20 years ago, my husband and I were living in Lightning Ridge. We didn’t have a lot of money so for our anniversary he decided to make a vegetable garden for me. He was digging when he hit a rock. Turned out that the rock was a 3.4 carat blue/green black opal. We had it cut and set into a ring. Best anniversary present ever!
That is a pretty awesome serendipity 😊👍 I guess your husband’s love and dedication to at least give you a decent vegetable garden for your anniversary paid off many-fold for both of you. I hope both of you are continuing to live happy lives together still 🙂
The red diamond info was great but years of Skyrim has taught me better. Those are the unusual gems and if you gather all 28 (in this case, 30), you'll be able to complete the crown of barenziah.
Yeah monopolies are against the law in the USA aren't they? The DeBeers family have been doing it for lifetimes. They have driven the price of very common stones, sky high and kept it that way
Also, these mines were gained after the British waged the cruel Boer wars and invented the very concept of concentration camps. That makes me angry even if I hear the mention of diamonds
I inherited a couple of pieces of jade from my mom. One of them, she called "water jade." It was mostly clear, like water, with some gray spots, and she said it would "bloom," or "mature" over time. Well, 50-ish years later, it has filled in quite a bit! The gray spots have spread and deepened and even a little red has crept in. I love rocks! Thanks for the great video!
20+ years ago, I asked my wife what did she want for Christmas, and she told she wanted a rock. I picked a random rock, wrote Merry Christmas and put in a ring box, gave it to her with a quote....the beauty of each rock lines in each individual’s eyes. She has saved it till today.
People without the knowledge of those other existing stones/gems. Stupid people that once heard Marilyn Monroe say "Diamonds are a girls best friend," & rip & ran with that.
I’d love to have an Alexandrite or crystal quartz. Milky quartz used to be prominent in my area when I was a child but not anymore. I wish I had some of the crystal quartz from childhood. I’d love to have a large garnet as well.
Used to go black opal mining in Nevada every year. Finding them is incredible!!! While more fragile than their Aussie counterparts, they are still gorgeous and valuable!
I work at a crystal shop actually and we have one of those palacite specimens, it's larger than my hand and the olivine stone is stunning, the piece is valued at about 7000 dollars
I gave my wife a lapis necklace and made her a dreamcatcher with lapis beads forming the constellation Aquarius, her zodiac sign, while I was deployed to Afghanistan
@@kyjin12 there's definitely some gems out there that are extremely rare that don't exist, but we can't exactly call something rare when we are unaware of its existence
The “snake stone” video is likely real-but not in the way you suspect. As mentioned, it’s common practice to obtain these snakes and insert the stones in them for show. The likeliest scenario is that the snake was caught, a hole cut in its head, and the bead put in. It’s genuinely animal cruelty-imagine lots of people doing this to dogs or cats just to promote a legend.
I remember when I was a kid I kept on hearing stories of how lightning can leave behind "teeth"-like jewels. Old folk even say it has magical properties. Now I know it's actually fulgurite.
Where l come From in Zimbabwe they say lightning leaves behind eggs, they believe that if the eggs are not removed by a witch doctor the lighting will strike again at the same place.
I used to have a shit load of those. In Mohave valley Arizona there is a wash, I believe it's part of the sacremento wash and. There are a lot of those out there. Most are not very pretty but some, are amaOng and even have a spiraling crystals down each side. Pretty sweet
I remember when I was a kid and the old folk told me there was gold on this land. This was in Mexico. They would tell me that at night you could see the gold glowing through the ground. Lol I always thought this was cool when I was a kid and I imagined that gold always did this.
My wife and I were eating at a Chinese restaurant one time and they had an oyster bar. We each took 3 on the half shell and while eating them I bit something hard. Thinking it was a bit of shell I worked it out and it wound up being a pearl about 1/4 inch and perfectly round! It still resides in her jewelry box.
As a rock collector, I take this as a personal challenge. Edit: Update: I have since stopped collecting rocks since I left the school that had all the cool rocks and now there's no more rocks to collect :( if I find any cool ones I will collect them but I haven't found any cool rocks in a while
I love your video, it was fun to watch! I just wanted to share, that at 18:10 the stone that is on the left is not fire obsidian, it is 'rainbow' quartz. Rainbow quartz has a layer of film on it that is heated, it is not natural, you can see the quartz formations clearly in that specimin, obsidian would not have points like that.
Alexandrite is crazy and I'm obsessed with it, got my Fiance an engagement ring with a .8 crt stone, then matching earrings for her 40th, the colour change is incredible and unique. Then i brought myself a .57 crt stone as an investment.
I love to watch Justin (?) at Black Opal Direct using the grinding /polishing wheels to first take off the dull sand covering, then uncover the gorgeous colours inside. One time , he ended up with a beautiful small-ish stone, and said, " This will feed my family for a year ! ". 😊🇦🇺😊🇬🇧🌿⭐🌎😊
Yes I love black opals I have some nice raw pieces myself & lighting ridge opal as well as a rare type called iron opal & petrified wood that has opal inside. I'm a crystal hoarder lol
@@amihanvdiamondgdtovoefilamswan umm, the Philosopher's Stone is in many fictions, not just Terraria. It's also in Full metal, Harry potter, and much more.
It also isnt actually coming from the head of thr snake its a crual practice that one would make a slit in the snakes head and cram a gem underneath the skin then reseal it with wax or glue Btw im not trying to be that UM ACTUALLY person just the practice is fuqd up
A diamond is a fairly common semi_precious stone made valuable by DeBeers. Oppenheimer family owns it . Most diamonds of gemstone quality already have facets.
@@chodend3257 No, it's not. More like "All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses." Yours is a play on the meaning of words, whereas the other two are factual.
When I was a very young girl, my family had taken a trip to the Indiana Dunes, and I found this "rock" that was multicolored, was smooth on all sides, and it was beautiful. It looked like the Rainbow Opal, and I WISH that I still had it, because now, I'm wondering if it could've been it.
No opals in Indiana.. Not really any gemstones to be found here at all.. It was probably a piece of glass you found.. Over time the sand will polish it and make it look like a gemstone..
I worked in a jewelry store for almost a decade so I've seen my fair share of diamonds, pearls, tanzanite, rubies, etc. I loved learning about them so much that I volunteered to study to be the Certified Gemologist & Diamontologist for my store. Once I learned what made each gemstone high or low quality I really began to appreciate the rarity of the truly beautiful specimens. I have always wanted a red diamond because red is my favorite color and diamonds are by far my favorite gemstone. 😊 I guess I'll have to win several lotteries to make that come true.
Rainbow Obsidian! I have a small piece - about the size of my thumbnail, but if you turn it into the light, you can see all the bands of color. Gorgeous. Great video! Thanks for posting! Now I need blue amber!😆
And we have never fount mosasaurus teeth because that’s the only bones that sharks and such have there bones are what you nose and tips of your ears are made out of
You missed benitoite, which comes from a single mining district in California. It is the only gemstone with a triangular crystal structure. When cut the gem quality stones look similar to blue sapphire, and sell for about the same amount, but are much rarer.
It is a pearl, pearls don’t have to be round, they grow inside clams and mussels from a pice of something small getting stuck inside their shell and they produce this stuff that coats and goes around the annoying object to protect them so that giant pearl was found in a giant clam and was some kind of object that got stuck inside the giant clam and the clam coated the object in their special secretions to coat it to keep it from being irritating and after many years the pearl grew and grew, that’s why the pearl is wavy because it was in there so long that it took the shape of the inside of the giant clam!!
The Virgin Rainbow almost certainly formed in a cavity left when the remains of a large example of an ancient squid-like creature called a Belemnite decayed, in opal mining circles such stones are relatively rare and often referred to as 'pipes'.
I found a version of fulgurite when a utility pole fell and I found a cross about nearly 3 by 5 feet. Now I know what I found it was cool. But yes it was glass from gravel and sand on the side of the road. As a teenager it was different to find. My dad liked it and we had it cut on his rock saw machine.
no, the red coral you see all over the Florida keys etc. that has the white tips on it is fire coral, It looks red because it's living matter is red but if you cut it and bleach it out in the sun it's actual structure is white or a kind of beige. Red coral actually is red in its structure.
"How the hell are these gems rarer than mine?!?!" -Thanos being jealous Edit: ok what the hell thank you guys for this much likes this is my popular comment so far! :D
I am a rock enthusiast (addict) and have several really cool specimens, tho none as cool as any on this list!!! However… My (former) engagement ring was made of rose gold with a tiny piece of rainbow obsidian cut into a diamond shape in its center and surrounded by several smaller rainbow topaz gems. It was absolutely gorgeous and I really wish I could have kept it considering that neither the jeweler who sold it to us nor my ex-fiancé had any idea how valuable it actually could have been or even what it actually was.
The snake stone is real, natural, though there may be some man-made ones. In Africa, in locality such snake can be found not by deliberate search, but accidentally, and sometimes the snake drops the crown to the lucky encounterer, who ever gets the stone got the key to material prosperity. The stone can be kept with seeds for planting and that assures bumper harvest.
its not magic its energy, everything is is energy and vibrations which is why colour is very important (not always but generally true) when using stones for healing. Its science and as soon as people realise this they can shut up about the hocus pocus stuff. IMO we need to stop using the word magic as this word stops people believing in the incredible influence they have on our body and even spiritual stuff. I have and use many stones, a few black ones for ultimate defence :) everyone needs blacks stones in their bed rooms. I have obsidian and tourmaline
@@matthewtoomer2181 bla bla bla.....just because someone uses the word magical, doesn't mean they don't know it's all science....I know more about this subject than most.....so don't judge, because that's what your really doing here...not educating !!!!
@@monicaaasen3950 WOW I'm not educating hahahahahaha I'm the only one who is educating, Who was it who said you need black stones errrr me, who was it who mentioned energy and vibrations errr me!! who said they were "magical" err you Magical means illusion which isn't science its an illusion which is a trick and mystery. If you know so much then spit it out cos over 80% of the worlds population know magic isn't real and just using the word magical reinforces this belief that crystal are not anything more then just a colourful rock. And you have the cheek to say I'm judging you!! I don't think you know what judgement means is my dear?
Wow! I’ve always been fascinated by stones and minerals and have a few books on them. The collection in this podcast was amazing, and I picked up a few more nuggets of information. Thank you for this beautiful display! 😍
Crystals are the reason why I became a certified crystal healer! They're not only gorgeous but the science behind them is amazing information to learn!!! Rub two clear quartz in the dark and you have a light show, called piezoelectricity.
@@pattifeit4354 Coober Peedee. If it is a computerized voice you got to fool it by spelling it wrong. I use Google translate to hear the word once I spelt the schit out of it. I missed the Coober Pedy mispronunciation...now I got to find it. >Coober Petty? It was misspelled too.< It is a wonder they got Lightning Ridge right. It is OK. Who needs sick tourists...but then again the flies in the face...yeah let them come. It drove my dad nuts almost on his bald head. Me I had long hair. Inland 500 miles into MOUSE PLAGUE COUNTRY. That is a whole new idea of terror. I guess there will be a plague of cats to follow & after that a plague of dogs?
@@bunzeebear2973 It's a computer voice. Whoever did lend their voice to it was fine to listen to. It's just the puberty cracks that gave it away. Think they call it AI now, like what they did with SpongeBob's voice clips. Another clue that gave it away? Ammonoids, which he pronounces as ammonites.
25:56 *P A R A S I T E ?!* - Venom, calm down. It's Pallasite. Pall...a...site. Oh, sorry. You know my condition, Eddie. - Yeah, I do. (uh, Eddie?) It's fine, OK? Chill. Calm down. What a pallasite. *P A R A S I T E ?!* - VENOM, STOP! (heheheheh!)
Ok this was not only very informative, but it was awesome to see! I’m a big opal fan, but there’s a few other stones in this video that has caught my eyes! Great video! 👏🏻
When you talk about opal, I'm from Idaho so we have star opal. And they're beautiful. My grandma owned a 5 star. But 6 star are really rare. My mom has a few opal's. Because of her and my grandma I have always loved them.
I am surprised you didn't mention Smithsonite. I used to Rockhound around Kelley mine west of Socorro NM. I found a few awesome bubbles of Smithsonite. I have rarely seen it mentioned or displayed at rock and mineral museums. It became a favorite of mine. Only found in Tsumeb Namibia, the Kelly Mine in New Mexico, and Sardinia, Italy. Granted it is a soft stone but very rare and so beautiful!
I was told this substance was used by Indians because it's easy to chip away in order to make arrowheads and other sharp cutting edges. I live in NY and down in the Hudson river there is a lot of obsidian on the bank of the river. Most of it appears black in color but I have picked up pieces of various light blue. We don't have any volcanoes anywhere that I'm aware of so I wonder where it came from and why it's here to begin with. When the tide is low it's easy to find bigger samples as it's plentiful in the particular spot I know of. I could easily go fill a grocery bag full tomorrow if I wanted to. Up till now I've carried some fist size pieces home and placed them in a small garden area. It must be low on the MOHS because I've broken it before. The edges can be quite sharp, like glass and you can easily cut yourself before you even realize it. I imagine it's low in value or it wouldn't be where it is in excessive amounts. Does anybody know how or why it would be found on the banks of the Hudson river in NY? Perhaps I should take a hammer and chisel down there sometime and try to break open larger pieces to look for brighter hues of blue. Would it be a total waste of time? Does anyone have any interest, knowledge or comments about it?
@@susanserwatka931 possibly brought there by the ancients (native inhabitants) along trade routes from the western states or Mexico. I have a fist sized piece I found in Southern Illinois on a known native American camp site on our family farm that I suspect was brought there by trade routes from Yellowstone or Mexico
There is a rare specie of marine snake that has a stone on its head, sometimes luminescent. Also said to be very intelligent like dolphins. They're found in inland waters like rivers and lakes and they're very large, up to 2 meters, and are very aggressive and so the stones are very hard to obtain. So the idea of stones from snakes is far from myth.
I went gem hunting in the mountains and found at least a twenty carrot ruby... they said it would cost $3000-$5000 to have it cut but it would be worth it. Never did though. Still have it and love to pull it out at times. It's as round as a quarter.
@@rachelpadilla9368 because I don't have 3-5 grand to risk on it...now they have synthetic rubies that are huge. And getting easier to make. I went to a place where you pay to have a chance at finding rare stones. I spent about $450 on one of the bigger bucket deals. It was one of better finds. After mining they had jewelers to tell you what they were and about how much they would be worth. Especially if you wanted to pay them to make it into jewelry. They said 3-5 grand but after it was cut it could go as high as 20,000-30,000. But sounded like it could have been a hustle or at least marked up a little higher. They were all surprised by how big it was and that I found it there though. But I image they can't let everyone know where they hide the bigger winners. It wasn't real mining but different sized buckets with random stones and jewels and different values. Like you could try for 10 bucks but I went all out which had higher rewards.
@@nicholasjohnson10011 if it’s what you say, I’m sure you could get a investor who would gladly do it. My Granddaddy invest in things like that all the time. You need to meet the right people.
20 years ago, my husband and I were living in Lightning Ridge. We didn’t have a lot of money so for our anniversary he decided to make a vegetable garden for me. He was digging when he hit a rock. Turned out that the rock was a 3.4 carat blue/green black opal. We had it cut and set into a ring. Best anniversary present ever!
How much was it worth
That is a pretty awesome serendipity 😊👍 I guess your husband’s love and dedication to at least give you a decent vegetable garden for your anniversary paid off many-fold for both of you. I hope both of you are continuing to live happy lives together still 🙂
I actually got my aunt purchase 5 carat opal from there. It's gorgeous
What a blessing! Im a October baby so I am obsessed with all opals!
Wow
The red diamond info was great but years of Skyrim has taught me better. Those are the unusual gems and if you gather all 28 (in this case, 30), you'll be able to complete the crown of barenziah.
Ahha .... the 24 Stones of Barenziah, that form the Crown of B.
@@Rhythm911 damn, you right. I should know it, I'm on my fourth playthrough, collecting the damn things as I go.
And they say those games have no educational value ...
hahahaha,,,awesome!!
Epic.
Diamonds aren’t actually rare it’s just that they are all mined by like 1 company and they sell them very exclusively and that’s what makes them rare
DeBeers
They have so many in warehouses that they can pave miles and miles of roads if they chose to do so.
Yeah monopolies are against the law in the USA aren't they? The DeBeers family have been doing it for lifetimes. They have driven the price of very common stones, sky high and kept it that way
Also, these mines were gained after the British waged the cruel Boer wars and invented the very concept of concentration camps. That makes me angry even if I hear the mention of diamonds
Most diamonds aren't jewelry quality. They are used in industrial fields.
Well, a pearl in an oyster is technically the equivalent of a kidney stone in a person, only the pearl is way prettier.
I’ve seen some pretty gallstones working in the medical field, a patient of ours even wanted to keep hers!! Not sure if she was able to, though 😂
Well said
Wait…. Have you had one…..????
I mean, has anyone tried to polish a kidney stone? Could be onto something…
I inherited a couple of pieces of jade from my mom. One of them, she called "water jade." It was mostly clear, like water, with some gray spots, and she said it would "bloom," or "mature" over time. Well, 50-ish years later, it has filled in quite a bit! The gray spots have spread and deepened and even a little red has crept in. I love rocks! Thanks for the great video!
Wow that’s so neat!!
Cool!
whats the name of the rock?
@@hiimjoe6768 it would be some certain grade of jadeite I’d imagine!
Wow!! Thank you for some stone/rock education!! I had no idea!! Amazing!!🥳🥳
For those who came for the Pearl growing snake, the time stamp is 23:27
You’re an angel thank youuuuuu 😭
Thank youuuu
Out here doing gods work 🙏🏽
Cheers.
its fake
Good thing they left the giant pearl untouched and displayed it in a glass box, instead of cutting it into pieces to be used in jewelry.
Yeah i know
Ok
What difference would it make? They took it out of nature so at this point it doesn’t matter lol
@@jesushair2784
You should've known why or you're just 12
That would be like saving the LARGEST GALL BLADDER STONE. I am guess they had to kill the shellfish (no, it is not an oyster)
As a Sri Lankan I am ashamed that I didn't know anything about these minerals existing in my country. Thanks for making this video.
20+ years ago, I asked my wife what did she want for Christmas, and she told she wanted a rock. I picked a random rock, wrote Merry Christmas and put in a ring box, gave it to her with a quote....the beauty of each rock lines in each individual’s eyes. She has saved it till today.
That's so sweet!
True romantic 🥰
You are lucky
Hope you bought her a real diamond.
Cool! And I hope you got her a big diamond ring, the very next Christmas?
Thank you, for all the research. One of my favorite subjects. Who would want a diamond. When there are so many amazing minerals on this planet 😍
Really wish I could get something like the black flame opal
they dont research shit... they are regularly completely incorrect.
Same! 😀💎🥸🇸🇪
People without the knowledge of those other existing stones/gems. Stupid people that once heard Marilyn Monroe say "Diamonds are a girls best friend," & rip & ran with that.
I’d love to have an Alexandrite or crystal quartz. Milky quartz used to be prominent in my area when I was a child but not anymore. I wish I had some of the crystal quartz from childhood. I’d love to have a large garnet as well.
Used to go black opal mining in Nevada every year. Finding them is incredible!!! While more fragile than their Aussie counterparts, they are still gorgeous and valuable!
Where in Nevada?
I wanna go.
Me too
sounds like a lot of fun!
Lol I doubt he will tell his spot
I work at a crystal shop actually and we have one of those palacite specimens, it's larger than my hand and the olivine stone is stunning, the piece is valued at about 7000 dollars
I always wanted to work in one. I love rocks and gemstones and crystals.
@@nicolenewsome4863 they're amazing I love the rock shop I work in and they're even into the idea of me moving internationally to expand the shop too
I gave my wife a lapis necklace and made her a dreamcatcher with lapis beads forming the constellation Aquarius, her zodiac sign, while I was deployed to Afghanistan
That’s so sweet ♒️
Damn, I'd say she got the right one
Thank you for your service brother.
She’s a lucky lady.
Wow, what a thoughtful gift!
Thanos: "Really?! Why the heck is my infinity stones not on the list?!"
Loki: "Because it's not stone instead a paperweights, someone told me that"
once i heard they were using it as paper weights i laughed my ass off
yeah, that new loki show is really good
Lol
They are so rare scientice haven’t even known if they really exist
@@kyjin12 there's definitely some gems out there that are extremely rare that don't exist, but we can't exactly call something rare when we are unaware of its existence
BE AMAZED: “Lapis isn’t magical”
me: “Have you ever played minecraft?”
@Mikail Athateva Halim it does
Lapis is magical because it enchants your items
Same
xD
Ahahahahhahaha lmao
"by sheer luck" 😂 2:50 we gots ..Tanzanite!
The “snake stone” video is likely real-but not in the way you suspect. As mentioned, it’s common practice to obtain these snakes and insert the stones in them for show. The likeliest scenario is that the snake was caught, a hole cut in its head, and the bead put in. It’s genuinely animal cruelty-imagine lots of people doing this to dogs or cats just to promote a legend.
Ani mal crualty is.wrong,.uncalled for and unfortunate.
Typical humans abusing poor animals.😢
How would they like that done to them ?
😢🇬🇧😠🇬🇧😢🇬🇧😢
😢😢😢
yes it is all very sus
@@misopizo amogus
I remember when I was a kid I kept on hearing stories of how lightning can leave behind "teeth"-like jewels. Old folk even say it has magical properties. Now I know it's actually fulgurite.
Where l come From in Zimbabwe they say lightning leaves behind eggs, they believe that if the eggs are not removed by a witch doctor the lighting will strike again at the same place.
I used to have a shit load of those. In Mohave valley Arizona there is a wash, I believe it's part of the sacremento wash and. There are a lot of those out there. Most are not very pretty but some, are amaOng and even have a spiraling crystals down each side. Pretty sweet
Glass
PINOOOOYY🤣🤣
I remember when I was a kid and the old folk told me there was gold on this land. This was in Mexico. They would tell me that at night you could see the gold glowing through the ground. Lol I always thought this was cool when I was a kid and I imagined that gold always did this.
My wife and I were eating at a Chinese restaurant one time and they had an oyster bar. We each took 3 on the half shell and while eating them I bit something hard. Thinking it was a bit of shell I worked it out and it wound up being a pearl about 1/4 inch and perfectly round! It still resides in her jewelry box.
3:54 "A quick poll, between a quick poll," Be Amazed Bravely Aquired
As a rock collector, I take this as a personal challenge.
Edit: Update: I have since stopped collecting rocks since I left the school that had all the cool rocks and now there's no more rocks to collect :( if I find any cool ones I will collect them but I haven't found any cool rocks in a while
Did you collect the rocks head
I collect rocks
Right, me too
Yea same lol
Same
Villagers in minecraft literally scam everyone for emeralds
not all villagers
wandering traders are the ones that scam
This is the first time I saw a real one
@@Your_Father1980 yeah true. NO ONE BUY SUFF FROM THEM. Ok
@@Zhongli362 gacha life and ur a dream stan. ultimate 5 yr old
I love your video, it was fun to watch! I just wanted to share, that at 18:10 the stone that is on the left is not fire obsidian, it is 'rainbow' quartz. Rainbow quartz has a layer of film on it that is heated, it is not natural, you can see the quartz formations clearly in that specimin, obsidian would not have points like that.
whaaaaaaaaat!!! Fun video!! Lovin crystals!
Same.
Whaaaaaaat lol love your videos
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Yess
@@CulturedHistoryLanguageScience thats a rickroll
This makes my pet rock feel sad
NOT THE ROCK
Same lol man
Lol
Yup lol
Patrick's rock is sad too
steven universe when it was still going: “WRITE IT DOWN WRITE IT DOWN
Yeah! The gems were sprouting everywhere!
tfw everyone forgot about houseki no kuni 😢
lmao
@@hyphenss6526 i see a fellow hnk fan 👁👁
@@phr0w0g84 hello 👁👁
Alexandrite is crazy and I'm obsessed with it, got my Fiance an engagement ring with a .8 crt stone, then matching earrings for her 40th, the colour change is incredible and unique. Then i brought myself a .57 crt stone as an investment.
I just bought one last week! My favorite gem!!!
3:55 "Now i want to do a quick pole between a quick pole" Yes good grammer
Poll, grammar.
Who else thinks that the black opals are breath taking! Super Amazing!
The contrast with the colors looks way more beautiful than a regular opal, they are both gorgeous but a black opal ring would look stunning!
I love to watch Justin (?) at Black Opal Direct using the grinding /polishing wheels to
first take off the dull sand covering, then uncover the gorgeous colours inside.
One time , he ended up with a beautiful small-ish stone, and said, " This will feed my family for a year ! ".
😊🇦🇺😊🇬🇧🌿⭐🌎😊
agreed
Yes I love black opals I have some nice raw pieces myself & lighting ridge opal as well as a rare type called iron opal & petrified wood that has opal inside. I'm a crystal hoarder lol
The etymon for black is white, ebony is the truth color!
Sorry guys you got the info totally wrong about the Australian Opal types
ok?
@@robloxgame5403 No, it's not OK. :-/
So, what is right?
@@rosemaryschiebel8754 Three lefts.
@@rosemaryschiebel8754 its literally an informative video that's "so what"
Came here for that snake with pearls... Stayed for the amazing video! 🤘🏼
Diamonds aren't rare in the least, billions of tons are dug up and created every year.
@Marcus Contreras true
@Marcus Contreras Not really since they can literally be created in a lab. And I'm not talking about zirconium. Actual diamonds can be made in a lab.
@@laugus yep
@@laugus lab grown one is cheaper though
It was the DeBeers company that created the market for diamonds as a matter of fact
Man lemme find out that red diamond is actually a Philosopher's Stone.
#TerrariaReference #Terraria
Philosopher's Stone + Band Of Regeneration = Charm Of Myths.
@@amihanvdiamondgdtovoefilamswan its a fma reference 🤷
@@Jinstawin No! Terraria Reference.
@@amihanvdiamondgdtovoefilamswan umm, the Philosopher's Stone is in many fictions, not just Terraria. It's also in Full metal, Harry potter, and much more.
Infinity stone
The stone from the snake was an Onyx, according to an Asian Indian native That I know! I have to agree.
It also isnt actually coming from the head of thr snake its a crual practice that one would make a slit in the snakes head and cram a gem underneath the skin then reseal it with wax or glue
Btw im not trying to be that UM ACTUALLY person just the practice is fuqd up
IS Nether right!!!!!!!!!!
@@throwthebaby wow so wicked of them
@@throwthebaby Yeah, it's horrible abuse to the poor reptiles they do it too.
I think the black "stone" is a big fat tick. It probably does help with the snake bites if applied directly!
A diamond is a fairly common semi_precious stone made valuable by DeBeers.
Oppenheimer family owns it .
Most diamonds of gemstone quality already have facets.
Put a 4 leaf clover inside a resin and wait million of years, now you have a rare amber
*S T O N K S*
Yeah sure if you outlived 1 million years
@@nameisname5566 gather up some Totems of undiying
Sap, but technically, yeah
That plastic stuff people call resin ain't gonna cut it bro...lol.
"and they say money dont grow on trees"
a few minutes ago: money doesnt grow on trees
Money doesn't grow on trees...it grows in a cotton field!!!
@ꅏꍟꍏꌚꍟ꒒ was your account named by elon musk?
17:01 minecraft players have PHD in this😂😂
"All gems 💎 are stones.
Not all stones are gems 💎" true
lol
Coral and amber: are we a joke to you?
All gems are stones except the ones that are organic.
This has the same energy as
"A mosquito can fly, but a fly cannot mosquito".
@@chodend3257 No, it's not. More like "All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses." Yours is a play on the meaning of words, whereas the other two are factual.
When I was a very young girl, my family had taken a trip to the Indiana Dunes, and I found this "rock" that was multicolored, was smooth on all sides, and it was beautiful. It looked like the Rainbow Opal, and I WISH that I still had it, because now, I'm wondering if it could've been it.
No opals in Indiana.. Not really any gemstones to be found here at all.. It was probably a piece of glass you found.. Over time the sand will polish it and make it look like a gemstone..
Hello
@@MarkLada wrong
I've found lots of different colored garnets looking for gold indiana ,like tons of little ones
I live in Indiana and haven't seen any gemstones that are local. At all.
I worked in a jewelry store for almost a decade so I've seen my fair share of diamonds, pearls, tanzanite, rubies, etc. I loved learning about them so much that I volunteered to study to be the Certified Gemologist & Diamontologist for my store. Once I learned what made each gemstone high or low quality I really began to appreciate the rarity of the truly beautiful specimens.
I have always wanted a red diamond because red is my favorite color and diamonds are by far my favorite gemstone. 😊 I guess I'll have to win several lotteries to make that come true.
I'm sorry I have a 67 3/4 caret black opal
Wow! I really hope your dream eventually comes true
Can you help me identify my serendabite🙂
Good luck!
Is black spinel valuable? I found a men’s black spinel necklace for $1000. Is it worth it?
Rainbow Obsidian! I have a small piece - about the size of my thumbnail, but if you turn it into the light, you can see all the bands of color. Gorgeous. Great video! Thanks for posting! Now I need blue amber!😆
Dinosaur' fossils after watching this video:
We don't exist anymore 😔
I know guys 🥺
@@Kiror0_ depends on what kind like full raptor skeleton sold for over 1 billon dollars
And we have never fount mosasaurus teeth because that’s the only bones that sharks and such have there bones are what you nose and tips of your ears are made out of
Nether does Australia btw I’m just kidding don’t be offended
@@Kiror0_ lplĺ8
I once found an ammolite crystal when I was visiting Oregon, and I’ve never seen a fossil so beautiful
PFP LOVE THE DRAGON
@@catloaf8716 all of them lol
You did not find ammolite I can assure you that it is only found in the river valleys of southern Alberta
Ammonite***
Shit I didn't know what ammolite was, sorry
Thanos:"Fun isn't something one considers when balancing the universe but this... (laughs) does put a smile on my face"
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@@xxigilz I feel Rick rolled but not…
@@Un_known125 lol
@@xxigilz I thought it was going to be a self promotion
:)
You missed benitoite, which comes from a single mining district in California. It is the only gemstone with a triangular crystal structure. When cut the gem quality stones look similar to blue sapphire, and sell for about the same amount, but are much rarer.
"this species of coral is dying out from overfishing and pollution! what do we do?"
"make it a high demand necklace"
Me looking at the mother of all pearls: HOW IS THAT A PEARL
ITS NOT A PEARL OR IS IT…
It is a pearl, pearls don’t have to be round, they grow inside clams and mussels from a pice of something small getting stuck inside their shell and they produce this stuff that coats and goes around the annoying object to protect them so that giant pearl was found in a giant clam and was some kind of object that got stuck inside the giant clam and the clam coated the object in their special secretions to coat it to keep it from being irritating and after many years the pearl grew and grew, that’s why the pearl is wavy because it was in there so long that it took the shape of the inside of the giant clam!!
The really interesting thing about pearls is that real pearls will dissolve in vinegar :)
@@amber_Forever16 Yes, that huge chunk of pearl IS still a pearl : in the video they said the secretions are called " nacre".
😊🇬🇧⭐🌎😊
This is a like record for me
The Virgin Rainbow almost certainly formed in a cavity left when the remains of a large example of an ancient squid-like creature called a Belemnite decayed, in opal mining circles such stones are relatively rare and often referred to as 'pipes'.
Interesting!!!!!
My engagement ring has a purple tanzanite stone as the center gem 😍 it’s honestly the most beautiful piece of jewelry I will probably ever own
I found a version of fulgurite when a utility pole fell and I found a cross about nearly 3 by 5 feet. Now I know what I found it was cool. But yes it was glass from gravel and sand on the side of the road. As a teenager it was different to find. My dad liked it and we had it cut on his rock saw machine.
Danger Dolan
I'd love to have some fossilized lighting!
@@janetfayard672 õk
Be amazed: Lapis is not something special or magical.
Me, a minecraft intellectual: Hah...you wouldnt get it.
? Hey am confused what’s Minecraft?
@@LucidLewis nice joke😑
@《Plazy 09》 2009*
@@TylerRokNoob some people dont know what minecraft is, just because they dont know something popular doesn’t mean its a joke
@@12fish122 bruh
For sure I'd like to have the Tanzanite more. That blue hue against a silver setting is eye-poppingly gorgeous to me.
same
Tanzanite supposed to stand for new beginnings. I got my Mother a set of earrings and ring years ago when was popular here.
Tanzanite looks gorgeous set in gold, too. Give me tanzanite any day!
Guy: *finds 20 pound Tanzanite
Government: “3 million take it or leave it”
I'm not a jewelry guy but I always loved Tanzanite for some reason.
It's amazing that that guy doesn't immediately get shot..
or kidnap I’m sure he’s hiding out on a resort
or kidnap I’m sure he’s hiding out on a resort
or kidnap I’m sure he’s hiding out on a resort
Everybody talking about science stuff
Me a one piece fan: 7:44 :O DEVIL FRUIT?!?!
if life has taught me anything it’s never pay more than 10$ for a G. 💯
That's og right there
Your my hero
Same goes for....
A gram? Of what?
🤣
So you're telling me the red coral that I saw in the ocean when we went swimming is valued above 1k dollars up
Rip
Fff
no, the red coral you see all over the Florida keys etc. that has the white tips on it is fire coral, It looks red because it's living matter is red but if you cut it and bleach it out in the sun it's actual structure is white or a kind of beige. Red coral actually is red in its structure.
It grows 2000 feet below the waves so that one that you find is not it
Him “Lapis lazuli doesn’t have magical properties”
Me a experienced Minecraft player “ha yea right”
Lolllll
I agree xD
Thanks!
I really loved watching this video. It really helped me learn alot about new types of gems.!😁👍
"How the hell are these gems rarer than mine?!?!"
-Thanos being jealous
Edit: ok what the hell thank you guys for this much likes this is my popular comment so far! :D
Lol
Lol
Not mocking but genuinely lol
Lol
Lol
well this is good to know that my old jewelry has increased in value.
I am a rock enthusiast (addict) and have several really cool specimens, tho none as cool as any on this list!!! However…
My (former) engagement ring was made of rose gold with a tiny piece of rainbow obsidian cut into a diamond shape in its center and surrounded by several smaller rainbow topaz gems. It was absolutely gorgeous and I really wish I could have kept it considering that neither the jeweler who sold it to us nor my ex-fiancé had any idea how valuable it actually could have been or even what it actually was.
Fellow rock junkie here. Your (former) engagement ring sounds *stunning*!
GREAT VIDEO! Been collecting rocks n minerals most of my life. Love rocks!
The snake stone is real, natural, though there may be some man-made ones. In Africa, in locality such snake can be found not by deliberate search, but accidentally, and sometimes the snake drops the crown to the lucky encounterer, who ever gets the stone got the key to material prosperity. The stone can be kept with seeds for planting and that assures bumper harvest.
Stone fetishists: That snake stone is wonderful. I wonder if it can heal bite wounds.
Snake/Smaug: YOU WILL FIND OUT VERY SOON HUMAN.
All stones are magical!!
Even kidney stones
@@quackityswackity1731 yep....lol🤣
its not magic its energy, everything is is energy and vibrations which is why colour is very important (not always but generally true) when using stones for healing. Its science and as soon as people realise this they can shut up about the hocus pocus stuff. IMO we need to stop using the word magic as this word stops people believing in the incredible influence they have on our body and even spiritual stuff. I have and use many stones, a few black ones for ultimate defence :) everyone needs blacks stones in their bed rooms. I have obsidian and tourmaline
@@matthewtoomer2181 bla bla bla.....just because someone uses the word magical, doesn't mean they don't know it's all science....I know more about this subject than most.....so don't judge, because that's what your really doing here...not educating !!!!
@@monicaaasen3950 WOW I'm not educating hahahahahaha I'm the only one who is educating, Who was it who said you need black stones errrr me, who was it who mentioned energy and vibrations errr me!! who said they were "magical" err you Magical means illusion which isn't science its an illusion which is a trick and mystery. If you know so much then spit it out cos over 80% of the worlds population know magic isn't real and just using the word magical reinforces this belief that crystal are not anything more then just a colourful rock. And you have the cheek to say I'm judging you!! I don't think you know what judgement means is my dear?
Very interesting & informative video. I have an Alexandrite!
Beautiful stone!
You didn’t said I can’t have both Tanzanite and Red Diamond.
Loool
Wow! I’ve always been fascinated by stones and minerals and have a few books on them. The collection in this podcast was amazing, and I picked up a few more nuggets of information. Thank you for this beautiful display! 😍
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@@cowboyrichard8050 "
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@@sarahroyal2371 how are you ?
Imagine someone saying that he owns the rarest stone in the world and then completing the sentence by
*"in Minecraft "*
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Emeralds rare tho ;)
@@T045T3R Mindcraft mod
I bet that black stone is made from cobrabite because after all that hard work it’s what those people deserve
Crystals are the reason why I became a certified crystal healer! They're not only gorgeous but the science behind them is amazing information to learn!!! Rub two clear quartz in the dark and you have a light show, called piezoelectricity.
Quartz is used for precision in so many of our applications today. One of the most familiar being the watch!
23:28 snake is mega sus rn
Oof
Sussy baka snake
Sus 😳
5:05 was that a voice crack? 😂
😮❤I love it so much for my birthday present next ❤
Be amazed: mispronounces Coober pedi
Me, an Australian: *angry crikey noises*
It's ok, mate. He also mispronounced olivine, peridot, vanadium, and a couple of others. But I did cringe at Coober Pedy.
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@@pattifeit4354 Coober Peedee. If it is a computerized voice you got to fool it by spelling it wrong. I use Google translate to hear the word once I spelt the schit out of it.
I missed the Coober Pedy mispronunciation...now I got to find it. >Coober Petty? It was misspelled too.< It is a wonder they got Lightning Ridge right. It is OK. Who needs sick tourists...but then again the flies in the face...yeah let them come. It drove my dad nuts almost on his bald head. Me I had long hair. Inland 500 miles into MOUSE PLAGUE COUNTRY. That is a whole new idea of terror. I guess there will be a plague of cats to follow & after that a plague of dogs?
@@bunzeebear2973
It's a computer voice.
Whoever did lend their voice to it was fine to listen to. It's just the puberty cracks that gave it away.
Think they call it AI now, like what they did with SpongeBob's voice clips.
Another clue that gave it away? Ammonoids, which he pronounces as ammonites.
8:19 BE AMAZED literally just use Minecraft TNT explosion on a real diamond lol!
Bro the thumbnail got me 😂
Good thing it was not the real or some of us might have died for shore
25:56 *P A R A S I T E ?!*
- Venom, calm down. It's Pallasite. Pall...a...site.
Oh, sorry. You know my condition, Eddie.
- Yeah, I do. (uh, Eddie?) It's fine, OK? Chill. Calm down. What a pallasite.
*P A R A S I T E ?!*
- VENOM, STOP!
(heheheheh!)
Ok this was not only very informative, but it was awesome to see! I’m a big opal fan, but there’s a few other stones in this video that has caught my eyes! Great video! 👏🏻
I collect gemstones and own almost all of the ones on your list. I love looking at them.
I just have 2 natural mines reds from the argyle !
🐂
Red coral is also located on a small atoll in the Pacific and mot that deep.
Red gem glowing coral???? 000000.0 people
can find it
YOURE SO CLOSE TO 10 MIL SUBS!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!
When you talk about opal, I'm from Idaho so we have star opal. And they're beautiful. My grandma owned a 5 star. But 6 star are really rare. My mom has a few opal's. Because of her and my grandma I have always loved them.
I am surprised you didn't mention Smithsonite. I used to Rockhound around Kelley mine west of Socorro NM. I found a few awesome bubbles of Smithsonite. I have rarely seen it mentioned or displayed at rock and mineral museums. It became a favorite of mine. Only found in Tsumeb Namibia, the Kelly Mine in New Mexico, and Sardinia, Italy. Granted it is a soft stone but very rare and so beautiful!
Hi
@@cowboyrichard8050 hi
@@patriciacallen9653 how are you doing ?.I hope am not in anyway disturbing your peace of mind,Kindly reply
@@cowboyrichard8050 I'm great
@@patriciacallen9653 That's nice to know ,please do have a peaceful night..I'm texting you from Texas and you ?
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The fact someone can just go out thier and spend 27 million dollars on a necklace is midblowing
Out there, lol evidently the English language is also a mystery. 😜
Steven Universe fans must be goin wild during a this video
"sus snake pearl"
*amogus music starts blaring from your speakers in the basement*
Ayashii indeed
SUS TOWN
BIG SUS
I'd rather watch amogus memes for the rest of my life than have to look and that snake pearl ever again
@@WickedPhase I love my noodles there cute
In love with black opals so stunning the blue/green 😍
Miner: "breaks obsidian"
Minecraft players: I thought obsidian is unbreakable...😨😨😨
But its not
Bedrock is
You can break it
I was told this substance was used by Indians because it's easy to chip away in order to make arrowheads and other sharp cutting edges.
I live in NY and down in the Hudson river there is a lot of obsidian on the bank of the river. Most of it appears black in color but I have picked up pieces of various light blue. We don't have any volcanoes anywhere that I'm aware of so I wonder where it came from and why it's here to begin with. When the tide is low it's easy to find bigger samples as it's plentiful in the particular spot I know of. I could easily go fill a grocery bag full tomorrow if I wanted to. Up till now I've carried some fist size pieces home and placed them in a small garden area. It must be low on the MOHS because I've broken it before. The edges can be quite sharp, like glass and you can easily cut yourself before you even realize it. I imagine it's low in value or it wouldn't be where it is in excessive amounts. Does anybody know how or why it would be found on the banks of the Hudson river in NY? Perhaps I should take a hammer and chisel down there sometime and try to break open larger pieces to look for brighter hues of blue. Would it be a total waste of time? Does anyone have any interest, knowledge or comments about it?
@@susanserwatka931 possibly brought there by the ancients (native inhabitants) along trade routes from the western states or Mexico. I have a fist sized piece I found in Southern Illinois on a known native American camp site on our family farm that I suspect was brought there by trade routes from Yellowstone or Mexico
I have a large egg shape rainbow obsidian. Also have a gold and silver sheen obsidian..
How many of you saw this video only for the snake stone? 24:00
You deserve a prize or something
I have collected some rare and beautiful rocks for over 30 yrs. Still love to see them and place them around the house.
There is a rare specie of marine snake that has a stone on its head, sometimes luminescent. Also said to be very intelligent like dolphins. They're found in inland waters like rivers and lakes and they're very large, up to 2 meters, and are very aggressive and so the stones are very hard to obtain. So the idea of stones from snakes is far from myth.
What’s the snake called cuz this seems really interesting
I went gem hunting in the mountains and found at least a twenty carrot ruby... they said it would cost $3000-$5000 to have it cut but it would be worth it. Never did though. Still have it and love to pull it out at times. It's as round as a quarter.
I don’t understand why you haven’t done it???
@@rachelpadilla9368 because I don't have 3-5 grand to risk on it...now they have synthetic rubies that are huge. And getting easier to make.
I went to a place where you pay to have a chance at finding rare stones. I spent about $450 on one of the bigger bucket deals. It was one of better finds. After mining they had jewelers to tell you what they were and about how much they would be worth. Especially if you wanted to pay them to make it into jewelry.
They said 3-5 grand but after it was cut it could go as high as 20,000-30,000. But sounded like it could have been a hustle or at least marked up a little higher.
They were all surprised by how big it was and that I found it there though. But I image they can't let everyone know where they hide the bigger winners.
It wasn't real mining but different sized buckets with random stones and jewels and different values. Like you could try for 10 bucks but I went all out which had higher rewards.
@@nicholasjohnson10011 if it’s what you say, I’m sure you could get a investor who would gladly do it. My Granddaddy invest in things like that all the time. You need to meet the right people.
Real life emeralds for: *BIG MONEY NGL.*
Minecraft Emeralds for: . . .
*Sticks.*
Hmmmm.
Hmmmmm.
So true
Cool
Bread take it or leave it
1:02 rubies don't have any carbon, they're made of the mineral corundum which is a crystal form of aluminum oxide (Al2O3)
Was just about to say this
This is truly now one of my favorites to watch!! Thank you so much I was in aww of the beauty an info you shared. I'm a follower for sure
10:52 I may have found an overwhelming opal when I was a kid once but I just thought it was a rainbow rock