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I have been trying to really understand this for decades. I’ve read many things including textbooks, websites, books, etc, I have watched many documentaries or shows or videos and no matter what I just couldn’t get the whole picture or any picture really. I watch this video with very little hope and I can’t believe it. I understand it perfectly. Why couldn’t anyone else make it this simple. You are the absolute best! You have no idea what this means to me. Thank you so much! It’s not complicated but yet nobody on Earth seems to be able to explain. Except you. You have made more than just my day. Thank you again.

been playin minecraft bro watchin dis just trynna be *steve* in real life

Only legends search this for one reason……. “Jesus Christ Marie, they’re minerals!”-Hank Schrader

These are very well done, thorough videos. They have been a tremendous help during isolation and really enhanced my understanding of rocks and minerals. Thank you much. Keep up the quality work.

This is great! I will be watching this a few times to really wrap my head around it, and eventually it’ll sink in enough for me to identify my rock/mineral collection. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

this is so helpful for me and my sister because we are cracking and studying rocks and minerals.

Just started getting into Minerals & Rocks and this intro is just AMAZING. Professional, entertaining and to the point. Keep up the great work!

You're awesome! You make it so easy to understand, follow and structure the whole picture in one's head. Damn, I wish I saw your videos early :) Thank you, much appreciation!

Really finally get it now. You have the best understanding and explanation of all. Thank you for laying it out so simply. I can say that I have been exposed to years of people babbling on about various rocks, gone to look them up and just found things getting more difficult and mysterious. I knew what conglomerate was but breccia was a secret. I knew shale and slate, never heard of phyllite but often wondered what schist and gneiss were. Even if I had that chart I would not be able to connect it so clearly. Really I think this video is brilliant.

Rocks and Minerals. Clicks on video, first line spoken by narrator: "Minerals and Rocks." MY LIFE IS A LIE

Just discovered this channel and love it! Not in any type of geology class but studying my own rock collection 💗

It's a pretty good video, which illustrates minerals and rocks very clearly. Appreciate your good work.

This has to be one of the best videos I have ever seen on this subject, and I really appreciate your taking the time to make and share it. Shale yeah!

This is very well explained making it quite educational. Enjoyed this.

Amazing teacher! The intonation and speed-of-explanation are slow enough to be understood, yet fast enough to keep one awake and highly interested. This is teaching at its finest.

well done explaining all these classification of rock and minerals. It's very simple and easy to understand!!

Your videos are brilliant. Such complex matters have been explained in plain english. Keep up the great work!

You made everything 100 times easier to understand thank you!

Excellent Video !!! I learned a massive amount of information !!! Thank you !

I'm new into rockhounding. I've been trying to find a site to learn about rocks, crystals, minerals! This is a great place!!! I'm slowly learning! Enjoy!

I am studying for the CSET in Science and these videos have been extremely helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to make them

kudos to you, you make a topic I would usually consider boring, interesting. I'm genuinely interested in this topic thanks to your to the point interesting way of explaining things. It's not boring like my irl science teachers throughout my boring school life years.

thank you for the info sir this will really help me on my upcoming regents exam!

I am at college in the geology course and you have no idea how much you help me in my crystallography and mineralogy class. I have an exam tomorrow and i was really nervous until I decided to re watch your videos. They me much peace because of the simple way that you explain, i wish you were my college teacher. Can you please make some crystallography videos? I am finding a hard time trying to understand all of this. Please at least consider the idea if you read this. Thank you for all the help. *the pdf that you made available are wonderful.

You made something simple that many folks make complicated. Great video....thanks Mike..!

I really learnt a lot from this video being someone who is not even close to being in the area of work but that needed this knowledge.

Best video on the subject I've come across so far, thanks!

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!! It was super useful!

Oh my god!!!! That was amazing such a detailed description I had a hobby of collecting Rock from the street and river but couldn't understand them well enough I got amazed when I was finally able to recognise them from your classification Thank you very much for such an amazing video !!!!

I'm a geologist, and this was just fun to watch. You do a great job teaching this. Seeing examples is always great, but people don't realize how different samples of the same minerals can be. Can't wait for a polarized microscope video.

This video has made me feel content. I love, love, love Rocks.

This is one of the best education videos i've ever watched! implementing this into my MS science classes!

clear, concise and readily comprehensible. thanks.

Omg you helped me so much . I am taking earth science and your videos are so much better then how my teacher teaches !!! Please continue making them!!!

Hank likes this video

Thanks for teaching me, I bet my teacher would recommend this

Thank you for this wonderful video! Very informative and gives clear understanding of this topic. Thanks a lot ❤️❤️❤️

Great video! Shows and tells you just about everything you need to know about rocks and minerals for the NYS Earth Science Regents Exam.

Another awesome vid! Thanks man :D

Thank You that was very helpful it straightened out a number of things I had taken in but really didn't understand it makes a lot more sense to me now! Thank You again!

Super explanation... Thank you!

This was nice! Thank you for posting.

this is very helpful video thankyou!!!!

Thanks sir, you helped me a lot

A really great overview. Thank you.

thank you so much for these videos!! Im taking physical geology and this is helping me remember the information much better. The demonstrations and your flow charts are awesome!

best educational video

I love learning from your channel. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

Such an informative and easy-to-follow video. Thank you!

this helped me alot thanks micheal sammartano

Thank you!! Haha I know I'm three years late but I'm very interested in rocks, minerals, and gems, so this was really cool!

This will help me with my project

Thank you for making these

Great video! i'm going to pass my Midterm exam now! i will keep you updated

superb sir, thank you very much

Thank you ..that makes it vary clear.. great video!

Thank you|! Mindat is offline so frequently, so one always needs good resources for learning and identifying different species of mineral specimens

Great video. Very well explained.

U literally saved my life This is so great for my assessment

I like all your mineral and rocks videos. Learned so much . So well done

Thank you for this video because I'm learning this at school

Excellent video, Mike. You rock.

Thank you, that was very helpful.

These videos are great!

thank you so much. this is a really good vid for studying bc I have my unit quiz tomorrow so this makes me feel much more confident!

You are very good at explaining this! Thanks! Love your videos!

Informative... Thank you so much..🙏

Thanks

Great video, super easy to understand!

This was really interesting. And since I'm appreciating rocks sans any exam coming up, it's certified that I'm a grown un now.

Hi, I looked on your web page but I don't see any corresponding worksheets. Do you have them in a folder on there?

Love, love, love this video great info!

Thank you! Very helpful.

Nicely done ~

Thank you for making this. I found this to be very helpful

I really enjoy watching these videos I find them so interesting and informative, Thank You

This was an AWESOME video. Thank you! I only wish I had access to the sheets that you were using to explain things with!

Best teacher ever!!!!

Well explained!!

Excellent Video !!!

thanks

As a geology student I really appreciate your videos ! Keep up the good work ☺

Thank you so much sir

Amazing, thank you sir.

If I'm just getting into Rock Hounding and am a beginner at identifying things, which of your videos is best to start with?

you helped me on my class work thanks

Your video is really helping me with my rocks and minerals speech

Thank you for this video

Thank you so much I understand very nicely...this video is very interesting I love it...learning it is very fun and enjoyable I love science thank you so muc

Thank you for these videos they help

Excellent lecture. Cheers

Top information here!, very well explained. Thanks for uploading this video.

Thank you for easy explanation!

Thank you Mike, very interesting.

Thank you~~~ I can understand completely~~~

Absolutely fantastic

Your channel is awesome...... Keep making more such videos

Very crisp and useful

Kudos 👏 💐. This is a beautiful explanation