Great video! Thank you for assuring that that is ok to have synthetic pieces. There is so much stigma against manmade crystals (I'm guilty of being a snob about it myself) but in a way, it does help against overmining. (Now that I think of it, it does take a lot of ingenuity to create these manmade pieces!) The main problem is just people trying to pass them off as natural or raw and overcharging - that's awesome that your supplier is upfront about what is genuine vs synthetic. I know people are really into aura quartz and opalite - I'm coming around since it IS pretty. :)
I love this comment! I totally agree with you! Synthetic crystals to help with mining and can be very beautiful! And any crystal can speak to you man made or natural! I agree too some suppliers are in it for the money and sell synthetic for natural and than it’s this cycle of sellers not representing it correctly! I’ve noticed some international and American sellers are truly in it for the money and nothing else. But those seller with a passion to help others and to bring beautiful crystals to people who need them, those are the ones who will last! I hope my videos help people see which vendors are in this industry for the right reasons!
Some of these are definitely gorgeous and worthy of adding to a collection. If it brings joy, that's all that matters. I just feel it's important for people to be made aware that they're man-made.
I think it’s really important to note that everything has energy. A rock on the ground has the same amount of energy as the crystal you may have just overspent on. It is absolutely okay to own man-made stones, as long as they are sold to you as so. Never feel guilty for having something that’s glass. It’s pretty. You felt drawn to it. It has energy too.
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs that’s not true, i know you want to sound intelligent but you are not. Millions of watches are made with tiny pieces of quartz that function as a energy transmitter and it holds its own frequency. That quartz crystal serves as the oscillator. The battery sends electricity to the quartz crystal through an electronic circuit. Clearly you are just trying to convince yourself because you enjoyed this video
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs many crystal collectors that believe in and use crystals for their metaphysical and other properties do acknowledge that it’s a placebo. At least from what I’ve seen. It’s about being able to set intentions of what goals you have for yourself (self-love, confidence, personal growth, etc) through an item that can serve as a constant reminder and awareness of that certain goal. Most of these can be achieved through your own actions and setting intentions within yourself, yes, but it’s easier for some people to put that power into other sources, which is why motivational speaking and therapy for non-mental/psychiatric disorder related issues (like self love, confidence, and personal growth) are so heavily relied on.
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs It only becomes a problem when people rely on crystals for mental/psychiatric disorder related issues that do require some level of therapeutic/psychological/medical input. And even worse when it’s relied on for illness and disease. But you’re already aware of that, I’m sure. It’s also all pretty harmless beyond that until people start believing that only certain crystals carry certain properties, forcing them to collect and spend way too much - which I’m sure is a result of marketing strategies - and I agree is what made me cringe in this video as well. Anyways, sorry this is so long, I have trouble expressing ideas without writing a whole essay lol. (I also collect crystals for their beauty but this is just what I’ve seen people explain)
Just wanna clarify that there are real stones that have the cat's eye effect. This effect is called chatoyancy and it's the reflection of a band of thin inclusions in a stone. Stones that have this effect are chrysoberyl and tiger's eye, to name a couple. So don't immediately disregard a stone as fake if you see that sheen!
Right! I would guess that Tigers Eye is dyed to get so many colors. I have a rough piece of the yellow, no way is it man-made. Blue and red may be natural as well. The neon colors are typically a dead giveaway as to artificial creation, i.e. the neon pink. When the color runs all throughout the stone, that is indicative of dying. Dyes cannot differentiate layers. Layers can absorb dyes at different rates. The most pronounced example of this imo is blue dyed agates. In conclusion, I would theorize that Tigers Eye with black may be natural..the example shown that is all pink, definitely not a natural color. Though most likely is tigers eye and a natural chatoyancy, unnatural color. I welcome any knowledge on the subject, as I said, I am speculating.
A thing to note with Opalite and the name Moonstone, there is a crystal called Moonstone (you might be familiar with Rainbow Moonstone, usually white with black and various opalescent inclusions). Genuine Moonstone tends to sell for a more than Opalite, do if you're buying crystals you find some Opalite that the seller is calling Moonstone, they're trying to insist its not glass, and also sell it for a decent chunk of change maybe walk away from that seller quickly.
Awesome video! While bismuth crystals are formed by human intervention, it's fully a natural material, they don't add anything to it...its heated to liquid form and as it cools, the super rad geometric shapes form. It looks aura coated because they actually use bismuth for aura coat. So if you buy aura quartz, you're actually purchasing a quartz crystal coated with bismuth...the aura coating is mistaken as unnatural, and while you don't get aura coating naturally, it's of natural material.
Goldstone actually is made of copper and quartz! Copper and quartz both have healing properties and are conductors of energy, so goldstone is pretty cool!
Gosh, thank you so much for the heads up, I'm just starting my crystal collecting journey. I really thought snowflower, cats eye, green ghost quartz and magnetic hematite were all something natural! I'm diving through your entire playlist for spotting fakes now, giving you all my gratitude here 🔮
@@vaskylark don't feel bad.I have been collecting crystals since I was 8 and I have several pieces of opalite, and I love it ! Appreciate it for what it is: something beautiful that makes you happy. Enjoy!
I am a rock hound and I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on my rock collection. While Im personally not big on the spiritual aspect of stones, I am very glad I find videos like these as they help me find specimens and categorize my collection. Like for example, I have a good amount of cat’s eye that were sold under the name “Fiber optic rocks”, so I’m very happy I got their official name as I’m a cat person. I love this channel and I can’t wait to see more of your videos!!
I'm so glad you made this video! Just getting started with my business and knowing what is natural and what is not is important. I want to become a good source of information for my customers and you are a great teacher. I'm also happy that you reinforce that some man made materials are still worth having because of their composition. Not all people who want rocks, crystals and stones are in it for spiritual reasons. 🔮
Thank you so much for making the natural vs fake series of videos. I hope you continue to put out more great content like this. Lots of Love and Kindness.
I KNEW the first one was gonna be Opalite! I did buy one thinking it was an Opal, it was the first crystal in my collection and I didn't know much about crystals at all. Great vid btw!
Thank you for keeping it real !! I got ripped off and did not know it !!! GOD BLESS YOU FOR HELPING OTHERS AND BEING HONEST IN A WORLD OF FAKES !!!!Im new on my crystal Journey and it’s wrong and SOO confusing !! I can understand you ❤️✝️☮️🌹
Was literally about to order green ghost quartz then luckily stumbled across this video. Glad I watched this before buying it. It is a very beautiful stone though being man made.
Thank you for this ! I love Crystals , My TT feed is full of crystal sellers claiming to be genuine sellers , I respectfully asked if they are real and I all I got was abuse ! I would of probably brought them regardless of they were glass or resin This video was very helpful ❤🌹
I am totally new to crystals and this channel has been incredibly helpful in learning what crystals I am looking for and which ones I'm not. Her content is super accessable for newbies, thank you for all the work you put into educating us! I subscribed 🤗😄
I’ve never heard of smelting quartz before. Wow 😯 I’ve literally thought about how do you have magnetic hematite lol when it normally isn’t magnetic. Now I know. Thanks for sharing! 🔮
I know that your busy but when you get a chance could you please tell me..What did you start with(how much money/Crystal's )did or do you recomend someone start with if they want a crystal business and can you make really good money if I decide to go full time ??? Loved and love your videos! Very down to earth but beautiful, so your very easy to watch!❤💎
Forgotten Jewels hey! Watch my how to start a crystals business video! I started with $300! You can make as much or little money as you want but it’s how much work, time and effort you put in!
Larimar mining and trade is very common in my country, so the moment that picture for Snowflake came up I instantly went "that doesn't look like larimar at all" 😂😂😂
Yes I plan on doing more man made videos! Patreon will have exclusive content to help with your crystal business. Yes there will be some resources on their to help with sourcing crystals! You also can chat with me there to ask one on one questions for your own business!
I'm new with crystals 🔮 and your videos are so helpful, thank you ! I want to buy Carnelian quartz but I want a real one, can you please make a video about real Carnelian vs fake , 🙏
Bismuth has some really great healing properties. It helps with heartburn, nausea, diarrhea and upset stomach since it’s one of the main ingredients in Pepto Bismol
Lol.. I thought I bought a Berthierite (as what the seller told me) but it is actually a Silicone Carbide! No wonder it is soooo cheap. Thank you for the explanation. You're the best! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
If man made gems bother you, look into heat treated gems. Just as natural as glass. Cat's eyes are natural gems, or I should say a cut of gem's as many gems, man-made and natural, if showing the right gleam are called cat's eye.
Hey there! I totally watched this video last night and it was so informative! I had no idea there were so many manmade crystals out there! Btw the blue crystal was so pretty!! 😍
It was insanely interesting to learn that bismuth is man-made too! I'm not a big fan of manmade gems that are just glass (maybe because of previous bad experiences with fakes that turned out to be glass, and this mentality of "dyed glass is nothing special, we've seen it before") - I do own an opalite because it's gorgeous but don't keep it on display with other gems because I don't treat it as such - but I am open to enhancing and treating crystals and even growing them in a lab from the appropriate ingredients.
thank you for this video 👀 I will make a point to ask about if stones are man made or not if it isn’t clearly stated.off topic but love the wave/crinkle hair you are sporting. Opalite is pretty but opal is is defiantly what people would want . That’s cool that it helps with your chakras . goldstone is sooo pretty love the sparkles I would def want the blue sparkle .
Thank you for this video clarifying, for me, some information I had some questions concerning regarding a few crystals I had little to zero personal knowledge about. However, I'd like to, in return for your expertise, return the favor, by sharing with you, my first hand Knowledge, in regards to Cat's Eye. I Personally, have found, gathered, and polished, plenty of True, Natural, Cat's Eye stones over my many years in life. All stones, of which, I collected, in Colorado. I'm not completely sure, exactly where we were specifically, because I was between the ages of 5 to 8 years old at the time. But, I know it was somewhere in the mountains past Denver, and before Pikes Peak. :-) that's the best description I can give you for the location my Aunt-Grandma Jodie and I collected the rocks we later brought home and put through her old rock tumbler process. :-) ALL the gems, when finished and ready to be made into jewelry pieces were beautiful. And ALL of them were of shades of browns and golden brown with streaks of almost 'gold rivers' which flowed through them. :-) So, It IS possible, there may still be some Truly Natural Cat's Eye, pieces roaming about the world, still. :-) I Mean, honestly, the jewelry pieces WE made, Are Some where?? Idk where, but I Know They ARE Real and Beautiful because, I personally gathered them in my tiny little hands, straight from the Beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountain side. ;-) 🔮 & 👍🏻
Was recently gifted a couple nice pieces of the green ghost. Found a reference to it being called Chromium quartz where the added chromium creates the green after heat treatment under high pressure water -? I don't care it's absolutely GORGEOUS 😍
I do love my bismuth and don’t mind say heat treated amethyst but definitely wouldn’t personally recommend smelting quarts or cats eye personally but if you were drawn to a specific piece I would say go with your interpretation of the color theory everything has magic indeed 😊
Hi! I'm a new subscriber and I love your content. I would say there's nothing wrong with man made crystals. I myself have a couple. If you're attracted to it then go for it. But I think its very important to know this info. I did buy some silicone carbide but was not told it was man made. I was angry at first but still love the stone. Thank you.
Yes a lot of people don’t know that one is man made, I didn’t know at first either! Yes I love man made stones they are more environmentally friendly and if they speak to you than there’s nothing wrong with that!
Hi there Ms. CBB! Just rediscovered here my inclination to crystals. Thank you heaps for your videos. As we say in one of the Philippine dialc=ects, "Padayon" meaning, "Keep going". Lotsalove from the Philippines!
🔮 I wish I could find more colors with Goldstone. All I can find is blue, green, and variations of the brown/red goldstone. I really want pink! I want to try recreating it with resin, but it won't be as nice as glass.
Great video, very helpful. Lately I've been seeing alot of this kiwi jasper stone and sunstone! I'm just not sure about them the ones I've seen being sold on insta & etsy look types of granite especially the towers and the spheres.
🔮🔮🔮Love all the ifo I can get. i ADORE crystsals & just love learning about them. You do a great job of teaching too! I love listening to you talk about crystals. Great job!!!!
I always just think that if you use Opalite or smelting quartz, you might as well just grab a wine glass or touch a window, it’s effectively the same thing… just my opinion 😅
I am an opalite HOARDER! Just kidding. But really, I have a little variety collection of opalite cause it is so pretty, the beauty of it was what drew me to it and I sometimes meditate with it because it brings me joy and puts me in kiddie mood. I knew from the start it was man made because I recharged it before buying, but I still wanted some and am not ashamed at all
I also have those crystal towers you showed in your video and I knew that some of them are just smelt or man made. I already thinking of those that they are man made in the first place because of its looks, and thru this video, Ive found out that i am really right. Nice video. Regards from Philippines.
🔮 Thank u, love ure content. wanted to mention that bismuth occurs in nature. Like u said, you can fake it too, but man-made bismuth looks different. And I was wondering about the magnetic hematit, didn't find anything like this in Germany where Im from, I got those stones you showed there and they are magnetic, but I buyed them as "Magnetit", and they are real. Really interesting🌺
Love this video!! Thank you so much for helping us to identify some fake crystals and giving us some tips on how to identify them!! Also🔮 since I made it to the end!!
Great info good to know not a fan of synthetic gems I have been duped but I have to stop an think that I might have helped someone out ..I do have a rose quartz I love it was a pair the other was a yellow stone on chain Wich I gave to an x our stones both have a gorgeous dragon winding around them 🔮🙏🏼
This helps because I like to buy samples from witch supply shops as a novice geologist, and there is so much discretion I have to have on figuring out what's a real mineral or not.
Can you do a video on how to pick quality crystals? I know it’s all personal preference when choosing, but i sometimes have trouble decided what is considered ‘high quality’
If you looking for high quality, orbs are high quality. good color with little to no matrix. deeper color, but not dark (example of this is lavender rose quartz which is just poor quality) buy from supplier who know the industry, they will for sure have insight to high quality vs. low. Unfortunately there are too may crystals to cover with quality. The more you do it the more you'll be able to figure out high vs. low quality!
ive pretty much ordered a whole collection over the past two weeks online and had to reorder from other supplier some of the stones on my hitlist...like i already know a couple of them are man made and "enhanced" so i whent ahead and doubled up on clear quarts for egsample to make sure i at least get a few real ones. I have a feeling im gonna have to kiss a lotta frogs to get real rose quarts and smokey quarts ...i got a lovely malechite carved tower comming that i know is real and selected by idividual pictures..has natural outer parts left in the piece..
There is some sort of natural goldstone in Arizona where the sand is really rich in copper. It happens when lightning strikes in the desert. That's why there's a lot of really old native jewelry that has goldstone beads in the southwest. I'm not sure if that would be considered natural. The only thing is that it crumbles apart so easy. I bought a bracelet w some goldstone beads when I was there as a kid and on my flight home to Singapore two of the beads shattered. The lady at the little museum is also who told us so I'm not sure totally but they did say that!
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Great video! Thank you for assuring that that is ok to have synthetic pieces. There is so much stigma against manmade crystals (I'm guilty of being a snob about it myself) but in a way, it does help against overmining. (Now that I think of it, it does take a lot of ingenuity to create these manmade pieces!) The main problem is just people trying to pass them off as natural or raw and overcharging - that's awesome that your supplier is upfront about what is genuine vs synthetic. I know people are really into aura quartz and opalite - I'm coming around since it IS pretty. :)
I love this comment! I totally agree with you! Synthetic crystals to help with mining and can be very beautiful! And any crystal can speak to you man made or natural! I agree too some suppliers are in it for the money and sell synthetic for natural and than it’s this cycle of sellers not representing it correctly! I’ve noticed some international and American sellers are truly in it for the money and nothing else. But those seller with a passion to help others and to bring beautiful crystals to people who need them, those are the ones who will last! I hope my videos help people see which vendors are in this industry for the right reasons!
@@babyyoda8550 no thanks
Some of these are definitely gorgeous and worthy of adding to a collection. If it brings joy, that's all that matters. I just feel it's important for people to be made aware that they're man-made.
It's been said that the SYNTHETIC one it doesn't have or "contains" the earth energy. To me is the most important thing. ✌️
Aura quartz is natural quartz. The outside has just been treated.
I think it’s really important to note that everything has energy. A rock on the ground has the same amount of energy as the crystal you may have just overspent on. It is absolutely okay to own man-made stones, as long as they are sold to you as so. Never feel guilty for having something that’s glass. It’s pretty. You felt drawn to it. It has energy too.
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs that’s not true, i know you want to sound intelligent but you are not. Millions of watches are made with tiny pieces of quartz that function as a energy transmitter and it holds its own frequency. That quartz crystal serves as the oscillator. The battery sends electricity to the quartz crystal through an electronic circuit. Clearly you are just trying to convince yourself because you enjoyed this video
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs many crystal collectors that believe in and use crystals for their metaphysical and other properties do acknowledge that it’s a placebo. At least from what I’ve seen. It’s about being able to set intentions of what goals you have for yourself (self-love, confidence, personal growth, etc) through an item that can serve as a constant reminder and awareness of that certain goal. Most of these can be achieved through your own actions and setting intentions within yourself, yes, but it’s easier for some people to put that power into other sources, which is why motivational speaking and therapy for non-mental/psychiatric disorder related issues (like self love, confidence, and personal growth) are so heavily relied on.
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs It only becomes a problem when people rely on crystals for mental/psychiatric disorder related issues that do require some level of therapeutic/psychological/medical input. And even worse when it’s relied on for illness and disease. But you’re already aware of that, I’m sure. It’s also all pretty harmless beyond that until people start believing that only certain crystals carry certain properties, forcing them to collect and spend way too much - which I’m sure is a result of marketing strategies - and I agree is what made me cringe in this video as well. Anyways, sorry this is so long, I have trouble expressing ideas without writing a whole essay lol. (I also collect crystals for their beauty but this is just what I’ve seen people explain)
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs do you believe in god?
@@fklsjdlfkjsdklfasdfs You only watched it for a few minutes, but you cringed throughout the video. 😂 Nice try.
Just wanna clarify that there are real stones that have the cat's eye effect. This effect is called chatoyancy and it's the reflection of a band of thin inclusions in a stone. Stones that have this effect are chrysoberyl and tiger's eye, to name a couple. So don't immediately disregard a stone as fake if you see that sheen!
Right! I would guess that Tigers Eye is dyed to get so many colors. I have a rough piece of the yellow, no way is it man-made. Blue and red may be natural as well. The neon colors are typically a dead giveaway as to artificial creation, i.e. the neon pink. When the color runs all throughout the stone, that is indicative of dying. Dyes cannot differentiate layers. Layers can absorb dyes at different rates. The most pronounced example of this imo is blue dyed agates. In conclusion, I would theorize that Tigers Eye with black may be natural..the example shown that is all pink, definitely not a natural color. Though most likely is tigers eye and a natural chatoyancy, unnatural color. I welcome any knowledge on the subject, as I said, I am speculating.
A thing to note with Opalite and the name Moonstone, there is a crystal called Moonstone (you might be familiar with Rainbow Moonstone, usually white with black and various opalescent inclusions). Genuine Moonstone tends to sell for a more than Opalite, do if you're buying crystals you find some Opalite that the seller is calling Moonstone, they're trying to insist its not glass, and also sell it for a decent chunk of change maybe walk away from that seller quickly.
I myself still love Opalite and a few others you mentioned 🌅
me too!
Same
I haven’t bought a single one of these, yet i still feel betrayed 😂
Lol some man made stones I love! They’re not for everyone though!
Awesome video! While bismuth crystals are formed by human intervention, it's fully a natural material, they don't add anything to it...its heated to liquid form and as it cools, the super rad geometric shapes form. It looks aura coated because they actually use bismuth for aura coat. So if you buy aura quartz, you're actually purchasing a quartz crystal coated with bismuth...the aura coating is mistaken as unnatural, and while you don't get aura coating naturally, it's of natural material.
Goldstone actually is made of copper and quartz! Copper and quartz both have healing properties and are conductors of energy, so goldstone is pretty cool!
Once heated quartz is glass
Gosh, thank you so much for the heads up, I'm just starting my crystal collecting journey. I really thought snowflower, cats eye, green ghost quartz and magnetic hematite were all something natural! I'm diving through your entire playlist for spotting fakes now, giving you all my gratitude here 🔮
Glad I could help!
I didn't know that about Opalite either and I bought some unfortunately.
@@vaskylark don't feel bad.I have been collecting crystals since I was 8 and I have several pieces of opalite, and I love it ! Appreciate it for what it is: something beautiful that makes you happy. Enjoy!
Hematite is one of my favorite stones and I had no idea that the magnetic type was fake. I don't have any of it but I've heard people talk about it.
Yes same! I didn’t know it was fake either, but I’m so glad I know now!
i didnt even know it was a crystal i thought it was just a magnet lol
Real hematite is actually magnetic too, just a lot weaker.
I think your eyes are man-made because they are too perfect.
Lol yes they are enchanted! Haha
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To the contrary man don’t make things that are perfect ✨
That was smooth ngl
Well, technically isn't every human man-made?
I am a rock hound and I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on my rock collection. While Im personally not big on the spiritual aspect of stones, I am very glad I find videos like these as they help me find specimens and categorize my collection. Like for example, I have a good amount of cat’s eye that were sold under the name “Fiber optic rocks”, so I’m very happy I got their official name as I’m a cat person.
I love this channel and I can’t wait to see more of your videos!!
Goldstone was my first Crystal and I didn’t know that it was real for quite a while. Even thought it is fake I still love it
Goldstone is fake, but sunstone is real, they can look very similar!
I'm so glad you made this video! Just getting started with my business and knowing what is natural and what is not is important. I want to become a good source of information for my customers and you are a great teacher. I'm also happy that you reinforce that some man made materials are still worth having because of their composition. Not all people who want rocks, crystals and stones are in it for spiritual reasons. 🔮
Thank you so much for making the natural vs fake series of videos. I hope you continue to put out more great content like this. Lots of Love and Kindness.
More to come! glad you found it helpful!
I KNEW the first one was gonna be Opalite! I did buy one thinking it was an Opal, it was the first crystal in my collection and I didn't know much about crystals at all. Great vid btw!
Thank you!
Thank you for keeping it real !! I got ripped off and did not know it !!! GOD BLESS YOU FOR HELPING OTHERS AND BEING HONEST IN A WORLD OF FAKES !!!!Im new on my crystal Journey and it’s wrong and SOO confusing !! I can understand you ❤️✝️☮️🌹
How’s is going after 10 months
I’ve got some natural chalcanthite and it’s crazy how different it looks than the lab grown
I don't care that obit is man-made. It's still really pretty! Love the info thank you 🙏🏽 🔮
Was literally about to order green ghost quartz then luckily stumbled across this video. Glad I watched this before buying it. It is a very beautiful stone though being man made.
I would like to add that I purchased a green ghost phantom man made quartz and its energy has still helped me alot!
That’s good! There’s totally nothing wrong with any man made stone!
Snowflake glass looks really pretty.
It’s super pretty! Definitely an art form even if it is just glass!
Please never stop making these videos . I love your channel 😭
Thank you! I will for sure keep making them!
I literally just bought Bismuth and Opalite so I'm glad that they still having properties
I knew smelting stones were fake just by how they look but they are sooo beautiful!!
I know it think it is so pretty too! Like a swirl frozen in time!
Thank you for this ! I love Crystals ,
My TT feed is full of crystal sellers claiming to be genuine sellers , I respectfully asked if they are real and I all I got was abuse ! I would of probably brought them regardless of they were glass or resin
This video was very helpful ❤🌹
🔮 love your fake crystal series!
Thank you so much!!
I am totally new to crystals and this channel has been incredibly helpful in learning what crystals I am looking for and which ones I'm not. Her content is super accessable for newbies, thank you for all the work you put into educating us! I subscribed 🤗😄
You are so welcome
I’ve never heard of smelting quartz before. Wow 😯
I’ve literally thought about how do you have magnetic hematite lol when it normally isn’t magnetic. Now I know.
Thanks for sharing! 🔮
i saw a kennas crystals video where she did a mystery box with that last alabaster thingy
Yikes! Did she say it was real?
Great point! Being aware of the origins of man-made crystals allows us to make conscious choices about owning them without feeling guilty.
I know that your busy but when you get a chance could you please tell me..What did you start with(how much money/Crystal's )did or do you recomend someone start with if they want a crystal business and can you make really good money if I decide to go full time ??? Loved and love your videos! Very down to earth but beautiful, so your very easy to watch!❤💎
Forgotten Jewels hey! Watch my how to start a crystals business video! I started with $300! You can make as much or little money as you want but it’s how much work, time and effort you put in!
I love my man made Chalcanthite. the seller did say it was man made!
Larimar mining and trade is very common in my country, so the moment that picture for Snowflake came up I instantly went "that doesn't look like larimar at all" 😂😂😂
Please do another video of man made stones! And when I join your patreon will the business tips include where I can buy crystals in bulk? 🔮💜
Yes I plan on doing more man made videos! Patreon will have exclusive content to help with your crystal business. Yes there will be some resources on their to help with sourcing crystals! You also can chat with me there to ask one on one questions for your own business!
I'm new with crystals 🔮 and your videos are so helpful, thank you ! I want to buy Carnelian quartz but I want a real one, can you please make a video about real Carnelian vs fake , 🙏
Yes this one is highly requested so it will be in my next video of this series!
Bismuth has some really great healing properties. It helps with heartburn, nausea, diarrhea and upset stomach since it’s one of the main ingredients in Pepto Bismol
@@acgraphics1139 are you aware of what pepto bismol is and what it is for?
I do have a green ghost smoky quartz pointe (kind of citrine) but it does not look like the type in this video at all.
All I have to say is that I absolutely just love your whole energy vibes!
Thank you so much!! 💕
Lol.. I thought I bought a Berthierite (as what the seller told me) but it is actually a Silicone Carbide! No wonder it is soooo cheap. Thank you for the explanation. You're the best! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
yes its surprisingly cheap! But pretty!
If man made gems bother you, look into heat treated gems. Just as natural as glass. Cat's eyes are natural gems, or I should say a cut of gem's as many gems, man-made and natural, if showing the right gleam are called cat's eye.
Omg I would have thought it looked like rock candy too 👀
🔮🔮 binge watching your videos all day ❤️ thank you for sharing your knowledge !
Thank you. I like to know what I’m buying.
Hey there! I totally watched this video last night and it was so informative! I had no idea there were so many manmade crystals out there! Btw the blue crystal was so pretty!! 😍
It was insanely interesting to learn that bismuth is man-made too!
I'm not a big fan of manmade gems that are just glass (maybe because of previous bad experiences with fakes that turned out to be glass, and this mentality of "dyed glass is nothing special, we've seen it before") - I do own an opalite because it's gorgeous but don't keep it on display with other gems because I don't treat it as such - but I am open to enhancing and treating crystals and even growing them in a lab from the appropriate ingredients.
thank you for this video 👀 I will make a point to ask about if stones are man made or not if it isn’t clearly stated.off topic but love the wave/crinkle hair you are sporting. Opalite is pretty but opal is is defiantly what people would want . That’s cool that it helps with your chakras . goldstone is sooo pretty love the sparkles I would def want the blue sparkle .
I started using a beach wavier and I did it, gives me a good curl and lasts for a few days! 🤩
thanks 4 the response! shout out from florida!
Great video,keep it up!🧣
Thank you! I’ve been into crystals since I was really young and now I’m trying to see which are fake and with are real
Thank you for this video clarifying, for me, some information I had some questions concerning regarding a few crystals I had little to zero personal knowledge about. However, I'd like to, in return for your expertise, return the favor, by sharing with you, my first hand Knowledge, in regards to Cat's Eye. I Personally, have found, gathered, and polished, plenty of True, Natural, Cat's Eye stones over my many years in life. All stones, of which, I collected, in Colorado. I'm not completely sure, exactly where we were specifically, because I was between the ages of 5 to 8 years old at the time. But, I know it was somewhere in the mountains past Denver, and before Pikes Peak. :-) that's the best description I can give you for the location my Aunt-Grandma Jodie and I collected the rocks we later brought home and put through her old rock tumbler process. :-) ALL the gems, when finished and ready to be made into jewelry pieces were beautiful. And ALL of them were of shades of browns and golden brown with streaks of almost 'gold rivers' which flowed through them. :-) So, It IS possible, there may still be some Truly Natural Cat's Eye, pieces roaming about the world, still. :-) I Mean, honestly, the jewelry pieces WE made, Are Some where?? Idk where, but I Know They ARE Real and Beautiful because, I personally gathered them in my tiny little hands, straight from the Beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountain side. ;-) 🔮 & 👍🏻
Was recently gifted a couple nice pieces of the green ghost. Found a reference to it being called Chromium quartz where the added chromium creates the green after heat treatment under high pressure water -? I don't care it's absolutely GORGEOUS 😍
🔮 good stuff Barbie! 😃👍
Thanks love!! 💕
Thank you for taking the time and effort for gathering this information for us. Appreciate you 🔮
I’m so glad you appreciate it! I love creating this type of content!
I love opalite !! It’s soo pretty !! Love your videos !!🔮🔮🔮🔮
looking great today as always! love this❤️
Aww thank you so much! 💕
I love your videos. I love crystals & learn more w your videos! ❤️
Oooh I’m so glad! Thank you for watching and for the support!
I do love my bismuth and don’t mind say heat treated amethyst but definitely wouldn’t personally recommend smelting quarts or cats eye personally but if you were drawn to a specific piece I would say go with your interpretation of the color theory everything has magic indeed 😊
Very informative!❤
Hi! I'm a new subscriber and I love your content. I would say there's nothing wrong with man made crystals. I myself have a couple. If you're attracted to it then go for it. But I think its very important to know this info. I did buy some silicone carbide but was not told it was man made. I was angry at first but still love the stone. Thank you.
Yes a lot of people don’t know that one is man made, I didn’t know at first either! Yes I love man made stones they are more environmentally friendly and if they speak to you than there’s nothing wrong with that!
@@ColdBrewBarbie completely agree!
Hi there Ms. CBB! Just rediscovered here my inclination to crystals. Thank you heaps for your videos. As we say in one of the Philippine dialc=ects, "Padayon" meaning, "Keep going". Lotsalove from the Philippines!
🔮 I wish I could find more colors with Goldstone. All I can find is blue, green, and variations of the brown/red goldstone. I really want pink! I want to try recreating it with resin, but it won't be as nice as glass.
Great video, very helpful. Lately I've been seeing alot of this kiwi jasper stone and sunstone! I'm just not sure about them the ones I've seen being sold on insta & etsy look types of granite especially the towers and the spheres.
Agree, some stones to me just look like a granite counter top! I’ll research these a little more!
🔮🔮🔮Love all the ifo I can get. i ADORE crystsals & just love learning about them. You do a great job of teaching too! I love listening to you talk about crystals. Great job!!!!
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!! 💕
🔮❤️❤️ thank you for this video queen 👑
So glad you found it helpful!
I always just think that if you use Opalite or smelting quartz, you might as well just grab a wine glass or touch a window, it’s effectively the same thing… just my opinion 😅
I’m enjoying your videos ❤️
Thank you so much!! 💕
I love your channel. 💖💖💖
Ive subscribed. Thank you for these awesome videos. 🥰
I am an opalite HOARDER! Just kidding. But really, I have a little variety collection of opalite cause it is so pretty, the beauty of it was what drew me to it and I sometimes meditate with it because it brings me joy and puts me in kiddie mood. I knew from the start it was man made because I recharged it before buying, but I still wanted some and am not ashamed at all
I also have those crystal towers you showed in your video and I knew that some of them are just smelt or man made. I already thinking of those that they are man made in the first place because of its looks, and thru this video, Ive found out that i am really right. Nice video. Regards from Philippines.
All the all the Oh my crystals coming off
Silicon carbide is a byproduct of lab made Moissanite, it’s also called Carborundum.
Very informative
🔮 Thank u, love ure content. wanted to mention that bismuth occurs in nature. Like u said, you can fake it too, but man-made bismuth looks different. And I was wondering about the magnetic hematit, didn't find anything like this in Germany where Im from, I got those stones you showed there and they are magnetic, but I buyed them as "Magnetit", and they are real. Really interesting🌺
Love this video!! Thank you so much for helping us to identify some fake crystals and giving us some tips on how to identify them!! Also🔮 since I made it to the end!!
Thank you for such an informative video. I’m a newbie to the crystal world and your videos have been very eye opening!
Great info good to know not a fan of synthetic gems I have been duped but I have to stop an think that I might have helped someone out ..I do have a rose quartz I love it was a pair the other was a yellow stone on chain Wich I gave to an x our stones both have a gorgeous dragon winding around them 🔮🙏🏼
Thanks learning more
Thanks for sharing this information 💜
Thank you for making this video, it really help to tell what is real and what is just pretty. 🔮
Another great video from you! 🔮
Thank You!
thank you so much for watching!!
Good video
i think cats eye might have a natural version too, i had a rough grey piece of it. ive seen a big issue with people sold aspestos as 'zebra jasper'
Yes there’s like a brown/natural colored version that’s natural, but I’m referring to the bright colored ones!
This helps because I like to buy samples from witch supply shops as a novice geologist, and there is so much discretion I have to have on figuring out what's a real mineral or not.
🔮 great video Barbie!
Thanks love!! 💕
This is such a helpful vid girl, thanks for sharing!! I had no idea 👀✨
Thank you for watching! 💕
Excellent video. Thank you
Can you do a video on how to pick quality crystals? I know it’s all personal preference when choosing, but i sometimes have trouble decided what is considered ‘high quality’
If you looking for high quality, orbs are high quality. good color with little to no matrix. deeper color, but not dark (example of this is lavender rose quartz which is just poor quality) buy from supplier who know the industry, they will for sure have insight to high quality vs. low. Unfortunately there are too may crystals to cover with quality. The more you do it the more you'll be able to figure out high vs. low quality!
@@ColdBrewBarbie thanks for replying. Your videos have helped me so much! ☺️💖
I really thank you.
Thank you for your knowledge!!! This is great information and I really appreciate it !!! :)
This is interesting.
🔮This was so helpful! ❤️❤️
Oh yay! So glad you found it helpful!
ive pretty much ordered a whole collection over the past two weeks online and had to reorder from other supplier some of the stones on my hitlist...like i already know a couple of them are man made and "enhanced" so i whent ahead and doubled up on clear quarts for egsample to make sure i at least get a few real ones. I have a feeling im gonna have to kiss a lotta frogs to get real rose quarts and smokey quarts ...i got a lovely malechite carved tower comming that i know is real and selected by idividual pictures..has natural outer parts left in the piece..
The colored obsidians like aqua obsidian are fake too... I didn’t know until I bought one because it was so pretty lol
Yes all the colored obsidian stones are just glass!
Thank u for sharing!! I love ur videos!! 🔮💜
Thanks for always watching all my videos!! It means so much!
Great video. Should also make a video on genuine malachite and synthetic malachite. So many shops sell synthetic cheap malachite as genuine.
I love crystals/gemstones/rocks after I got a book about rocks from the book fair
There is some sort of natural goldstone in Arizona where the sand is really rich in copper. It happens when lightning strikes in the desert. That's why there's a lot of really old native jewelry that has goldstone beads in the southwest. I'm not sure if that would be considered natural. The only thing is that it crumbles apart so easy. I bought a bracelet w some goldstone beads when I was there as a kid and on my flight home to Singapore two of the beads shattered. The lady at the little museum is also who told us so I'm not sure totally but they did say that!
I have all of these stones.
Thsnk you very much! Blessings 💗 🔮