Quick Mineral Identification

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blunosr

13 жыл бұрын

Quick identifying properties of several minerals.

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@deegraphics2 8 жыл бұрын

This was very useful to show my son during our homeschool Geology lesson today. He's very interested in Geology and can't wait to have a nice collection like yours.Thank you for taking the time to make this video and for sharing it with us :)

@loststudent1 10 жыл бұрын

I thought that your presentation was very helpful. I am an on-line college student in the Atlanta Georgia area who is preparing for my first GEOL mineral lab. I appreciate your video as it gives me a pretty good idea of what to expect when I walk into the room this week. Thank you.

@valhu43 10 жыл бұрын

I love the way you described the garnet as little footballs!

@normaastx.9359 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, for sharing your knowledge with us. From Houston Texas.

@farhatjaved3874 8 жыл бұрын

Indeed you have done your job. You are one of the best instructors I have ever come across.

@clairebeane3455 5 жыл бұрын

Farhat Javed Agreed!! Thanks for the tutorial!!

@eorm4776 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video for providing a brief overview of common minerals. It was a great aid for our kid's home school science lesson.

@michealwintz852 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video. I'm not a school room student but, I'm a prospecter of Hematite for jewelry. I'm suddenly acquiring many rocks that I can't identify including fossils. So these identification videos are great learning tools. Thank you again for a great informative video. 💗 Ms Michal

@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks Жыл бұрын

Your comment made me curious if you had any good rock hounding, lapidary or other useful videos in your playlists. So I clicked on your thumbnail and and looked for myself. I've created my own playlist of your public playlists, I'll remove the black/white movies later, lol, since that's not my cup of tea. So thanks for your variety of rock hounding, lapidary and OTHER videos for me to explore. Great taste!

@stephenshaleigh6936 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice guide, thanks!!! I have a collection arranged in Multi Collector that i am trying to identify now.

@Cenepk101 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video- I just ID ed the 2 stones I found in my yard. They are copper !!!! So pretty!!! I live about 10 miles as the crow flies from Stone Mountain Ga. Always finding beautiful stones. Lots of quartz

@netyote 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It helped me review for my geology mineral identification test. I liked how you just did brief descriptions of some of the most easily identifiable characteristics of each.

@equanimity160395 9 жыл бұрын

Very informative and helps me a lot. Thanks!!

@trevorzzealley2670 8 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for making & sharing this video . I learned from it , please keep them coming .

@stinkycatz 8 жыл бұрын

What a nice collection of minerals you have .

@SamirKhan-mz8ii 4 жыл бұрын

The best ever video I had ever watched so clearly about minerals..... Thank u....🙏

@C4FishingTeam 12 жыл бұрын

Finally a scientifically literate video!!!!! I was getting tired of those "secret energy" crystal videos from mount juju...

@andrewcadigan1357 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video you have helped me identify some of the minerals I have found here in New Mexico by Socorro thanks so much!!

@shunriely2922 10 жыл бұрын

Also beautiful collection,,,

@shwnshts9469 5 жыл бұрын

"It looks like horse meat"!? Dang, we really gotta start paying these teachers more...

@TreeLynnT 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! I now know I found some pretty awesome stuff.

@nickibulicek2998 5 жыл бұрын

That’s one of my favorite rocks I love gemstone

@crazysam871 10 жыл бұрын

I really like your video. I've had a geology class last session(in Québec) and saw some mineral and I wanted to get a list of the most commons and their English names and you gave me a nice video perfect for what I was looking for! Ty

@Caver461 9 жыл бұрын

Native copper - reminds me of the natural silver wire found in Cobalt

@theloserron 8 жыл бұрын

thank you for the educational video , it gave me the confirmation i was looking for

@canadiangemstones7636 3 жыл бұрын

A few corrections: 1) Your apatite is actually grossular from Lake Jaco, Mexico. 2) Bauxite is a rock, not a mineral. 3) Cinnabar is mercury sulfide, not oxide. 4) The second copper is natural, not a smelter product, from Michigan. 5) Your hematite ring is most likely a manmade material. 6) Malachite is copper carbonate, not oxide. 7) Quartz is not glass. 8) Your smoky quartz crystal is an irradiated crystal of formerly colourless quartz, from Arkansas.

@abcdude8784 2 жыл бұрын

yep i agree ^^ nice one

@chloehopewell1225 2 жыл бұрын

Glass and quartz are both SiO2, but glass doesn’t form the same hexagonal crystal structure because it cools much faster. Glass typically has other things added to it (such as potassium) to lower its melting point. So in a sense, quartz is glass, because they have the same chemical makeup.

@upendrablissfulkumar6465 2 жыл бұрын

Vow

@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks Жыл бұрын

Incredible Presentation! Is this really HS Geology in British Columbia, Canada? WOW American schools are so far behind! Even if there are some inaccuracies, it's still better than most things I have seen online.

@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks Жыл бұрын

2:58 Cinnabar ... Mercury toxic? 4:02 Who looks at horse meat? 4:06 Fluorite and 5:34 Malachite, Formation shape are helpful here!

@brento2890 7 жыл бұрын

Califonia, USA. Your video has made it around the WORLD!

@STONES624 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic these beautiful gems come to leave my LIKE

@deaconsmom2000 11 жыл бұрын

I would LOVE this class! Your teaching method is probably very effective; the associations, etc already took root in my mind after 8 minutes. Thanks :D

@trippingonrocks1165 4 жыл бұрын

I'll be watching this a few times, thank you for explaining these so clearly.

@trippingonrocks1165 4 жыл бұрын

@@op5814 bro you have no idea what I did or didn't learn from this video. I leave a positive comment and you want to trash it for no apparent reason says alot about you though...

@blunosr 12 жыл бұрын

Hi, I travel across Canada a couple of times a year, and I like stopping at mine sites, and dimensional stone (tomb stones, counter tops) places. They usually let me look around their scrap piles. I also purchased some at science shops, rock shops, scientific supply places.

@Melthornal 10 жыл бұрын

Well, thank you for the help. They are neat little rocks.

@mremberton7919 6 жыл бұрын

Amp up its like a teacher style thank you for your knowledge

@williamwu1679 6 жыл бұрын

hey guys,i'm gemstones seller,it's my pleasure to see you guys here.thanks for your posting.

@blunosr 11 жыл бұрын

Well, there's only so much you can say in an 8 minute video. Maybe one day I'll do a separate video for each mineral. There's a lot to know about each mineral. Someone else asked about uses of each mineral, and yes, most of these do have uses in industry, but again that would be a very long video.

@troypellerin9070 3 жыл бұрын

Can i email you pic to help me identify

@kristinroney7591 3 жыл бұрын

Please do more videos. On the minerals. I want to study minerals and rocks and prospect for gold on my free time . Its intruiging. I love it. Please ....make more

@davidkovach5866 11 жыл бұрын

nice video,glad to see someone doing some explaining

@12oc6h 12 жыл бұрын

thank you so much,this is what was looking for.

@karenbradyptl 10 жыл бұрын

Excellent most informative. Best on the net!

@WaterntheDesert 11 жыл бұрын

That was a very good lesson , thank you

@bouzadachannel5320 10 жыл бұрын

Nice collection !

@gal304 9 жыл бұрын

You're great! thanks!

@blunosr 11 жыл бұрын

Further processing is usually required to get metals out of their ore minerals. Commonly reduction reactions are used for that.

@davidolaniran4275 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching it.

@pullingthestrings5233 3 жыл бұрын

Yay I recognized most of them from my geology class. I also mentioned that k-feldspar looks like meat with the striations of potassium running thru it. Nice job.

@Gems-of-Hope-Rocks Жыл бұрын

Actually, he said k-spar looked like horse meat. I actually was taken aback by that because we do not eat horse meat in the United States. Is it/Was it common in Canada?

@timbagzey1465 9 жыл бұрын

thanks to this video i have just found out ive got asbestos in my rock collection , ive now put it in a airtight bag.

@ClashGardener 4 жыл бұрын

👏 You still around?

@freddymello3227 4 жыл бұрын

How do I identify a rough diamond from other types of quarts crystals?

@Melthornal 10 жыл бұрын

Walking through the woods (in New York), I came across a large amount of very, very shiny, glasslike rocks. I picked one up, and hit it with another rock and it fractured very easily into a little shard. They are all deep black, and working with them leaves a black residue. I took some of it home with me. Any idea what it could be?

@trevorgwelch7412 3 жыл бұрын

These minerals are the reason why aliens visit our planet , to rob us of our minerals .

@Aleksandra-lf8ky Жыл бұрын

super kolekcja co prawda chaotycznie poukładana

@grapeagatestone6854 3 жыл бұрын

Wow....amazing

@AdrianoPedrasPreciosas 6 жыл бұрын

Mais um inscrito meu like 💎🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒🍀🍀😁

@BoxKingKevin 6 жыл бұрын

You're my new favourite teacher lol

@passmethewrench 10 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thx. Very interesting.

@AnxiousKoala 7 жыл бұрын

I would take this class for fun! Thanks for the video and wish I could take the class. :)

@missanna208802 11 жыл бұрын

You're so awesome for getting back to me. It's clear that you know waaaay more than I do about this kind of thing, and maybe it is ok to say that glass is quartz, but quartz is not glass (super simplified). I'm afraid you will have to dumb down your explanation to me because I am not well educated in this subject. Thanks for this video. I'm trying to decide whether I want to get into the rock side of jewelry. I've had some metals classes at univeristy, but I like rocks too.

@blunosr 12 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is just out for this video. It is kept in a sealed container normally. When not abraided or played with, the fibres usually remain intact and don't enter the air.

@Omkara.404 5 жыл бұрын

Good collection sir.

@anthonydiaz9927 10 жыл бұрын

I am new to all this, but have a growing interest in mineral identification and found your video very interesting. I live on a tropical island and would like to know what types of minerals can be found on tropical islands.

@blunosr 10 жыл бұрын

Hi, If you're on a coral atoll, there might be no minerals other than shells and coral. The rocks made entirely of shells are called coquina. Volcanic islands might have zeolites, which come in many varieties, and contain rare earth elements. Maybe olivine, which in large clear crystals is commonly known as peridote.

@starinthesky1520 8 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have a big piece let say of rock/glass, heavy, color green emerald like with one rough white side, not sharp at all, it has many uneven cuts. It look like Tzavorite Garnet or Emerald, I bought it from an estate auction as a gemstone with other stones and I really want to know what it is exactly. Thanks for your help

@SoulDevoured 7 жыл бұрын

Hi star, there are message boards and forums (I believe there is also a sub-forum on reddit) where you can share pictures and give exacting description to find the the most accurate identification. It is more difficult to identify when not in person but there is specific criteria for identification of any stone. Check out a gemstone or mineral forum and they can help guide you.

@starinthesky1520 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks SoulDevoured, I will try that

@SoulDevoured 7 жыл бұрын

Not a problem. The internet is a treasure trove of information but, just like when finding gemstones, it helps to know where to dig XD Let me know how it goes.

@TreeLynnT 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. I have a lot of these from Lake Michigan area ❤

@roughdiamond4537 4 жыл бұрын

We sell Rough Diamond USD 400 per carat VVS D-color, we are currently in Namibia, southern Africa. Do you perhaps have a network of potential buyers you can refer us too. mopmining@gmail.com

@finpainter1 8 жыл бұрын

the copper samples were both from under ground mines or ore piles. not from a smelter. copper in upper peninsula of michigan is almost pure form.some pieces can go many tons.

@grantryan9591 7 жыл бұрын

100% clear information.thanks

@shunriely2922 10 жыл бұрын

Was listen ,,but did see no meteorite ,do you have any ,if so please video it ,,,I love the way you teach a person is sure to learn,,,good job thanks for sharin ,,,

@Melthornal 10 жыл бұрын

Can Gabbro be really glossy? I just took out a chunk of these rocks and cleaned it with water and an old tooth brush. In the process, I noticed that not all of the rocks have a black residue, and the ones that do have a very small, but visible grain. So do you think those would be gabbro? There are a few that have no grain to the naked eye, and they are really shiny and glossy. I'm thinking about trying to grind it into a marble or something, they look awesome.

@Kriswixx 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I got a storage unit with many of these, some polished rocks, jewelry making. I want to ebay them but don't know the names of all of them.. This is helping out!! wish you could look at my photos and tell me :)

@frankreiserm.s.8039 6 жыл бұрын

The basic building-block molecule of quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO2. However, when the SiO2 molecules are attached together to form the quartz mineral, it is in the form of SiO4.

@jackstar3136 8 жыл бұрын

Thx for the fact of rocks!

@marylben6356 6 жыл бұрын

This is really good.

@wendys390 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! very infomative

@reginahanson2186 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. ♡

@blunosr 12 жыл бұрын

@KurtCaro13 Hi, I do have a video about easily confused minerals. I think that's what I called it too, "Easily Confused Minerals".

@CaveManFishMedia 10 жыл бұрын

I found a rock whilst on the beach and I noticed it was shining. So I picked it up and there was a little hole and inside I could see some light orange shining crystal formations. On the outside the rock is mottled grey and quite smooth. Could you tell me what it is?

@TheRevelegendEMG 12 жыл бұрын

Oh right, thank's for the reply. How common is it in the environment? Hows does it form? Seems like quite an unusual mineral given it's fibrous composition.

@Ryuuken24 12 жыл бұрын

I've only found 3 of these minerals out in the wild. Identifying them is awesome, but knowing how to find them, instead of cheating in your way into places selling them!

@matlynch83 11 жыл бұрын

Glass is made from quartz grains (sand), heated until it melts and then cooled quickly. Because it is cooled quickly, it does not develop a fixed crystalline structure. However, quartz cools slowly to develop crystals that do have a crystalline structure. Natural concurrences are volcanic glass obsidian which is formed from felsic silica rich lava which cools quickly to form glass. If it cooled slower, it would form the mineral rhyolite.

@blunosr 11 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, thanks! I didn't realize I had said it was an oxide.

@SaModa-ru6wx 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, any Idea how expensive is a chlorite stone?

@kemosabe133 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I have a white stone but I don't know what it is can you please help me in identifying the stone. I will send you it's pictures and videos

@seditt5146 2 жыл бұрын

God I need more videos EXACTLY like this one. Any recommendations ?

@designcraft3512 7 жыл бұрын

Really useful video.

@jimjaeger8968 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. I found myself wishing the words were there too so I could see the spelling and hear the pronounciation.

@delsakelly1456 5 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed !

@ArtisanSoapmaking 12 жыл бұрын

thank-you for sharing very interesting :)

@tinker6670 6 жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion.. on basic identification you should begin with a hardness test. This basic test will rule out what the material won't be and put it in a category more close to what it really is.

@jamesanagnos6123 5 жыл бұрын

the Boxite i have seen is not spoted like that but deep brick red in color in verious shades but alway solid color never spoted , where is this boxite from ?

@maheraljannan1676 6 жыл бұрын

Galena is interesting. I have seen it in many places like Saudi Arabia and in Yenem! I wonder where is it extracted from and what are its uses?!

@StevenSchoolAlchemy 5 жыл бұрын

I like those minerals! sharing video to basic crystal growing on facebook.

@07Hawkeye 11 жыл бұрын

can quarts be dark black and grow inside (on the side of) a clear shiny possible quarts rock? it isnt crystal shaped in anyway its either a chunk of a really large quarts crystal or a completely different mineral all together. the black crystal is fairly soft and can fragment if hit hard enough with a rock hammer, only small pieces but the clear rock crystal thing doesnt fragment, crack, even stress the slightest bit no matter how hard i tried to chip it with a chisel and rock hammer.. help?

@daianmata5945 3 жыл бұрын

Nice ! Thank you !

@BacGold 2 жыл бұрын

Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro 🙏

@frankreiserm.s.8039 6 жыл бұрын

muscovite mica is usually clear, not just brown. It used to be used for house windows in past times.

@Michael-mn2og 7 жыл бұрын

"it looks like horse meat" uhhhh what?

@selenabaozi 6 жыл бұрын

same. but other people have said it in their vids so i assume it must be a real thing

@qraee 5 жыл бұрын

Flippy _ you have??!?

@julietjackson2918 4 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah it's very "fleshy" as I would put it.

@blunosr 10 жыл бұрын

Hi, I would guess that it is an igneous rock type called Gabbro. The black residue would just be the oxidation product from weathering. New York is in the Appalachian or Laurentian mountain chains and there are many mafic igneous rocks. Gabbro is kinda like granite, except black.

@bitchykimchi1196 3 жыл бұрын

Recommended to me in 2020 pretty cool

@DeliciousDeBlair 5 жыл бұрын

I hope to find some of those minerals on my land, especially galena and sphalerite! Possibly some malachite and a few minerals you did not list.

@tedoymisojos 12 жыл бұрын

wow they are beautiful

@D3adP00I 4 жыл бұрын

I got them, now just need to identify them ;) thanks

@user-cc2st8rb8x 3 жыл бұрын

Extraordinaire👍👍👍

@johnkosheluk1041 8 жыл бұрын

that was cool I have a question maby u can ancer it for me I do sprinklers and I had to get a sprinkler system going that wasn't doing for a year it is a well sys the well head was open 4 a year I put a new pump in and got it going now the next door nabor called me to tell me that the water is killing the ficus tree I went over there and it looks like the tree was burnt from the ground up and the customer had already sprayed 4 white fly I think it is salt can u tell me I can send u pictures if u need thank u

@coherantbliss3483 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your vid. I have a question and don't know if you can answer it. Of which mineral/stone family gives off the most spark/energy when striking each other? And which one mostly absorbs energy? If you don't know what would be your guess? I have seen a video that if a certain stone is used with copper it can create energy.

@SoulDevoured 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not entirely sure I understand all your questions but I do know that flint stone and steel (or any iron based metal/mineral) is what is used to make sparks and ignite fire. As far as stones that absorb energy, nonmetallic ceramic like stones, like talc in this video, are probably the best bet there. I believe asbestos is also very insulating but I wouldn't recommend it for any science experiment you're gonna try at home. Or if you mean absorb energy as in carry/conduct it, any common metal mineral will work. With zinc, gold, and copper being among the top. Sorry I can't help much more. I suggest searching google for "the least conductive minerals" or "conductive properties of common minerals" for a better shot at finding the MOST conductive and insulating minerals.

@coherantbliss3483 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your answers. I did mean carry/hold energy but of course with the appropriate one-way shielding

@NickSapphire3045 10 жыл бұрын

theese rocks and stuff are really cool i like to look at em

@napolio_ 9 жыл бұрын

Jesus Manny there Minerals! Not rocks

@christianruiz8670 9 жыл бұрын

nathaniel Adams They're*

@Proctor1986 9 жыл бұрын

nathaniel Adams well actually there were rocks up there. but yeah this is a mineral ID vid lol

@yukimisaki2592 4 жыл бұрын

I'm super late but what stone is it at minute 4:20? The one that has garnet in it

@therrienmichael08 10 жыл бұрын

I like being able to identify rock and minerals.

@seandarke1892 5 жыл бұрын

I found a clear rounded rock that is bumpy and has white lines on it like an orange and is smooth????? What is it quartz

@DrawingTechnical 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool. I really like the green and blue coloured rocks, imagine building a house with them! I wish the camera focused a bit better though, it did the video injustice.