This was SUPER helpful, I have a few black stones i found and they all look so alike..the scratch with a piece of quartz though was the answer i needed..thanks
I have struggled for years to tell the difference between the black crystals. No diagram, tutorial, or explanation has helped. Your video is the first thing I’ve come across that made it finally “click” for me. Simple, easy, explicit. Thank you so much!
The explanations of how to quickly identify these 3 black stones was the simplest & easiest I have ever heard! I certainly look forward to watching many more of his videos!
These are the best info YT videos I’ve found! Please make more just like this! The compare and contrast of similar stones is very helpful. I just confirmed that I was sold onyx and not obsidian. Thank you!
ok this helps, thank you. Just got both onyx and obsidian and accidentally switched them in the wrong boxes so i didn't know which one's which lol. Thank you for this video :).
Adorable parakeet! We had one for 11 years. He was smarter than most people I know and he also loved stones. LOL. I discovered different pellets for birds after he passed which is sad as if I could've gotten him to eat them he'd have lived 2 times longer. We only found one brand and he hated it, though. Random but yeah.
Very helpful, thank you! We found what I thought was obsidian on our property. Your samples, explanation and scratch test confirmed that it is indeed! Also, the non-broken side of the raw rock has bubbles on the surface from where the lava had cooled, which was another big indicator for me.
Merci pour cette vidéo si bien expliquée. Elle est tombée a point, je me posais la question , vous m'avez donné la réponse, simple ,claire, et précise ! Je vous encourage à continuer !
I have have 2" diameter black onyx in a FLAT flat cabochon, BUT- there IS a difficulty telling the difference between black tourmaline and black obsidian for me when it comes to my chip beads. My black tourmaline chip beads are smaller and I've had them longer, otherwise I wouldn't be able to probably tell the difference. Thank you for this video. 😊
I've found black, brittle, shiny rocks on a river bed. Every year the water is turned off at Elephant Butte, New Mexico. This causes the Rio Grande to go bone dry for the winter in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I love to walk on the river bed with my dogs. I've found these rocks I've described. Someone told me it was "Jet" I found.
Hey! This is super informative and interesting! I love black stones and I have one that I'm having trouble identifying. It's a small faceted obelisk shaped pendant, it's fairly opaque but has some faint transluscent bands upon a closer look (which become more visible under a light). It's got a few nicks, which appear reddish. I don't dare scratch it with a quartz just yet, though I did get it for cheap. Any ideas?
I have purchased black tourmaline tumbles, spheres that are flawless and polished to perfection... 🧐 I still doubt that they are tourmaline as the other real and polished tourmaline stones I have are definitely not perfect at all yet beautiful. However, none of the other black stones come close to the unique beauty of a real black tourmaline even with its wrinkles, cracks etc.
So HELPFUL!! I have two, nearly identical black stones. One though I can scratch with a quartz and it shows up super obviously and doesn't wipe away. The other is super pockmarked with several crevices. Boom! Problem solved
Can obsidian have airbubbles in it? I have one that looks pretty transparent, it has airbubbles in it but I don't want to break it to see if its actually obsidian or regular glass
I’m here because I am going crazy trying to identify the black glassy rock running in a vein through a quite big chunk of quartz. It was found on my property, but obviously someone brought it here. Can’t find anything about veins of black glassy stuff running through quartz!
Thank you.. I walked outside and saw a big black rock sitting on my Flower bed that had not been there the night before.. No one put it there( asked everyone) and it looks like it could be obsidian or ?? Thanks for the info .. Dirt wont stick to it either
Loved your presentation- I have seen a number of balls sold as obsidian if you put a light behind it looks like a black coating that is scratched and is clear or smoky inside fake I guess
Rock on his throw Moline dude I have a rock which I believe to be black obsidian from Oregon and it weighs about I guess that's why I don't need money I don't know if it's worth
I have one... I'm from Bhutan asia county... I want know about the stone It's a small as thumb shape... So I suggest to identify my Stone....it very smooth....
I found a really cool black rock on a beach that I've never seen before - I think it's either obsidian or mica, but I can't determine which. It has two corners on it that seem to have those circles like when you throw a stone on a pond, but there are other edges that haven't done that, so super confusing.
Random question, but is all obsidian transparent and are there any tests you can do to tell if a piece if actually obsidian or man made glass? Thanks so much for such an informative video!
Not all obsidian is transparent. Rainbow, gold sheen and snowflake obsidian are all opaque. As for man made vs natural, there really is no easy way. For the most part regular black obsidian is fairly common and it is not worth faking.
Maybe i become your 10k subscriber! 🎉 i have one onyx and 10 black obsedian and 2 black tourmaline. I could not find the onyx back, but after this video I will. One black stone looked in bit blue maybe a black..
I scratched one of my gold obsidian pieces to see if their authentic and it was like dusty almost in a ashy form and now I’m sad I don’t know if it’s real or not or how to test it if it’s real and I’m sad because the piece was worth 200 dollars:(
@@luluvaldez2536 That is strange as most metals are softer than obsidian. If you have a piece of glass lying around that you do not mind having a scratch on try using the same earring on it. If the earring scratches the new piece of glass then we know the earring is harder than glass and will scratch obsidian. If it does not scratch the new piece of glass then you may not have obsidian.
Black tourmaline it not normally faked as there is quite a lot of it and it is fairly inexpensive. When we talk about the stones hardness it is more about how easy it is to scratch rather then how hard it is to break. Due to how Black tourmaline grows you can get pieces that are fairly fragile when dropped or when pressure is applied, but will still scratch glass. If you would like to email a picture to info@jacobstrading.ca I can take a look at it for you.
According to Roman mythology, Cupid clipped the fingernails of the goddess Venus while she slept. To immortalize every part of her body, the fates transformed the clippings to stone.
a claw is one form of a fingernail, so then black fingernail stone it is onyx is black and stone, so does a basalt pebble. i kind of got it why they named it onyx.
That's good info I have a rock A obsidian I'm sure but not I'm in pretty good shape 62 years old but it's big enough that I can barely I can barely pick it up let alone carry it I told it was obsidian I'm pretty sure it is I think it would came from Southern Oregon my dad had about twenty years I want to go breaking it all up or anyting I like to find out how to address it if it's worth anything I need money bad for my property taxes anyway that's another day I just want to find out how I can figure is and if it's worth anything probably weighs around on the light side 35 40 lb I use a two-wheel dolly to move
I don't know if my message went through or not or my comment I have a piece of zillion I believe it's about 40 lb or more I don't know what to do with it I need money if it's worth something I'd like to figure out what to do with it
This was SUPER helpful, I have a few black stones i found and they all look so alike..the scratch with a piece of quartz though was the answer i needed..thanks
give me a one of them black stones
I have struggled for years to tell the difference between the black crystals. No diagram, tutorial, or explanation has helped. Your video is the first thing I’ve come across that made it finally “click” for me. Simple, easy, explicit. Thank you so much!
Thanks
The explanations of how to quickly identify these 3 black stones was the simplest & easiest I have ever heard! I certainly look forward to watching many more of his videos!
Thank you!
Me too thank you
I love birds... Thanks for this video! I was struggling to differentiate my onyx from obsidian.. turns out it’s just obsidian 💓
Damn! Just realised I used to come across obsidian very often in the place where I grew up.
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Thank you this really helps, I was going to purchase some "black tourmaline obelisk" but they just looked too perfect to be black tourmaline.
These are the best info YT videos I’ve found! Please make more just like this! The compare and contrast of similar stones is very helpful. I just confirmed that I was sold onyx and not obsidian. Thank you!
Awesome. Thank you for this video, I've been confused for years until I saw this
thank you for this info!!
ok this helps, thank you. Just got both onyx and obsidian and accidentally switched them in the wrong boxes so i didn't know which one's which lol. Thank you for this video :).
This was AMAZINGLY helpful!, I was able to identify my rocks super quickly thanks to your tips!
Adorable parakeet! We had one for 11 years. He was smarter than most people I know and he also loved stones. LOL. I discovered different pellets for birds after he passed which is sad as if I could've gotten him to eat them he'd have lived 2 times longer. We only found one brand and he hated it, though. Random but yeah.
Very helpful, thank you! We found what I thought was obsidian on our property. Your samples, explanation and scratch test confirmed that it is indeed! Also, the non-broken side of the raw rock has bubbles on the surface from where the lava had cooled, which was another big indicator for me.
Bubbles? That sounds like Slag to me. I could be wrong though.
Thank you so much! This video helped me a lot, I appreciate it.
Thx for this cause while leaving summer school I found a stone/crystal and didn't know what kind it was but now.I know I have a Black onyx
Which is more expensive Onyx or Agate (both black)? And how much is it?
Damn you helped me a lotttt THANK YOUUUU😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
This was awesome - thank you!!
Merci pour cette vidéo si bien expliquée. Elle est tombée a point, je me posais la question , vous m'avez donné la réponse, simple ,claire, et précise ! Je vous encourage à continuer !
I have have 2" diameter black onyx in a FLAT flat cabochon, BUT- there IS a difficulty telling the difference between black tourmaline and black obsidian for me when it comes to my chip beads. My black tourmaline chip beads are smaller and I've had them longer, otherwise I wouldn't be able to probably tell the difference. Thank you for this video. 😊
it's really hard for me to identify black stone and this is so helpful to me 👍👍👍nice video ilike it
I've found black, brittle, shiny rocks on a river bed. Every year the water is turned off at Elephant Butte, New Mexico. This causes the Rio Grande to go bone dry for the winter in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I love to walk on the river bed with my dogs. I've found these rocks I've described. Someone told me it was "Jet" I found.
Hello. I have a lot of rocks that i wanna know more about... Can you help me? Thanks
I have a crystal/gemstone/rock/stone that is pitch black that I found on a beach in Queensland and I can’t identify it, it is different from these 3.
Awesome video! Thank you ❤️.
U do know that piece of obsidian is also an artifact right. I love it
I also have a stone with full top crystals, black and blue in 3 colors, but who should I offer to sell because the Internet is weak
Hey! This is super informative and interesting! I love black stones and I have one that I'm having trouble identifying.
It's a small faceted obelisk shaped pendant, it's fairly opaque but has some faint transluscent bands upon a closer look (which become more visible under a light). It's got a few nicks, which appear reddish. I don't dare scratch it with a quartz just yet, though I did get it for cheap.
Any ideas?
I have purchased black tourmaline tumbles, spheres that are flawless and polished to perfection... 🧐
I still doubt that they are tourmaline as the other real and polished tourmaline stones I have are definitely not perfect at all yet beautiful.
However, none of the other black stones come close to the unique beauty of a real black tourmaline even with its wrinkles, cracks etc.
Good evening, pls how do I get black tourmaline stone?
I have 1 sack of obsidian stone found on a deep dig of mountain rock, how much the value each gram and kilo please?
So HELPFUL!!
I have two, nearly identical black stones. One though I can scratch with a quartz and it shows up super obviously and doesn't wipe away. The other is super pockmarked with several crevices. Boom! Problem solved
I have a very pretty ring and i think the stone is onyx is there a way to tell onyx from glass or a ceramic?
I found some glassy black rocks I don't know if that's obsidian. The rocks I found are not as glossy as obsidian they are more rough
You can email a picture to info@jacobstrading.ca and they can try to identify it.
Can obsidian have airbubbles in it? I have one that looks pretty transparent, it has airbubbles in it but I don't want to break it to see if its actually obsidian or regular glass
Obsidian have air bubbles. I heard natural obsidian have longer or irregular bubbles.
i'm trying to figure out if i have tumbled obsidian or onyx, will quartz scratch black onyx AND obsidian, or just obsidian?
Just obsidian. Black Onyx is the same hardness as quartz.
You can see through the obsidian Madison.
Onyx has the white parallel lines, I believe.
I think whitish and black parallel bands
How can you tell the difference between bl tourmaline and shungite?
I’m here because I am going crazy trying to identify the black glassy rock running in a vein through a quite big chunk of quartz. It was found on my property, but obviously someone brought it here. Can’t find anything about veins of black glassy stuff running through quartz!
Awesome video mate, thanks a bunch
Black Tourmaline also has a bit of mica deposits.
Onyx is a type of Moss agate. So yes onyx is translucent more often then not
Hi, does the obsidian leave any streaks? I can't seem to find any information regarding the streak. thanks.
Obsidian does not have a streak colour.
If that big peice of obsidian wasn't broken and not polished would it still be translucent?
Please make a video if black tourmaline is magnetic or not. Please please there is no video on whole youtube.
Thank you.. I walked outside and saw a big black rock sitting on my Flower bed that had not been there the night before.. No one put it there( asked everyone) and it looks like it could be obsidian or ?? Thanks for the info ..
Dirt wont stick to it either
What are the differences in uses
Thank You! I love this kind of videos
So the super smooth black tourmaline I bought is most likely onyx, right? There is one little line like on your onyx, but otherwise totally smooth.
I have black tourmaline in my frontyard i have like a bag to get them
Loved your presentation- I have seen a number of balls sold as obsidian if you put a light behind it looks like a black coating that is scratched and is clear or smoky inside fake I guess
I thought that was my budgie chirping in the background lol
Rock on his throw Moline dude I have a rock which I believe to be black obsidian from Oregon and it weighs about I guess that's why I don't need money I don't know if it's worth
I have a kind of precious stone sir can you tell what kind of precious 🙏
Very helpful. Thanks a lot
Thanks !!! This was super helpful
Thank you!
Thank you! This was so helpful
What is the difference between black onyx vs black agate?
From an geological identification Black agate will have curved bands in it and black onyx will either be solid black or it will have parallel bands.
What about basalt? I have a large chunk of smooth basalt and I was told it is also obsidian, is that true?
I think basalt isn't as dark
What is the selling price of these stones
I have one...
I'm from Bhutan asia county...
I want know about the stone
It's a small as thumb shape...
So I suggest to identify my
Stone....it very smooth....
I found a really cool black rock on a beach that I've never seen before - I think it's either obsidian or mica, but I can't determine which. It has two corners on it that seem to have those circles like when you throw a stone on a pond, but there are other edges that haven't done that, so super confusing.
That type of breaking is usually obsidian but if you would like you can email info@jacobstrading.ca with some pictures.
@@YeOldeRockShop That would be great, thanks! I'll send some pics.
I have black stone can you tell me what is it5
Random question, but is all obsidian transparent and are there any tests you can do to tell if a piece if actually obsidian or man made glass? Thanks so much for such an informative video!
Not all obsidian is transparent. Rainbow, gold sheen and snowflake obsidian are all opaque. As for man made vs natural, there really is no easy way. For the most part regular black obsidian is fairly common and it is not worth faking.
Nice i have a block Stone
Im found real black stone how can i use
Very informative :)
Please tell about black diamond
Hi, I bought some black onyx stones and apache tears but wasn't sure if they are right, would you be able to help me identify them? Thanks!
You can email pictures to info@jacobstrading.ca and they can help you out.
Very helpful thank you 🙂
Your amazing thank you !
Maybe i become your 10k subscriber! 🎉 i have one onyx and 10 black obsedian and 2 black tourmaline. I could not find the onyx back, but after this video I will. One black stone looked in bit blue maybe a black..
Thanks
Thanks I thought I found obsidian but it turned out to be onyx but hey I’ll add it to my colloection
I scratched one of my gold obsidian pieces to see if their authentic and it was like dusty almost in a ashy form and now I’m sad I don’t know if it’s real or not or how to test it if it’s real and I’m sad because the piece was worth 200 dollars:(
What were you using to scratch? And you can send a picture to info@jacobstrading.ca and I can take a look at the piece.
Jacobs Trading Ye Olde Rock Shop the back of a sharp earring I was too scared to use a needle or something sharper and thank you🥺
@@luluvaldez2536 That is strange as most metals are softer than obsidian. If you have a piece of glass lying around that you do not mind having a scratch on try using the same earring on it. If the earring scratches the new piece of glass then we know the earring is harder than glass and will scratch obsidian. If it does not scratch the new piece of glass then you may not have obsidian.
Sorry to hear that Lulu! You can buy genuine Black Tourmaline pieces on our site: madeinearthus.com/search?type=product&q=black%20tourmaline*
How about this sir?
Thank you for the video! I have a black tourmaline that is really soft and I can break it in two, is it a fake one?
Black tourmaline it not normally faked as there is quite a lot of it and it is fairly inexpensive. When we talk about the stones hardness it is more about how easy it is to scratch rather then how hard it is to break. Due to how Black tourmaline grows you can get pieces that are fairly fragile when dropped or when pressure is applied, but will still scratch glass.
If you would like to email a picture to info@jacobstrading.ca I can take a look at it for you.
Can i Email picture to you too? My son found this and is really interested to know is it really obsidian?
Thanks
Where can you buy real black tourmaline chips
We sell them! Yeolderockshop.com!
I have this kind of rock
I put my obsidian rock infront of the cellphone light and there are small black balls inside the obsidian, does anyone know what these could be?
It could be a inclusion in the obsidian. An inclusion is a different mineral inside a mineral.
Thank you for answering my question and for the new information! Rock on man!
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I came here cause I was just at the 2nd hand store and found a black stone and $3😂 I found it’s a black obsidian. I give away the $.
I have one black onyx
ROCK ON
I have jet stone
Dude ineed original where to buy it!
yeolderockshop.com will have lots of choices.
None of my obsidian looks like the obsidian shown here, but my obsidian is obsidian..
Can u buy my block tourmaline.. I am pilipino
Sir I have obsidian to show you please reply me
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I can't see through any of the obsidian I own. hmmmmm...?
they can be see through, but not always
why do they call onyx which means claw?
why does the onyx look like a basalt pebble?
According to Roman mythology, Cupid clipped the fingernails of the goddess Venus while she slept. To immortalize every part of her body, the fates transformed the clippings to stone.
a claw is one form of a fingernail, so then black fingernail stone it is
onyx is black and stone, so does a basalt pebble. i kind of got it why they named it onyx.
Do you have email I have a chess board that needs identification if you can
You can email info@jacobstrading.ca
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That's good info I have a rock A obsidian I'm sure but not I'm in pretty good shape 62 years old but it's big enough that I can barely I can barely pick it up let alone carry it I told it was obsidian I'm pretty sure it is I think it would came from Southern Oregon my dad had about twenty years I want to go breaking it all up or anyting I like to find out how to address it if it's worth anything I need money bad for my property taxes anyway that's another day I just want to find out how I can figure is and if it's worth anything probably weighs around on the light side 35 40 lb I use a two-wheel dolly to move
I don't know if my message went through or not or my comment I have a piece of zillion I believe it's about 40 lb or more I don't know what to do with it I need money if it's worth something I'd like to figure out what to do with it