place, so I wouldn’t rule it out.

    • @hybridgoth
      @hybridgoth Před 6 měsíci

      Waterworn crystals may display asterism depending on how smoothed the crystal became as a result of the alluvial processes, conversely, even a relatively un-worn star stone will display a degree of silkiness when lit with a pinpoint light source, the star itself remaining undefined though.
      Trapiche type stars are often visible in rough crystals with little to no wear if a termination is flat.
      With either type of star, and, whether the crystal is waterworn or otherwise, the inclusions responsible for the generation of a star are often visible under magnification with appropriate lighting, subsequently identification of a star stone in the rough is often possible.

  • @karenharley3143
    @karenharley3143 Před 10 měsíci

    🧡

  • @diversegardener392
    @diversegardener392 Před 11 měsíci +1

    How much does a 4c ruby star sapphire cost.

    • @srilankatourprosidd3150
      @srilankatourprosidd3150 Před 11 měsíci

      I have a pinkish purple star sapphire if ur interested... its 2.4 Carat with a perfect star and glassy body...

  • @srilankatourprosidd3150
    @srilankatourprosidd3150 Před 11 měsíci

    Have you ever seen a natural multiple star quartz?

  • @user-kn3fs8jp9m
    @user-kn3fs8jp9m Před 11 měsíci

    How i can find a good gem buyers from US?

  • @y0kozuna
    @y0kozuna Před měsícem

    I literally searching about star emerald because i just got em, the star is not as strong as in sapphire

  • @donmacquarrie9161
    @donmacquarrie9161 Před 2 měsíci

    no tourmaline cat's eyes?

  • @azmatahmed2787
    @azmatahmed2787 Před 10 měsíci

    I have lots of gemstone

  • @miravaldosouzasiquara9143
    @miravaldosouzasiquara9143 Před 2 měsíci

    Tem crisoberilo olho de gato e berilo

  • @matthewg3374
    @matthewg3374 Před 11 měsíci

    I love phenomenon stones and I enjoyed this video although you guys need to get better at those cutaway shots where you were trying to show the cat’s-eyes those were terrible.

  • @ringaringa27
    @ringaringa27 Před 10 měsíci

    Hi I have rutile cat's eye 3.10 ct. Organ sri Lanka

  • @user-nz8kx4pz2u
    @user-nz8kx4pz2u Před 11 měsíci

    Hard tiger 54

  • @user-kn3fs8jp9m
    @user-kn3fs8jp9m Před 11 měsíci

    I am from sri lanka i can export gems

  • @SlendermanDefeated
    @SlendermanDefeated Před 9 měsíci

    Chrysoberyl?!? Chrysoberyl?!?!? Where's the CHRYSOBERYL?!????

  • @hassan1232459
    @hassan1232459 Před 11 měsíci

    الصديق البارد 03

  • @aboobackersummais7500
    @aboobackersummais7500 Před 9 měsíci

    Hi any one here gemstone collector rply here

  • @user-nw5ml7lr2b
    @user-nw5ml7lr2b Před 5 měsíci

    Rebecca is so rich that she has someone to manicure her own Natural Nails but why does she insist on always having a 70s hairstyle?????

  • @shangshang2408
    @shangshang2408 Před 10 měsíci

    ohh lol are they divorced or seperated..no longer doing hte youtube together if everyone knows what i mean

  • @alizyalii
    @alizyalii Před 11 měsíci

    Short friends 14

  • @ateeqrahman7205
    @ateeqrahman7205 Před 10 měsíci

    Hi how this diamonds looks in rough stones can u please put one videos on that so many guys have colours stones they can know i have some black stones r they diamonds

  • @erwincruz4578
    @erwincruz4578 Před 10 měsíci

    I have green chalcedony in cats eye