Thanks for watching! If you haven't already, please like and subscribe, and check out my "Exploring Earth Science" playlist for more of my videos (kzfaq.info/sun/PLnAeuYnCyxWkWFOaAY9VjRezA3PCyEq9T). Also, I've recently updated this video, and added some other new minerals content - here's a new minerals playlist - kzfaq.info/sun/PLnAeuYnCyxWkmQyNKKy44KE5fH-SCeWgz Also, I'm adding resources to science.mikesammartano.com everyday - check it out! And keep commenting with your thoughts, including ideas for new videos!!

Simple, direct, well-paced, no audio problems, no lighting problems. For beginners like me, this is definitely the most helpful identification video.

"breakage is probably the hardest property to identify" *clicks like immediately*

This was really helpful. I used it with my 4th grade homeschooler and she was able to understand it more than I thought she would.

You just did in 8 minutes what my TA couldn't do in 30. Thank you!

Very educational & i learn so much bout minerals . Very interesting topic , thanks for sharing us your knowledge . Looking forward for more video like this .

Thanks man very informative

This is comprehensive. Thank you.

OMG UR A LIFE SAVER!!!!! i had to do a rocks and minerals test and i got ALL OF THEM CORRECT!!! THANK U!! :3

Very informative. Much needed for my geology quiz tomorrow!! Thank you!!

Hey Mike, just wanted to say thanks for your range of videos on rocks mate. Helped me out greatly with my year 8's.

Thank you. This was very helpful for me. I love rock hounding.

Always wanted to know these things,,,thank you for helping an old guy out!

Thank you very much Keep on making such informative videos

Thank you very much. It's so easy for me to complete my geography chapters after watching your videos.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Mike, it's a great helper!

all your videos are through and explainary..well done sir!

I have been picking up rocks and bringing them home for years. I didn't know any of the things you talked about although I did noticed that come rocks broke with straight lines. Cool and informative video. Thanks.

Great video! The sheet of biotite looked more like muscovite and the lighting made the luster a little difficult to see. I still plan to use this with my students. Nice job.

As I am a geology student it is very useful for me..... Tq so much🙂🙂🙂🙂

Awesome vid ty for your time and knowledge ..thanx fir sharing !!

ur videos really helped me sir ...thank you

This explains so much better then my Earth Science book, very informative, thank you!

Great videos. I have been using them with my class. They have really helped with the study of rocks and minerals. Also, they have aided in the development of their note taking. Seriously enjoy. Thank you.

Nephrite = How to tell whether a Nephrite is of a Good Grade - and How and where to find a Good Buyers For it ?

great video! Great stuff to know!!

Well done . Have you considered doing a DVD for use by gem clubs? There is a great need by the clubs to teach this, it's not that they can't teach it , it hard to maintain uniformity. Once again , well done.

Is anyone here because of a identification test?

I watch pretty much all of your vidoes and they are awesome please make more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great help thank you

Thiiis is just what Ive been looking for...Thankyou Very Much!!!!

i love your mineral samples

thank you for helping us

Really helpful, I understood everything and I'm able to identify minerals! (:

This is a perfect video for my school assignment!!

This is so informative.

Nice lecture. Thank you.

I signed up beacuse of the name of the channel but the information provided is outstanding!!

This is great! Thank you so much for putting this together!

I am a twelve year old Korean girl, and I watched this video for my academy test. This was the first video I actually understood.

thx dude i needed this for my school i am so glad at least someone so good at science atleast i can answer my teacher any quistion she asks me thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and youll give me a A++ once again thxxxxxxxxxxxxx hip hip horray hip hip horray

thank you for this😊

Thank you Mike 😎

Thank u sir very useful video

Wow you explain so good. 👍

Thanks a lot bro its help me with my petroleum engineering study

You're a fantastic teacher!!

Thank you.

It's going to help me on my test.

i was watching this out loud so everyone got suspicious when he kept saying cleavage

A very informative video.. thanks a lot

That was kinda helpful tysm🥰

I have a geode, and the crystals inside are white. They first smelled kind of like laundry detergent, but now they smell like nothing. It might have been because I cracked it open with a hammer. It isn’t see through, and when I put a fire up to it the color changed to gray and yellow, and it smells like ash now. What do you think it is?

Thanking you isn't enough ❤️

Thanks for video

you helped me a lot thaks

thx this helped

well said

Teacher: watch this video Me: *ok*

This video is very thorough and clear. I don't know if it is just me, but do the minerals look out of focus?

best teacher ever

Soooo Interessstingggg!!

Very informative :)

Nice video👍

i love your channel

hello I really enjoy watching your video

Am I the only one here because of science class?

Thank you this video help me to study for my quiz

Mike question if a black fractured glassy rock cuts in to glass. Is it a mineral? Thanks for your answer to this question in advance.

And non-metal has a few sub-category as well. Pearly, Vitreous, Resinous, Waxy,etc

Identifying minerals? More like "This video kills"...ignorance, with all of the knowledge it contains. Thanks again so much for making and sharing all of these wonderful videos!

this is helpful

I have a rock where yellow color mineral distributed around it. I want to know whether it is gold. Is there any other metal or mineral that is yellow in color

thank you so much my teacher send me this video

this cleared my concept as clean as whistle Thankyou sir! and keep uploading such videos :)

Who here bcuz cornavirus... 😷😷😷 👇 pres

Thank you for giving us such an informative video that beginners like me can understand! I've heard the terms "fractured" and "cleavage" but as a woman and retired nurse, they simply sounded like sexy underwear and a medical problem! Lol. (Yes, I subscribed!) :)

What semiconductor metals can be used?

Thx

Can we take any glass to check the hardness

really helpful..... sir i am a geology student from India, can u pls tell me how to identify whether a mineral is crystalline or amourphous?????

thanks michael my mark in this exam was an excallent

if they are tumbled how can you figure out what they are?

Yeah, Thanks!!🙂🙂😊😊

Can anyone tell me where I could post a picture of a rock to get help identifying it? I’m not seeing it on any mineral identification web site.

Thank you I am doing a lab for minerals and next time tell people what we use them for .mica used for make up

Petrology material name side page explained one material neatly

So good

I have to do this for science 🔬 text.

I found in one trip to a mountain crystal rocks kind of clear and goldish (not metallic) and I am very curious in finding what type of mineral is this

So interesting

You really helped! 😊

Who else is here bacause you actually like minerals and want to learn more about them not because of science

This helped me with my shcool work

Interesting

This is the video Hank gives Marie

I do have some stones like the one u have in the middle of your stones ,when u put light to it reflects light. How much would it cost

Oh my god what I would do for a streak plate that clean 😲 I only have white ones in my class and they are 100% covered :(

watching this video for school but I literally cant get over the fact that this dudes voice sounds exactly like Ted Nivison

what kind of stone is this? @