All About Metallic Gems and Minerals | Pyrite, Cinnabar, and More!

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2 жыл бұрын

We're Unboxing unique metallic gems and minerals! Watch as Rob tries his best not to get fooled by fools gold as he handles specimens such as Pyrite, Molybdenite, Cinnabar, Carborundum, and More! You may need to wash your hands after this episode... Watch to find out!
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@michellepernula872 2 жыл бұрын

You were charming; and talked perfectly. Your cadence, tone, quality was lustrous. You should do way more of these. I learned a lot from you. Take a bow.

@LinkTheFusky 2 жыл бұрын

I love Pyrite, mainly because it's found in Lapis Lazuli and makes it look like Van Gogh's starry night sometimes, atleast a pebble I bought in a crystal shop does. I always tip £1 to them cause they're a small buisiness and they used to live on my street, lovely couple they bike to work everyday

@KrogTharr 2 жыл бұрын

Man I totally love that! I found a shop on Etsy that sold me a beautiful specimen from Afghanistan and it’s definitely one of my favorites! Your Lapis Lazuli is probably from there as well, since that “Van Gogh’s starry night” can’t be found on on specimens from other places.

@Keithlynd_ 2 жыл бұрын

that pyritized fossil is showing how awesome nature is. I literally thought it's some kind of carving

@KrosanBeast315 Жыл бұрын

Things can Pyritize, Agatize, or get replaced entirely by other minerals or gemstones.

@jasondubose8160 2 жыл бұрын

I personally love metallic minerals and all the forms they are able to come in.

@shitheadjohnson2797 2 жыл бұрын

they might be the toughest kind.

@donniebroadwayjr3321 2 жыл бұрын

That hunk of pyrite is AWESOME

@maxevocal 2 жыл бұрын

Marcasite might have just become the next specimen i want to look for for my collection!

@KrosanBeast315 Жыл бұрын

Look for specimens from Nipomo. The Marcasite typically grows in blue Chalcedony. Do be warned: Marcasite can stain the Chalcedony and turn it from blue to Golden.

@smartazz61 Жыл бұрын

I think Marcasite is what I'm after as "The best" mineral to use with flint to produce fire capable sparks. So you can go total caveman with no steel.

@maxevocal Жыл бұрын

@@smartazz61 thats really cool!!

@francisccsabaherpai7068 2 жыл бұрын

Silicon carbide is something I remember from my early childhood, reason for it: I grew up just outside an industrial town, my dad used to work in a place where silicon carbide, as you said in the video, was more or less a byproduct that over time formed in smokestack. At the time every house I've ever been to had a sizeable fancy lump of silicon carbide on display. What's nice about it, under direct light it reflects all the colours of the rainbow, and while I know it has many industrial application, for me it was the shape and beautiful display of colours that makes silicon carbide memorable

@rogerhargreaves2272 2 жыл бұрын

Wow some beautiful mineral examples there. I’ve got some natural Silicone Carbide from the Meteorite crater, it looks like it’s been rolled in glitter. Great presentation, thank you. 😀

@karengarcia8587 2 жыл бұрын

I think these metallic gemstones are so amazing.😯😎💎🪨 They look so shiny and to know how they become like that and form are very fascinating. Some even glittery too.✨💎 Thanks for sharing with us and nice video.🙂👍🧑‍🏫

@lorawaring883 Жыл бұрын

wow. so many things to learn. Thanks, Rob!

@CharlemagneProkopyshyn Жыл бұрын

"It's a little toxic but I'm not worried about it... Wait " 🤣🤣 so funny, Rob. This was really interesting. I remember the first gem I had as a child was "fool's gold" aka pyrite. I really like the story telling, history and information/ examples of where and how they are used today.

@purplealice 2 жыл бұрын

Galena - a natural rectifier used in old radios.

@PaletteBegonia 2 жыл бұрын

Pyrite fossils are so crazy looking , really do look like some crazy alien skeletons

@purplealice 2 жыл бұрын

Thd ancient Chncese used to cave amulets and stuff out of cinnabar, as well as grinding it up into medicine. Before the invention of antibiotics, mecury compounds were the only treatment for syphilis, which made it an elixir of immortality.

@Katepuzzilein 4 ай бұрын

Mercury(I)chloride was also used as a laxative and you can still track the Lewis and Clark expedition to this day because they left a trail of mercury laden latrines

@ghosstt 2 жыл бұрын

wow Paul Rudd really knows his geology!

@gems 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@purplealice 2 жыл бұрын

I have some of my greatgrandmonther's victorian Jewlry, and there is a necklace with chips of zircon ornamenting the setting

@TallowTheQuoll 2 жыл бұрын

Arsenopyrite and stibnite are easily my favourites when it comes to metallic luster.

@PhilipHertzler Жыл бұрын

Just earlier this morning I wanted to see one on metallic color and luster!! Cheers!🔹️🔷️🔹️🔷️🔹️🔷️

@dirantoporu2647 2 жыл бұрын

Cinnabar is the most famous of the Mercury based minerals, but it is not the only one.

@hippiecowgirl4231 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this ! I was finally able to identify a specimen I've had for years .( Apache gold)

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 Жыл бұрын

Piritetazides ! I am blown away!🌚🌝

@milesnn 2 жыл бұрын

Wow magnificent specimens love that lustre and your knowledge is fantastic and how you present it awesome video thank you

@Sheepdog1314 2 жыл бұрын

pyrite breaks down, makes the surrounding air corrosive...I worked in a gift store where they put pyrite specimen in the same case as other minerals, and it literally ate away some of them. And as a goldsmith, I would not advise wearing this mineral as jewelry - it is sold as beads and cabochons

@michellepernula872 2 жыл бұрын

It's another one of those that people should wear gloves with and if cutting, a respirator mask.

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 Жыл бұрын

Interesting 🤔

@silentferret1049 2 жыл бұрын

For metallic luster there is some Quartzite formations that are much like a slate but have a dead givaway of silvery, gold, and coppery metallic luster. Very beautiful stuff to look at but fragile as it can flake off like loose slate if hit right otherwise the stuff is pretty tough.

@smartazz61 Жыл бұрын

Galena was discovered 100 and some odd years ago to be a semi-conducter. It was ( and still is ) used as a detector turning ac into DC making it possible to hear am radio signals. A wire, a piece of galena, and an earphone was basically all that's needed to hear AM broadcasts WITHOUT needing batteries or any other power source. Other than what is in the air "living" as electromagnetic waves. These "Crystal Radios" were the first widely used radio receivers allowing even poor folks living without any electrical power to still hear and enjoy radio broadcasts. A diode is a much better detector but if you want to go "old school" you can still use a piece of galena and a "cats whisker" as a detector. I still do this occasional just so I can say I listened to the radio "through a rock" with no batteries or ac plug.

@HoboMinerals Жыл бұрын

Awe, you’re super charming!! And knowledgeable! I truly enjoy listening to you!!!

@loisr1560 2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the welcome stranger gold nugget found in Australia its was 19 Kilograms.

@duana6033 2 жыл бұрын

I freaking love you. Just saying I learn sooooooo much.

@kathleenmayhugh2246 2 жыл бұрын

What about sphalerite, zinc in the mix with some metallic flashes ad well

@andysAudio 2 жыл бұрын

Very good information, thanks!

@weeb9332 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, informative episods

@KCoda1248 2 жыл бұрын

I happen to love marcasite jewelry, especially with amethyst. The crystals are so tiny, how are they cut?

@RICDirector 2 жыл бұрын

They aren't cutb they grow that way.

@michellepernula872 2 жыл бұрын

The answer to your question has a clue in the question. HINT: crystal. D

@enjoyingmyvodka1013 Жыл бұрын

First one I always found it beautiful

@americanrebel413 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@bethlovesthings 2 жыл бұрын

loved this video 💖💖💖💖

@woutijland4983 2 жыл бұрын

In the Netherlands you can find pyrite in rivers and even canals well atleast in Twente

@funnymammals 2 жыл бұрын

Good video

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 Жыл бұрын

Metallic moss!🪨🍃

@swarnikareema 2 жыл бұрын

Hi.. I'm going to get a pyrite soon.. I've read it's not water safe bcz of the iron content.. Can u suggest if a quick dip in soapy water n then aur drying is fine or not?

@jeremycalnan4180 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@a.kitcat.b 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed that metallic fossil and the cinnabar, I want specimens like that, they are fascinating. Its not something you would see every day-

@michellepernula872 2 жыл бұрын

NO ONE should have cinnabar in their home.

@klaokaewsinteppadon9720 Жыл бұрын

Not related to the gems but your watch is so thin it’s cool!

@hopeanderson1091 2 жыл бұрын

Could you guys explain the reason specimens with the same chemical components create different gems/minerals with different crystal systems? Ive been interested in Minerals for a couple years rockhounding everywhere I went, but information was surprisingly difficult for me to either find or fully understand without any basic fundamental understanding of what I was reading. So rockhounding sorta lost its "luster"(😉🤓) for a while. Buut im picking it up again, and still have no fundamental understanding of what im doing! So your videos are great and you guys are awesome!

@aimee-lynndonovan6077 Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way, overwhelmed by the vocabulary nobody broke down in rocks and minerals books!🤣🤣🤣these videos I can understand.

@icatz 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode. Just wondering why no Bornite. Also, you didn't mention why cinnabar was no longer used for decoration (mercury ore). I personally love Galena. Does it ever show in massive form? Thanks! 💖

@rogerhargreaves2272 2 жыл бұрын

I noticed he didn’t mention that it was Mercury ore. Well, we both knew, but many wouldn’t.

@rogerhargreaves2272 2 жыл бұрын

@Urbin Scout 😃

@beingbeforetheveil 2 жыл бұрын

I think there's a piece of Galina on that 14lb quartz piece

@KrosanBeast315 Жыл бұрын

4:29 Not entirely true. Pyrite is also known to grow in the shape of irregular shaped 12 sided crystals called Pyritohedrons.

@darknessislight3689 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 😍

@smartazz61 Жыл бұрын

I must know this. How long do you need to be a rock hound and or how old of a rock hound must you be before you start to wear rock bolo ties?

@nickalouscromer9082 2 жыл бұрын

What about glassy luster gems

@fanton777doy9 2 жыл бұрын

Some eny closeup the next time ❗🙋

@johnbuck5181 2 жыл бұрын

Rob, how many arrests has your mustache made?

@HoboMinerals Жыл бұрын

Is galena attracted to a magnet?

@jeremycalnan4180 4 ай бұрын

Right crystals glue'd together with liquid gold

@gcegubbels4734 Жыл бұрын

Every can grow

@kathleenmayhugh2246 2 жыл бұрын

Since you had cinnabar, for metallic Lustre, what about sphalerite?

@RICDirector 2 жыл бұрын

And ruby, and sapphire, especially in star rough.

@deborahfavor7597 2 жыл бұрын

Waaaooo am in Ghana just discovered topaz how do I get in touch

@PhilipHertzler 2 жыл бұрын

Tektites!!!

@KrosanBeast315 Жыл бұрын

This guy forget to mention to NEVER touch Cinnabar crystals with your bare hands.

@wirehyperspace 2 жыл бұрын

if crystal grows, itself replicating

@wirehyperspace 2 жыл бұрын

pyrite is nickel cobalt and gold and with computers and magnets it is a bit of money

@sentientbeing5632 Жыл бұрын

I want to get marcasite

@naagi369 10 ай бұрын

Can pyrite be used as jewelry? Some people say it is ok, some dont. I am quite confused 😢 Anybody knows it please help.

@AmirFauzi666 3 ай бұрын

Have you find an answer? Some said its air corrosive and can eat other metal. And does hematite comes from pyrite?

@naagi369 3 ай бұрын

I bought a book and it says pyrite is not good as a jewelry. It will reaction with water/sweat and create a chemical that can irritate skin and be toxic. Hematit is the same. I read in some page that if only they are coated (silver/gold), they can be used.

@NataliaJuliaNowak 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot about hematite!

@allisonrichards2488 2 жыл бұрын

Pyrite always seemed to help me see cheaters when I wHow about topaz?as teaching. Weird!

@gcegubbels4734 Жыл бұрын

From span

@ZaDussault 2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't washing your hands after touching lead just put lead in water? I'd wipe them up with cleaning wipes and throw it away and THEN wash my hands. But I don't know, I'm not a pro

@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 2 жыл бұрын

Pyrite is valuable, don't be fooled by it.

@jimmaification 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Schwing!

@saleebanaxmedorshe9322 Жыл бұрын

Will show me sample a nasal lunar or a missile shape i have that items l state in somalia sool

@jeremycalnan4180 4 ай бұрын

But it has the ora...

@PaddyMcMe 2 жыл бұрын

So, if the Pyrite is metal then how does it look metallic? Is it a trick of the light? Is the gem translucent at all or completely reflective like metal? Would it look different in person than on camera? I'm really confused.

@Mikedc100 2 жыл бұрын

It's composed of iron and sulfur so it has a lot of metal in it but is usually classified as a metal sulfide or perhaps a mineral, it's a little vague. Technically it's Iron disulfide (FeS2) which just means the atomic structure is 1 iron atom per 2 sulfur atoms. It doesn't have typical characteristics of a metal being brittle instead of malleable and also not magnetic.

@swarnikareema 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mikedc100 hi.. I'm going to get a pyrite soon.. I've read it's not water safe bcz of the iron content.. Can u suggest if a quick dip in soapy water n then aur drying is fine or not?

@Mikedc100 2 жыл бұрын

@@swarnikareema I wouldn't take a chance exposing it to water.

@swarnikareema 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mikedc100 thank you for answering..

@Michael-sr1lu 2 ай бұрын

😱😲😯❤😂😮😅😊🤯

@KrosanBeast315 Жыл бұрын

13:12 Marcasite and Pyrite are chemically IDENTICAL!! BOTH are FeS^2! What is this guy talking about?!

@purplealice 2 жыл бұрын

Black diamonds are exotic and different, and not like what the Kardashians are wearing this week.

@PjSmitty3 2 жыл бұрын

I just reported this channel for being too informative and entertaining af....ur repressing me into watching every min of content with notes at the ready....that dude is very good on camera....it makes me hate him....hatful respect. Hemmingway style....