@gems Жыл бұрын
What was your favorite specimen? What's your favorite pleochroic gem? Let us know here!
@wyomingadventures Жыл бұрын
The bloodshot one is my favorite iolite. Cool stone! I like that it can be colorless. Your videos are full of information and very interesting. Great job!
@LDiamondz Жыл бұрын
ALL of the Iolite. Any shade, any or no color. Love Iolite.
@girlnextdoor369 Жыл бұрын
The Bloodshot was my favorite of this episode- never knew it existed! It is fabulous! Iolite is my favorite pleochroic- it is amazing and love that it is called water sapphire also… 😍
@user-qp5yi2sh8l 9 ай бұрын
baby rural have . baby rural want check. สวัสดีคับ ผมมีจริงๆคับ😊😊😅😅👶
@farrenrohana Жыл бұрын
NOOOOO to the haircut!!!!!😊
@oscarmedina1303 Жыл бұрын
Let it grow Rob. Let it grow!
@gems Жыл бұрын
Haha...it's the source of much debate
@oscarmedina1303 Жыл бұрын
@@gems My hair is about 2 1/2 times longer than Rob's. Love having it. 🙂
@prettybird1978 17 күн бұрын
I feel like iolite deserves more attention than it gets. Such a beautiful gem
@alexmaldonado9292 Жыл бұрын
My dad made a deep violet Iolite and 18k yellow cigar band in our store a couple years back. It's an elongated emerald cut and is 10mm tall and only 3mm wide with a bezel setting. The proportions are wicked. I NEED to get a dichroscope after watching this! You guys truly make amazing and irreplaceable content. Thank you for demonstrating how rad iolite is!
@SheikhN-bible-syndrome Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see what it looks like do you have a email or face book?
@largent45 Жыл бұрын
Iolite is beautiful! Its some of my favorite colors and affordable! Its durable enough for jewelry and faceting! Its just an all around great choice of gem. And its so beautiful! Thanks for showing one of my favorites
@LDiamondz Жыл бұрын
All true. It's a lot harder to get these days. So glad I bought a ton of it years ago.
@lindasaav7364 Жыл бұрын
I vote NO to Rob cutting his hair, he looks way too good in it 😉 Also, really enjoyed seeing those hematite included pieces, they were beautiful!
@catienoble3191 Жыл бұрын
I love iolite! It's so underrated!
@girlnextdoor369 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE IOLITE!! This and Rhodolite garnets are my absolute favorites 💕✨ As for the haircut- Rob is handsome and looks great in long or short hair… it’s summer, and it will grown back! Do what your heart desires!
@phoenixkh93 Жыл бұрын
This was fascinating thank you! Would you ever consider doing an episode on gemstone dice sets for Dungeons and Dragons? like what kind of stones would be suitable, how to look after them and store them etc. I bet it would be right up Rob's street!
@gems Жыл бұрын
It definitely would!
@barbaraeidinger6826 Жыл бұрын
Yup, haircut! Nice and lush but looks best neat and short. Rob's lucky he can sport whatever he wants and still looks good.
@elisabethe8055 Жыл бұрын
Rob looks good in long hair. Maybe a cut that isn't super short? ;) Iolite is pretty. if Vikings used them, that means i could get out there and look for it here in Scandinavia? Thank you for sharing guys!
@curtisoliver1006 7 ай бұрын
Managed to get hold of 16 iolites accompanied by 16 white topaz's on a piece of jewellery. Beautiful gemstone.
@Pollenoverponds 7 ай бұрын
I love Rob’s hair!
@ExsoLam Жыл бұрын
Some cordierite does have pretty strong yellow or orange tones, but the purple/blue of cordierite is pretty distinctive once you've seen it enough. Tanzanite has a purer blue and a purer violet.
@LDiamondz Жыл бұрын
Iolite is my favorite gem. I have tons of it. All look a little different. Thanks!
@juanmorse50 Жыл бұрын
Tanzanite is one of my favorite stone, but I didn't know that it is in the same family as Iolite. And, with that said, I am leaning forward Iolite
@juanmorse50 Жыл бұрын
And btw, I am very new at this Rock Hounding thing and I've learned a lot at my Lapidary Club from several members. And, I've gained a considerable amount of knowledge on mineralogy by watching your videos on youtube. Thank you.
@davidlove456 Жыл бұрын
Rob, I have not cut my hair for a few years. This is my second time. I had more regret cutting it than no thus far.
@meetabose6340 20 күн бұрын
THANKS🙏VERY INFORMATIVE VIDEO ON TWO SIMILAR LOOKING GEMS IOLITE & TANZANITE TO THE UNTRAINED EYES! But You Two Clarified Some Stark Differences between the Two Gems👌THEY BOTH R SPECTACULAR INDEED❤️
@praisingGod1611 Жыл бұрын
Yes on the haircut.
@CJBurgandy Жыл бұрын
Those cabs are so pretty. The faceted are super pretty too. I might have to look into adding Iolite to my collection. Also I'm on Team Long Hair Rob.
@oscarmedina1303 Жыл бұрын
What a great episode. I've always wondered how to tell the two minerals apart. Now I know. Thank you!
@chamilaHewasinghe 8 ай бұрын
It's a great presantaion, we have more stones like this
@michaeltrudell9356 Жыл бұрын
Those Idolites are very pretty
@arsalanahmed3975 Жыл бұрын
Short hair Rob is 🔥
@loganmorris7640 Жыл бұрын
I have iolite
@AJShiningThreads Жыл бұрын
I love these videos! More science!
@mimichy4138 Жыл бұрын
One of favorite blue stone 💙
@texasceechelle Жыл бұрын
Yes, haircut!
@johnc.hammersticks Жыл бұрын
I have a large collection of iolite rough including a perfect blue violet crystal with no inclusions, I have it in chatoyant as well and colorless/ all sorts off diffrent colors and inclusions. I have extremely trycroic and Birefingce is very noticble in these stones. Also found vorobyevite in the same area.
@lissetteflores4469 Жыл бұрын
Good morning from Australia 🇦🇺 No haircut Roberto. We like the conquistador look. 😅🎉
@barbaraeidinger6826 Жыл бұрын
Love that little flat light. Chased one up on the internet. Use it for everything!
@KarpetRydOFunk Жыл бұрын
What if my favourite was the Tanzanite? Heh. Untreated Tanzanite is just so incredibly stunning!
@gems Жыл бұрын
That’s fine! Rebecca’s favorite was the Tanzanite too! But Iolite is still super cool!
@sleepytime5518 Жыл бұрын
Iolite is my favorite gemstone!
@badarock177 Жыл бұрын
She could let him speak a little. No offense, but Rob is so relatable and knowledgeable.
@delrey884 Жыл бұрын
that was informative as a nerd. tn TYPE-MOON, there is a mage that uses eyeballs made from Iolite to see magical energy. i thought that is kinda random, but i didnt know iolite was viewed in myth like iceland spar. makes total sense now
@fennynough6962 Жыл бұрын
This is why I prefer a pure compacted red rosy jasper, that maintains its monochrome luster throughout Massive amounts of it. Unlike heat treated glass like multi colored conglomerates of dihedral, diconomys of tricolored geology. Whew, say that three times fast in a row! Thank much, & reserve pretty for the pretty one! 👸
@munnirsufee4395 Жыл бұрын
We mine iolite here in Nigeria
@bryangilbert3581 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful stones
@lissetteflores4469 Жыл бұрын
And a beads episode, pretty please with a cherry on top 🍒 🙏 😊
@gems Жыл бұрын
Working on it!
@lissetteflores4469 Жыл бұрын
@@gems awesome!
@bethlovesthings Жыл бұрын
Another great video team 💖 I also may have bought myself an iolite pendant 😅
@buff25 Жыл бұрын
Keep the hair Rob!
@Grand_Works Жыл бұрын
Do you Rob, but your hair is magnificent.
@TheGreeneBead Жыл бұрын
Rob should keep his hair!
@maryannguess7115 Жыл бұрын
Okay ROB, ITS SUMMER HEAT..GET A SHORT HAIRCUT...I JUST did mine..donate your hair... Great 💎 💎 yall aren't in Vegas at JCK..??😮❤😊❤
@gems Жыл бұрын
We wish!
@amywelsh8225 Жыл бұрын
I vote against cutting it short.
@offimatrix4897 Жыл бұрын
yeah Iolite. have lots of fine rough.
@CyrilCawasaki 4 күн бұрын
I have large iolite grey violet color
@jairprado5538 Жыл бұрын
Show 😊
@praisingGod1611 Жыл бұрын
I just bought an 8.6 carat andesine, and would like to see a video on that. Thanks
@yewchewba Жыл бұрын
i was hoping you’d do a video on this!
@LucretiaPearl Жыл бұрын
If you haircut, maybe only a small amount off? But that's just me, do what makes you happy, Rob.
@chamilaHewasinghe 8 ай бұрын
It's a great presantaion, We have more stones like this...
@babe_of_swords Жыл бұрын
Rob with short hair?! 🔥 I call dibs on dating him lol
@lcs128 Жыл бұрын
Iolite is in my minecraft mod 😮
@barbaraeidinger6826 Жыл бұрын
These days, add deep blue kyanite as another gemstone that might be mixed up with tanzanite, iolite or sapphire
@Yourenotmetho 3 ай бұрын
Hypothetically speaking. If I knew someone that stumbled across a not huge but definitely not small rough iolite specimen. (It doesn’t seem to fit any other classification) What should that person do? They seem pretty shook up about it. Any possible info would be Great! Thank you. 🙏
@markgarin6355 Жыл бұрын
kornerupine?
@bryangilbert3581 Жыл бұрын
I don't see a link on my cheap phone
@gems Жыл бұрын
Maybe this will work? www.jtv.com/product/iolite-mixed-shape-faceted-parcel-100ctw/14WJSA?mcid=XSOyoutube0000336
@DarkDondi Жыл бұрын
How about Scandinavia? You mentioned Vikings?
@gems Жыл бұрын
Yes. According to GIA, Norway is another source of Iolite.
@shaheenshinwaribbqandresta1676 Жыл бұрын
I am from Pakistan I have many how is interested
@cld1665 Жыл бұрын
Don't cut it. It will make it harder for me to grab. Hint,hint :)
@LDiamondz Жыл бұрын
Haircut? Absolutely not! Keep it long, while you still have it! My husband had long hair. Guess what happened when he cut it? He started losing his hair! Really. I swear! 😇
@davidlove456 Жыл бұрын
Iolite is cool, not as cool ass those hoop earrings though.
@patriciamoore-rx4xo Жыл бұрын
NO HAIRCUT!
@ahmedamer2833 11 ай бұрын
Who is want iolite;!?
@NataliaJuliaNowak Жыл бұрын
iolite > tanzanite
@kellyharper367 3 ай бұрын
Rob... I adore long hair on a man... your's always looks well kept, clean, and sexy!
@scottpeters5624 Жыл бұрын
Keep your hair,, till you get real thin on top, then it just looks plain sad. Enjoy it while you can man
@francescalittle4414 Жыл бұрын
No on the cut.
@GoldenQ. Жыл бұрын
No to the chop.
@metatron1980 24 күн бұрын
Rob is sooo sexy
@SharpAssKnittingNeedles 5 ай бұрын
Such a cool mineral! Not often to find something common to both orogenic and contact metamorphism other than garnets 🤔 Also, love becca and robs sibling energy as always 😂
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