I adore this channel more each time. Wouldn't have found it without MatPat and Flapjacks.

That man deserves his own youtube channel

I'm glad that MatPat had talked about this channel, I'm glad that I can learn about these gemstones.

Sulfur has such interesting properties... I would also be interested in seeing some more videos about the gem cutting process in action (the dap sticks and the lap wheel he was talking about). I have no idea how any of that works...

You should make a video on the entire process of cutting a stone. With a timelapse and everything.

That was amazing. I didn't even know sulfur could crystallize like that.

About strange sulfur minerals, i have some sample of some mineral formed during gas desulfurization. The remaining methane reacts with molten sulfur and slowly crystalize in the sulfur collecting tanks, once in a while the are cleaned and this mineral discarded. It is a whitish flaky somewhat opalescent stone, there is not much info about it (usual name is carsulf or carbsulf)

Possible future episode: Have you done garnets yet? Most would find it a surprisingly diverse group, with an interesting history of mistaken identity. Popular culture tie-in: On The Curse of Oak Island, a red faceted stone was unearthed---the first piece of actual 'treasure' these searchers have found on this Canadian island long-rumored to hide buried treasure of various origins, ranging from pirates to the Knights Templar. They speculated it was a ruby; my money was on spinel. I could tell by the primitive faceting (cut irregularly on one side only, other side cabochon) and setting that it was VERY old, and couldn't wait until last night's episode to see the results. It tested out to be rhodolyte garnet, and the piece was thought to be 500 years old! (The metal was silver, with copper as a contaminant.) Of course, whoever first owned the jewel must have assumed it was also ruby, as all red stones were thought to be at the time. (This seemed to be missed by our modern seekers, but would not had they been regular viewers of JTV.) I would love to know whether extensive testing of this stone by today's methods could indicate it's mine of origin, and thus possibly shed light on the Oak Island mystery. (If so, somebody needs to tell the Lagina brothers and company.....)

Never knew sulfur could crystalize into such large pieces, let alone be cut/faceted into a gemstone. I was flummoxed, too, though in retrospect the color and hardness should have given it away. Didn't know sulfur was birefractive. I was misdirected by what I saw (birefractive faceted stone), trying to think of other minerals that could maybe take on a yellow coloring with chemical impurities....and that's as far as I got, before the surprising reveal. What an illuminating episode, and awesome cutting job!

My mind is so blown right now! I never knew this was possible!

CALLED IT I CALLED IT Once he said the hardness I knew it was sulfur Also yay geology Ps :flapjacks (told you I wouldn't forget again)

We found the Soul Stone!

I guessed that was sulfur!! I've certainly been doing my reading :D

Probably my favourite video so far, Scott was really interesting to listen to!

I love his confidence in working with sulfer 🤣

"can't be that hard," In my head: Well of course, its a soft mineral! Get it, because its 1 1/2?

This lady is definitely jewelry centre gemologist. Nicer to have a knowledgable geologist

This is one of the coolest videos yet.

Amazing!! Who would know??? Thank you Scott!! 😀😀😀😀😀

That’s so cool! This channel is awesome.

Ummm that's called the mind stone guys you should get it back to the Vision

You know how Ice sometimes has those air tubes inside it just like some stones with the cats eye and star effect. I think ice can have the same effect, I'm not a geologist or gemologist but could you check if that is true?

As soon as I saw that, my first guess was sulfur. Sulfur just has such a specific yellow to it.

hey man the ones that went frosty make them concave. they would shine again but in a whole new light. they could even trap light and make insane projections inside.

The moment he said it could burst in your hand i shouted aloud "SULFUR"

I just have candy on my mind, it looked so much like a LARGE lemon drop.

Loved the vid Nat. BTW:Flapjacks. You're welcome.

This was ridiculously interesting

I rly like this guy lol he needs to start a channel about cutting gems because that would be so interesting

That's so cool!

That is a ridiculously huge sulfur, dude is a master.

I would love to pick Scott's brain. Because he feels like I do cut it because we can.

I have a question, why is black opal so rare?

Amazing!

This one was really interesting!

I found a prehistoric stone tool made of heat treated agatized coral that is translucent green around the edges. This is unusual color. Anyone heard of such a thing?

Can you talk about how agates are formed? That would make a very nice video

Gatoradeite my favourite

Amazing

Where can i get my hands on this interesting mineral

That's a pretty display case.

I had no idea what it was too

Same

Is it Orthoclase? That's my best guess before hearing the name. EDIT: _Nope. I was wrong. Sulfur? Interesting._

would like one of them for my collection.

4:15 - that was gold, KSI soundbite and all :L

I did not know that water on sulfur makes the rotten egg smell

It would be great if Scott came in a grey box too... Just saying

Oh my, I'm so early I saw the 301 views for the first time in two years

where you buy all of your gemstones

The devil definitely needs to hire him as a personal lapidary

The most toughest gem to cut would be Flapjack

Hi! This is a long one lol

i really thought it was sphalerite!

Please minimize the amount of touching...proceeds to touch every chance she gets. She kept getting the lazer eyes lol

Wooooooooo!

Flapjacks, Finally someone who does not think my home state is awesome and not a raging inferno of dust and broken dreams filled with nothing but inhuman lizardmen and instant combustion of organic material!

Quit picking up the box 📦 Thank you

Not to brag, but I guess it as soon as I saw it!

I think you weigh at most 118 lbs. so what do i win if i'm within 10 lbs.

Flapjack

Sulfur is NOT a Gemstone. To even ask a Gemologist what this is is way of their time. The SMELL of Sulfur would be enough to indicate what it is. Never touch Sulfur with your bare hands, always wear gloves.

Heyyyyyyyyyyyy. Im a boy.

...........sulfur????????????????????????