Super Rare & Colorful Fluorite

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Super Rare & Colorful Fluorite | Tucson Unboxing

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On this week’s Tucson Unboxing, Natalie is joined by a special guest, Jordan, who is a mineral expert and collector. Jordan and Natalie share the story behind #Fluorite and all of its unique features and characteristics.
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@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you to everyone for watching me and for all the kind words I've gotten. I'll try to stutter less next time, and, there will probably be more than Fluorite.

@teresaf.7234 4 жыл бұрын

What stutter? Only noticed your fascinating presence and wonderfully unique intelligence! I've subscribed to your channel...looking forward to more of your insight! consider this emoji'ed with double-devils and a heart~

@jessicalippy9249 4 жыл бұрын

I think you did awesome! Seriously I feel the same way about fluorite! Actually the specimen that converted me to a Fluorite Girl is a set of cubes on sphalerite from Illinois... the largest is a about 3 inches by 3 inches and they're almost transparent with 3 color zones... yellow purple and a light transparent blue... lol I asked the person I brought it from how much, he said 120 and I started throwing 20s on the table... I love rocks!

@quantumparodox 4 жыл бұрын

😈💎😈

@traceymellis4386 3 жыл бұрын

That was hands down the best explanation of fluorite formation and also really great advice for starting a collection! Bravo

@Xoxoxoxohilolteeheeeteeeheee 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!!

@deactivated148 5 жыл бұрын

Best episode yet. Jordan has genuinely great things to say, and you actually showed the specimens while people were talking about them.

@metatron1980 7 ай бұрын

I love Jordan's eyes and the way he explains. Very eloquent and he knows what he is talking about

@Ahbkz 5 жыл бұрын

Oh god! I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!!

@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope I'll see you around when I start my channel then. And when I come back here! and when Mineral Collecting is the national hobby.

@crosscutter5388 3 жыл бұрын

Jordan is my favorite guest i have seen so far. He understands my collection, what has meaning to me. He also uses one of my favorite answer to the "I have a dumb question" questions. "There are no dumb questions" though I add "only those not asked". Just totally love his attitude towrds collecting. Thank you for having him on.

@rei_cirith 3 жыл бұрын

Love the way he thinks about minerals. The rarity of the formation just so is why I love minerals too. They're not just pretty, but geometrically, statistically special.

@Shoobadawoop 5 жыл бұрын

That blue/purple fluorite!!! 😍 I would buy it in a heartbeat if I could 😭 Thank you for an amazing video. You’re awesome, Jordan! 😈😈 I definitely agree that people should stop cutting up perfectly good specimens.

@itsary.1362 4 жыл бұрын

Shelby T me too

@Hashdollars 2 жыл бұрын

I have 3lb, 5lb even 12lb pieces of flourite, it’s hard to keep these pieces because there’s a smaller market fora 5500 gram piece of fluorite as opposed to a small collectible $20-50 piece It cost good money to invest in large specimen minerals. I have several huge raw blue fluorite pieces right now as eventually the mine their from will exhaust.

@forabug594 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite episodes of all time! Thank you both for being such awesome presenters! Oh and those fluorite are gorgeous!

@Tina-dt6fs 2 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed this episode. Fluorite is one of my favourite minerals, in part because it looks so alien and "fake". Jordan was a great guest, knowledgeable and engaging and I hope you brought (haven't checked yet) him back for more. 😈😈🤘

@christopherclark5615 3 жыл бұрын

I was just watching this video again (it has two of my favorite people after all!) and just realized what a wonderful moment occurs at 11:20. Natalie is wrapping her head around 'phantoms', since in faceted stones the result of a phantom would typically be called zoning, and she asks if it is like striae. As a gemologist, she is referring to the internal curved lines seen in some colors of synthetic flame fusion corundum. Curved lines can be seen inside some of the synthetic gems under the right lighting and magnification, showing the curved cylindrical growth of the spinning boule formed by the flame fusion process. This is indeed very similar to phantoms in that they both follow growth and are often more or less visible depending on direction and the color of the mineral/gem. Jordan is hearing striae from a mineralogical perspective, which is completely different and refers to a surface feature (striation) that appears as grooves on crystal faces. This is a wonderful example of how shared vocabulary can differ between disciplines, even when they are so closely related. I love the gemologist/mineralogist videos!

@pablojimenez6673 4 жыл бұрын

This has to be my favorite episode of JTV

@AtkinWhat Жыл бұрын

Love the knowledge and passion your guests show.

@paninterstellar779 5 жыл бұрын

the fluorite in this video is insanely beautiful.

@MagicandMantra 5 жыл бұрын

What a rad interview. Such an interesting and well versed gentleman!!thanks for the video😈😈

@thisguy555 Жыл бұрын

Rad… you grew up in the 80’s too? 😎

@user-jy4kb4wu1k 5 ай бұрын

Jordan rules. He is one of my favorite mineral celebrities. He is so well versed with the minerals and looks like a complete bad ass.

@jenniferflorio3233 5 жыл бұрын

Another one of my favorite videos Natalie. I loved your guest! Really fascinating guy.

@gems 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jennifer!

@bethlovesthings 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! So informative and entertaining too. I'm definitely in the hobby camp but I love to learn. Love to see nerds vibing together. I'm just as enthusiastic haha 💖

@HerbieHerbHerb 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding educational value in this video. Thank you!

@blessedone843 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I love him some things are best left in their natural state... We need to learn that as people learn to love yourself in your natural state...😘😘😘

@wschrimp 5 жыл бұрын

Great Video Jordan! I only cut damaged and broken crystals, I NEVER cut any nice mineral specimen!

@nigelthornberry7513 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈 Love the Vid thank you Jordan for all the knowledge =D

@coldhazzard 5 жыл бұрын

Your guests are just the most interesting people.

@cafekkoXoX 3 жыл бұрын

😈😈 one of the best episodes so far. Would love to see these two together soon!

@Wickedweirdwednesday 2 жыл бұрын

Jordan was an awesome guest!

@felishapenney6 3 жыл бұрын

Keep him on the show he is good 👍

@lightinthewind 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈 this was very informative. Thank you

@DrDingsGaster 2 жыл бұрын

The second fluorite is absolutely stunning! I'd love to own a piece like that!

@CharlieNasty-cd5hu Жыл бұрын

The first one is way more ridiculous, tbh...it looks digital or something

@quinnsterd4764 5 жыл бұрын

5:20 😂 I loved this so much, awesome explanation!

@quinnsterd4764 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this episode! Jordan talked about so many interesting things!

@gigilongtime2891 2 жыл бұрын

That eyeliner….is everything the gemstones are nice too

@themistressofminerals 2 жыл бұрын

"Its a house in like, Idaho" 🤣🤣🤣 Jordan was FANTASTIC

@hisokamorow6154 5 жыл бұрын

I learn more in your channel then at school

@Rebecca-wx8fi 5 жыл бұрын

awesome guest

@LVX777 3 жыл бұрын

This is what I call quality content. Really appreciate this channel and the information it offers. Thank you.

@ryn6879 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈 great video!

@Mimi335533 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Jordan! Learned so much

@DreameGirl6000 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈 Those fluorite were so beautiful!

@kinggamer1214 5 жыл бұрын

This is some rare footage of the heart of an endermam

@foreverowlcity22 2 жыл бұрын

Fluorite is always worth buying 🎶 X..

@mchervino 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from southern Illinois and grew up knowing fluorite is our state mineral. I’ve only just gotten in to appreciating it at age 45. I’ve very quickly come into several pieces and I’m very fond of prehistoric Native American artifacts made from Illinois fluorite. I wish I could share pics of the pieces I’ve gotten.

@jorgemeza5031 Жыл бұрын

Always so knowledgeable and the ladies are so cute 😍

@wiredjeweler211 2 жыл бұрын

😈😈 I love the minerals and the messages!

@watusilucy4972 2 жыл бұрын

Jordan, I absolutely cherish your sentimentality toward specimens. My wish is that your philosophy would influence collectors around the world!😈😈

@kathleenmayhugh2246 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! He sums up how I feel about specimens perfectly!

@mikeferguson4492 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I truly enjoyed listening to both of you. It was an intelligent, passionate and informative conversation and you made my day. Both of pieces you showed are insanely beautiful and you simply blew my mind when you explained the processes involved. They are beautiful, natural, unique and irreplaceable treasures. I am happy to see that they are in good hands.

@jonnyhudson5644 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode!

@gems 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jonny!

@nclinard99 5 жыл бұрын

I know you probably don't take suggestions, but I would love to see you do an episode on mystic(rainbow) topaz. It has been one of my favorite gemstones for a few years ever since I came across it. Love the videos, hope you continue having a good time at Tucson.

@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

I can't produce a whole video for you on this myself but I can at least share a little about it. Mystic Topaz is a beautiful stone. It is when Topaz is treated with what would be most easily described as vaporized titanium. They're very attractive and relatively inexpensive because it is a creative use of an otherwise rather colorless stone. It's very accessible and aesthetically pleasing. The coating does have a small danger of being damaged by abrasion so you should be careful when cleaning them. Since they are treated and modified I consider things like this less of a geological wonder and more of an artistic modification but I still greatly appreciate this kind of work, especially on things like colorless amorphous topaz. They do similar treatments to quartz (mostly the type dug in Arkansas but some brazilian material more recently) and it is most well known as "Titanium Quartz" and that is another instance where you can get a very aesthetic artistic modifications of natural structures and they are normally quite inexpensive.

@rachaelledford2023 5 жыл бұрын

Great Job Jordan!! Great educational video! Thank you for mentioning JXR!

@ninamarie2818 2 жыл бұрын

I love you Jordan!!!!! Love your personality, expertise, and spirit ✨ Thank you for being such an awesome teacher and student all at the same time. I hope I run into you one day at the Tucson show 😄 👿👿

@leothecat9230 4 жыл бұрын

Illinois is so much more awesome than I thought

@ThatOneLadyOverHere 2 жыл бұрын

The 1st fluorite specimen kinda looks like a chocolate chunk cookie. They are both stunning!

@jabradford32 5 жыл бұрын

The blue eyeliner makes him look like a fremen of Arrakis from the book Dune

@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

It's supposed to be black but I think I blended in with the background too much being black on black so I think they churned up the exposure so that I didn't look like a floating face lol.

@kimberlydlapp3441 4 жыл бұрын

@@jordanroot5902 you looked fantastic. You looked comfortable and happy to be talking to someone who understands what you're talking about.

@HoodieNinja28 5 ай бұрын

This guy's amazing, also I have several cave in rock area specimens

@margaretdifford194 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview , Jordan was an enlightening guy.

@isaacalberda250 Жыл бұрын

fr like without these videos the coolest pieces of fluorite i’ve seen are the rough boulders with no structure i get from a local place in montana

@ikievershining 5 жыл бұрын

HE IS SO CUTE!

@nickalouscromer9082 2 жыл бұрын

You should bring the Crystal Collector on the channel with some South Carolina Amethyst, and have another video with PaleoChris or WILD KYLE showing Calcite crystals in clam shells.

@igneousmoon 4 жыл бұрын

Omg, was watching this guy and kept thinking, "he's got top bee on ther spectrum" and he is! Me too :D

@naturalselectioncrystals712 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. Congrats on your atypical brain!

@purrecioustabby630 2 жыл бұрын

Your guest is so cool

@amothintoflame3174 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😈😈

@Rahbinknight Жыл бұрын

I love Jordan!!!! They need to make a channel

@MoldaviteQueen 2 жыл бұрын

I think of fluorite !! Cave in ROCK !!!

@yourexsenpai5831 3 жыл бұрын

Love the way you explain things. Studying at GIA must be a blast 🤩

@americanrebel413 2 жыл бұрын

This was great, thank you.

@felishapenney6 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful calcite nicely colored

@Primordial_Radiance 5 жыл бұрын

Stop gawking at it! I need that for my keyblades. Also you should do a gemstones of Kingdom Hearts...

@karmaside2441 5 жыл бұрын

Those where so cool!😈😈

@izjusme9504 5 жыл бұрын

Could you talk about bismuth and how it incorporates into jewlery

@zoeberry33 3 жыл бұрын

I love fluorite too💗

@loralouise3865 4 ай бұрын

Much later, but I loved this! 😈😈!

@jjdraco7337 2 жыл бұрын

That blue over cast fluorite is amazing!

@newjsdavid1 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet origin story

@DarkestSquall 5 жыл бұрын

Hellthy junkfood sent me and I gave my mom purple fluorite for her birthday last year :3

@gems 5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! We love JP & Julia!

@determinedkid5243 5 жыл бұрын

I wanna start collecting gems like this cuz its so awesome and interesting to see so many of them out there and learn them all 💎💙

@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

You should. Do it with all your heart (technically your mind, but you get it).

@tracyfrederick5606 2 жыл бұрын

He should be a teacher. He explains things in such a special way! 👿👿

@TJMartinek 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome guest!

@Yvonne2214 4 жыл бұрын

Illinois in the US, but I also love English fluorite... Frasers Hush, Hilton, Rogerly, Blackdene... and so glad I'm not the only one with a bit of a compulsion. Also there is enough fluorite out there in rough form. No need to cut the quality intact specimens

@fanservice69 2 жыл бұрын

this is so crazy! ive just started buying minerals and probably about to start a business selling them online, i found this video because fluorite is my favourite mineral right now, this video was extremely helpful and inspiring😈😈

@chrism4008 6 ай бұрын

I freakin love native silver. And he knew that metal is crystals, first time I've heard that here

@-Slinger- 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈 I love Jordan's philosophy and his eye make-up. I actually bought an eye pencil, but I'm too scared of reactions to use it 😟

@MTlightneverfindyou 5 жыл бұрын

Never be afraid of others responses to your self expression. These are also things that can hinder you from growth. I mean, unless that self expression is potentially harmful to others lol. When I started dressing oddly I didn't have the social pressures that others experience so I got really used to being aesthetically different before I started selling minerals and then it was a little bit of a culture shock to really see how much people did react, but, at the end of the day it makes a pretty effective filter for people who have depth vs. people who are restricted to only observing people visually. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you find your balance with your aesthetic desires.

@MTlightneverfindyou 5 жыл бұрын

Oh and collect minerals. Because everyone should.

@jordanroot5902 5 жыл бұрын

Also realized that I responded on my other account first, sorry about that lol.

@lithafoster 5 жыл бұрын

😈😈!! thank you :) come back your so cool

@jadiscardelli3487 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@pandavcm05 3 жыл бұрын

My son and I love your videos. This was really cool! But must I also say, I'm in love with your clothes. Such beautiful tops. Striking blue, and the reddish brown with small print and cool neckline. Where did you get them?

@blessedone843 4 жыл бұрын

I guess you can say he's in love with gemstones... Since he almost got stabbed through the heart with one. I love this video & his story about his love for gemstone specimens 😊

@robbydebeuf6405 5 жыл бұрын

great show, great guest

@GLesbihonest 4 жыл бұрын

This was so dope!!!

@lorimangold2890 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Huge piece of flourite, yellow green with silver fleck inside it has a rainbow, refraction

@timothyhadley8482 Ай бұрын

What if it's possible to re create any and ever and new specimens?

@ThatOneLadyOverHere 2 жыл бұрын

Natalie: okay, so, why not cut it? Me: why *would* you cut that?!

@murlimewes3685 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing 😈😈

@ProspectingMonkey 4 жыл бұрын

Love Flourite 😈👿

@jimmaification 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jordan!

@suasuluapeangelaspinler9279 2 жыл бұрын

😈😈 Jordon is phenomenal. Every thing he said is.... Right. I learned valuable information watching this show, and listening to his knowledge. Thank you.