It's really unfortunate that a lot of people use howlite to make steaks of different Stones cuz it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth and it technically is a mineral that crystallizes and it is really cool how it's made but I've been screwed over on turquoise and a couple of other types of gemstones or crystals or whatever and it was because people used howlite and dyed it or colored it and try to sell it as something else usually different kinds of turquoise anyways I was trying to buy some turquoise cuz turquoise doesn't grow naturally in the state of Maine and that was one stone I really really wanted she's how old was I I can't remember I think I was like early twenties maybe I'm 34 now and I had some genuine turquoise it was Handmade by my dad's wife who is 100% Native American to the New Mexico area so yeah she sent me up some handcrafted jewelry with turquoise and I wanted to buy some turquoise to make my own bracelet to go with it and if you go into a craft store you can get like mid-grade jewelry quality crystals beads to make jewelry with and so I found some turquoise and I was like oh well it's 1299 it's kind of crazy it's so cheap maybe it's on sale I got on I got on the internet back then there weren't smartphones really yet and I was checking how to test for fake turquoise and I did and so there's a couple different ways you can test turquoise to see if it's real my favorite is without having to scratch the item or gouge it I take a hundred percent acetone nail polish on a cotton ball or Q-tip and you rub it on the stone in question, it was a fake. Now I love turquoise its apart of my heritage, I don't know if a lot of people know this but a lot of a turquoise mines that were founded in the United States earlier years a lot of those mines are almost depleted and they're very expensive now because there's not a lot of it left so while my sister was down in New Mexico she bought up a couple pieces from a mine called the Burnham mine and I asked her to get me a couple pieces and it was not cheap it cost $40 for two very small tear. Drop shape and there's only like 200 pounds of it left in existence because they're going to be shutting down the mine that has that turquoise pain in it because there's not very much left and I think that's a very good idea do you know it's a very good idea there's other Minds that have bigger veins are turquoise and these older ones I think they should be shut down and you know kept is historical landmarks

If you can scratch it with steel, it's serpentine. If it leaves a metal streak on the stone that wipes off, it's Jade. Jade also holds heat and cold very well. If it's low quality jade, it is very inexpensive Jade. You have to use a quality knife to get the right result. But if the surface of the stone scratches at all with a knife, serpentine. Jade won't scratch.

Unfortunately most people who claim they have Turquoise have dyed Howlite. Real quality pieces of Turquoise have a gemmy appearance. You can see the light penitrate the surface of the stone. It isn't opaque with a slightly chalky look like Howlite.

I don’t think those bracelets were supposed to be real or advertising that they were real. I’m pretty sure the people who produced them thought of the fact that people were gonna test then to see if they were real or not. I personally think they were just for kids and to LOOK like a real one or just be for a fashionable cause.

I don’t think they would actually sell real rose quartz and real howlite for just $5

Totally agree! Wish the material stated said "plastic" - they also gave healing properties but plastic doesn't have any properties!

So they can charge more money. PERIOD. It's more expensive "sounding" than saying it's imitation or plastic. Since it's not "cheap" cheap, that will entice folks to think it's real. THEY SUCK. I saw their beads before in person. I did t FEEL RIGHT, and put those joints back on the shelf. They can just advertise as fashion jewelry, smh

Can’t they be sued for false advertisement?

True

@@ColdBrewBarbie Lol nope they sure dont you made me laugh🤭 plastics are generally toxic

I was thinking this, reminded me of the "fake snow" thing

reminds me of shadow house soot

i don’t think that was their point in making this. they never said the crystal doesn’t burn because it’s a crystal, they’re just saying a fake one would melt or burn as opposed to a real one.

Right, the same happens with a lit candle in a glass jar.

Do you think the jade roller could have been glass? I was wondering that when I saw the $5 mark

Thank you so much!

Yesss!

That was exactly what I was thinking!

Yeah

It is I’d love to have a piece like that

Agree, but plastics is cheaper than crystals so they can make a profit with their mark up to keep it under $5

Right?! Probably took more energy to fake it than it would have to use the real thing.

and much cheaper to shape plastic then rock id think

@@Ash_Wynn Yes to shape a rock you have to use blade of machines like lathe machine for cutting,grinding stone for finishing the smooth look etc and extreme precision, but for plastic all you need is a dye and mould and just pour hot plastic in it and take shape as it cools.Plus in case of shaping real stone, cleaning is big issue as a lot of small pieces are left in grinding, also have to be careful of setup so that injuries are avoided. If its automatic lathe, proper coding is needed, if manual machine operator has to be highly skilled as one mistake and raw material is totally wasted or would not remain in specific dimension designed. Shaping one stone will take quiet some time no matter how much automated machinery is, but for plastic, mould and dye for several beads can be made once and only thing left is to pour hot plastic properly and remove any extra flash.

Why do y’all even buy rose quartz? You can find them for free outside 😭😭

Thank you so much! I wanted to try and test out some of my sketchy-er crystals and I was wondering if there were any stones I could possibly ruin by doing this. I’ll make sure to do my research now instead of just lighting my rocks on fire 😂

GTK, but be careful with amber as it is a hardened sap and not stone, either. High heat will deform and/or melt it, depending on its age.

@@autumin6843 there is SO many ways to determine if a stone is real or not! Compare, research, watch videos, converse! Anything but trying to light then on fire please... if they are real you don't want to ruin the beautiful piece of mother earth.

This should be the top comment

Im too lazy too read 0.0

YES!!!!! I was just about to say this! Its created when we burn a candle too or have a fire in a fireplace.

I always heard of it but I never really knew what it looks like

@@alyssaholmes2135 it's basically a thick dust that forms when smoke touches an object. If you've ever seen Mary Poppins, the chimney sweeps are getting soot out of the chimneys, and the dirt all over them is soot.

Not rlly I’m pretty sure most ppl just get the Bracelets bc they think they r pretty I do think it is false advertisement tho

As long as they put something on the bracelet tht is a real stone, they aren’t held accountable :-( doesn’t have to be the one they’re advertising

Maybe. Because they never claimed it was real they just said the name.

No because it doesn’t say “real quartz”It just says rose quartz.

it’s not exactly false advertisement as they never explicitly state that they’re real

😂💞

Oh wow Im watching this on a Monday at 7 am too

Sooo how many of them were plastic XD

😂

Watchin this on a monday at 7pm lol

Ikr 😅

Ikr like obviously it’s not going to be 5 dollars or less if it’s real crystal

right its five below you go there for good priced notebooks and stickers and trinkets not legit crystals

Some people do believe it or not... thats why so many people are surprised bc of this!!

@@hannahbee9714 Actually small crystals or quartz can be under 5$ including real ones :)

Isn't that illegal? I thought this was false advertising

@@th-ck9vl not really, because jade can also be argued that it's the coloration. Because Jade is consider a green shade.

I'd does look like onyx marble which is actually neither onyx nor marble. A very similar situation to adnet marble for example which is actually a type of limestone.

@@th-ck9vl i believe it’s not if they have the products description on back? not sure tho

@@th-ck9vl Jade roller is now used as a name for the product, not for the material. So for example with rose quartz it would be called rose quartz jade roller. With amethyst it is amethyst jade roller etc. Then there is another option of the seller not knowing it. Minerals have been forged or replaced for a long time now. And as long as a specialist doesn't check each and every piece, there might always be some forgeries in between. That's also the risk with buying these things on Amazon, the seller may really believe they're selling you jade when it's not. Sometimes even for the price which you would expect from real jade.

Yeah, it's usually one real bead among lots of fakes.

There's a bead on the howlite bracelet at the top that is a different shade of white than all the other clearly plastic ones. I wonder if that bead is a real one.

@@vocexseta same with the rose quartz. Which is actually something im surprised others dont notice; they are all too identical to be real. But there is one on each one that is different. Its like duck, duck, duck, duck, GOOSE!

I think on both bracelets it's the stone bead with small gold colored beads on either side. That kind of serves to separate the gemstone from the plastic. Hopefully she grabbed the couple real stone beads before throwing them all away.

@@haybaybay3199 I see what you mean.

Yes agree! This was done for entertainment purposes only! Everyone should be doing their own research before they expose their crystals to different elements!

Exactly I know a lot of citrine is created by burning amethyst. The stone looks like brown crystals. It doesn’t mean the stone is plastic, every stone has a different reaction to the elements.

Also a lot of crystals are Toxic to inhale the dust or fumes if set on fire

@@ColdBrewBarbie maybe suggest that first in the video.

Yes Amazon is not a great place to buy crystal's! Most are fake!

Also it's worth to notice not just the insides, but worth to look outside the unusual patterns. Real malachite doesn't have odd stripes and colours that real malachite does have. All do just Google fake malachite and it looks like clay made by layers.

@@trustyjuul4833 potatoes don't have spots that potatoes do have

Please do not light real Malachite on fire because it will severely poison you

Yeah amazon is terrible now I've gotten so many fakes of things in there its unbelievable and I pay full price for a counterfeit products I dont even bother buying stuff in there anymore.

They are no longer stones. And that is probably some of the cheapest techniques to shape stones because expensive stones are carved.

@@curlyhairdudeify yeah, sounds like BS to me. I'd never buy something like that, you can visually tell when crystals are hand carved, you can see the markings in the stone itself.

I know some color is added to stone too, but that makes sense.

It sounds like an acrylic process.

Same if theyre being smoothed??

i hope ur weeks going better🥺💓

Yeah, suddenly I'm like, "Mmkay so when I'm sad or moody I can just put my crystals up against my face and have a little smile." Because for real. I was so delighted at how cold they were!

Well it is... a rock....

It's most likely real

Sounds like it is, plastic doesn't do that

to be honest isn’t it okay if it’s cold and it’s fake? or is there more cause like i’ve always thought it’s ok if it’s fake and cheap, but it’s actually cold. u should def try test them!

Probably is. It’s at least real stone

Five below is like a dollar store lol

Me

Yes! I absolutely do not believe that crystals can heal or have any type of influence on you but I do love beautiful rocks!

@@jillvasquez1010 they totally do lol its been scientifically proven. Research.

@@haybaybay3199 some sources would be nice

I've seen fake stones made of glass before tho

My rose Quarz is kinda light but it’s still cold whenever I touch it? Is it fake?😩😩

@@Maria-ur9yr it could just be on the lighter side, try looking up ways to tell if rose quartz is real

what about ones on a necklace? my friend recently gave me a clear quartz necklace and idk if it’s a real one :)

that is not correct at all. learn some science.

yes crystal shops (online or in store) are much more reliable! They do still sell fakes but its less common!

@@ColdBrewBarbie how can I know which ones are reliable?

It is a mineral, and the flakes are the individual crystals

i'm guessing its plastic too!

This is a common practice. They use one real or glass stone on the jewellery and the rest are fake. It's to avoid being sued. This way they are technically selling you the genuine product (unless they're using a glass imitation bead) as they never state all parts of the jewellery are made from the real gem.

😂

I just did the same thing with my lapis😂

I dig stones / minerals , no lie the colder the stone the better quality once I get it cut.

i just looked up what mangano calcite looks like... ITS SO PRETTY OMG.

I did the same with my obsidian/onix (I don't remember which it is right now) and rose quartz 😂 they're cold as heck. Also my obsidian/onix has a piece lacking (grandma dropped it), and you can see on the tip that broke the smooth shiny glass-like crystal surface too, so I know for sure it's real.

yeah not a trustworthy store to purchase from!

It’s so gross how companies like that turn people’s spirituality into shallow marketing…

@PumpkinMozie yeah i hate it! it also makes it difficult for lower income people to get props/supplies for their spiritual practices.

Yeah but real what I wonder. ..She said it probably was a real stone just not jade. I always thought it had to be jade for it to give the claimed benefits

Its fine if they're fake, but a problem arises if they're fake but labeled as real crystals/stones, which these were. It's false advertising.

1. False advertising is illegal 2. Actually if you know where to look, you can sometimes find them starting at $5!

Yes reputable sources are best!

I'm so glad it was interesting!

That’s just the polish I believe, some crystals like calcite also look waxy!

Thanks love!

The face roller is for sure a stone, glass would be too expensive to make in a face roller

@@ColdBrewBarbie how do u know?? Plz do a vid on glass fake crystals too 🙌🏼

I can test if something is silver because I have skin allergy against it. Get a bad Rash when I wear silver. My mom does too.

wrong, glass can still melt at high temperatures and depending on how long you let the heat sit.

Yes it wouldn't burn, but there are other ways to test glass, I not a professional on this and have limited knowledge, but glass shouldn't melt when using a normal lighter

Right, but it also would be fake still which is why you do the heat test

Obviously...

No, but it would break because of the heat

That's my favorite place to go ❤️🥰 My friend has a shop there also.

Yeah even a tiny little jade bead could be hundreds of dollars for authentic jade. A completely authentic jade roller could not cost less than $100 with low quality jade, good quality would be $500+

Here in nz Jade/green stone is very sacred for us. Us maori use it for carvings and to wear as a taonga (treasure). It is believed to be full of mana (strength/power)... Its very very expensive. We also don't buy it for ourselves but as a gift for someone else.

Oooh 😯 well, i have hand made bracalete & earings & a leather purse with jade in them.. i bought them from local ppl while i was in Guatemala. Soo idk 🤷🏼‍♀️ definitely not plastic feeling.. i didnt pay expensive amounts for them.. i didnt know jade was that valuable.. this was like in 2010-11

I lived there for 2 years

Garden quality Jade is about $20 a kilo

we need a video showing, i wanna know if its serpentine or jade

A knife's hardness is around 5 and some serpentine can have a hardness ranging upto 6. So you'll need a steel nail or a piece of glass to do the scratch test.

Just be very careful and safe and check before you light anything up~

well, they never put on the packaging “real crystal”- so it wouldnt be false advertising.

@@taurxx when you buy milk is it called “real milk”? No. It’s false advertising and is illegal

@@penbot6806 no it's not. Misleading advertising is unfortunately totally legal. It's only "false advertising" if a company intentionally, recklessly and blatantly makes a fraudulent claim about their product. Making a plastic bracelet and saying "rose quarts" on it is technically only misleading advertising because they're actually refering to the colour and or pattern of the design and not the actual material it's made of but they phrase it in an ambiguous way to make a layman think it might be real.

@@penbot6806 milk and crystals are different. the packaging only says the gem name like "Howlite" which could mean a possibility of things including Howlite like pattern or Howlite like colors but with Milk you can only say what flavor or type of milk it is, hope this made sense lol

Love that! Thanks!

Thank you 😊

Marble wouldn't but glass could burst, please do your own research and take proper safety beforehand!

I was thinking to do that! I am going to do one on Shein in the next few weeks! Glad you enjoy the channel!

Their raw crystals seem to be real! the plastic smell may be from the dye? not sure on that one

Going to a store with a lighter to test their crystals 😹

Weary 😂

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks Love!

Glass is hard to tell, it will be completely clear with no natural inclusions, it will have small bubbles and it will be lighter weight! Hope that helps!