To go along with today's awesome fire obsidian specimens, we pulled out the other varieties from our collection. Did we cover your favorite? If so, let us know what it is!
Oh man! What a great way to start the day! 🤠💎 I'm so glad you enjoyed the pieces and you did very well showing them off too! Thank you for showing the beauty of these stones to the world ♥️
Dude so awesome!!! This is how it’s done 👍🏼 When you have something really cool that not a lot of people know about… send out some samples to some other channels 😆 Good work Kyle!!!
Great seeing World of Rockhounds/Kyle's Fire Obsidian on a great episode about Obsidian! Looking forward to having you on the podcast and love this channel!
I just randomly discovered your channel and now I’m addicted. First time I’ve ever been into mineralogy and I’m hooked already! Thank you all for your content, keep it coming.
Your channel was shared on the rockhound discords and I’m glad it was shared! I subbed and will be watching more for sure! I’m a long time rockhound who started a channel last year doing rockhounding and lapidary work. It mostly became me polishing rocks after I moved to New York as there is less hounding out here 😅 anyway. Glad to have found y’all as I seem to belong here and can’t believe it took this long.
Super cool video, I really enjoyed watching and seeing all of the different types of obsidian on display especially Kyle’s Fire Obsidian. Also thanks so much for coming on the Rockhound Podcast with us it was a lot of fun, we all enjoyed it. 🤘😜 have a great week.
I have a big palm sized rainbow obsidian with an eye on it.its a really beautiful piece didn't know they broke like glass tho I will be more protective
I was able to spend a little bit of time in Glass Buttes,and I have to say that the material there was amazing.I found types that haven't been discussed in other forums that I have read in,and it was so cool.Now that i know what to look for,after cutting and polishing the material,I wish I could go back and get more!I only found maybe one piece that might be fire,but the rest of it was so amazing,and i wish i would have just taken what I left behind!
My husband and I love to watch this channel! Have you ever thought about showing Ellensburg blue stones. Thanks for showing all these wonderful stones and gems. ☺️
When I visited Teotihuacán several years ago, they told me that the Mayans would view the sun through shards of obsidian. I looked through a thick obsidian disc and sure enough, you could see the shape of the sun pretty clearly. I ended up taking the disc home with me. Very sure it's not safe for viewing the sun, but still makes a good center piece.
That was an awesome episode, and as a friend of both Kyle, from World of Rockhounds, and Jared, from Currently Rockhounding, and an Oregonian, it was eagerly anticipated. I recognized Kyles obsidian pieces instantly. Even if you had not said where they came from, i would have known. That piece with tbe cross hatch pattern is so specific, and Kyle is our resident Fire Obsidian expert. He is amazing with it and like you said, he can manage to work it and expose the fire without losing it! Awesome episode!
Fire obsidian is the only one not in my collection 🤷♂️ I didn’t see them show one type I have though and it’s green banded obsidian. Ill show it off on the discord channels.
Wow, thank you for sharing this beautiful Obsidian set. Kyle sent you some beautiful polished examples. Loved the Plat button. My favourite are the Apache tears because my friend Regan sent some to me in Wales from Arizona. They are still in their Perlite matrix which makes them special. Not forgetting the story behind Apache tears. Rog. 😀👍
For those heading out to Glass Buttes to find some fire - while you do need to watch out that you don't dig/collect on the various claims out there (without permissions), the good news is that those aren't the only spots where you can find fire magnetite/obsidian. I've located it in most areas, including on the backside of Little Glass Butte where there isn't a ton of digging activity. It's not the easiest material to spot, and you'll have to work for it, but there's plenty of fire to be found outside of the areas with active claims!
As a kid in 1965 Suisun City we played everywhere you shouldn't. Remember exploring parked trains and was warned by friend to not fall or jump on certain rocks that were melon sized Obsidian. Dark with shiny sides and we pretty much ignored them.
Welcome! Obsidian is glass, and yes it can be remelted and reshaped. But, it's a pretty high melting point and it's our understanding that it's not very easy to work with.
I have 140 pounds of Obsidian I pick from a beach where I used to take my dogs. From worry stone size to fist sized. Many different colors. From grey to purple to green to black. I live in Nova Scotia.
Fun fact the mexica (Aztecs) used obsidians as mirrors for functional and religious use. One of the gods, Tezcatlipoca, was associated with obsidian. His name translates to smoking mirror in reference to its reflectivity and way it’s made.
I was just at Little Glass Butte in February and am going back this weekend, March 2024. The fire obsidian has been all claimed up. The claim holders are pretty protective of their claims and product, as fire obsidian is the ONLY obsidian sold by the CARAT. I hope you appreciated the fact you were holding literally thousands of dollars worth of obsidian! 😂 I just wanted to put it out of people's minds that they can just go and throw a shovel in the ground anywhere up there. Don't be careless and piss off a claim holder. You can check for a claim map at the BLM office in Burns, or search the web, where there is a lot of info on LGB. All other kinds of obsidian are fair game. 😊. Check the web for pit maps.
None of those claims are valid anyways, you cannot make a claim to obsidian (same with agate, chert, or petrified wood), according to the 1872 mining law. The state will allow you to make a claim, and pay them, regardless if it is invalid or not, it becomes invalid once someone issues a challenge then you find out it has been invalid the entire time. People are still free to go here and gather it themselves, regardless what people think or how long they have had the "claim".
WOW! I thought that the last thing I needed was 1 more YT thing to "subscribe" to... Aw, what the heck! No point in having ANY , if am missing out on this ~ ~ ~ (sigh) This topic - great! Info/visuals provided - great! The personalities & interaction of the hosts - great! (Are you 2 best buds? Seem like it.😀) Enthusiasm & as interested as I am? Great! Dang it ~ nothing 'so-so'...all 'Great!' So, am now "Subscribed" & better cut more time into my viewing schedule... LOL... No wonder I don't get my work done at home! But, hey! Life is short; why do housework?! Hahaha....😂 P.S. ~ Are you in Oregon? (Just curious.)
I have a peice of mahogany with a gold sheen over top dont know what to call it but its awesome and man you guys need better rainbow obsidian specimens lol love you anyway
I also have a couple like that and I was told that they’re gold sheen mahogany obsidian from GlassButte. I have 3 amazing slabs of rainbow! Some look like the Aurora borealis!!
I just started cabbing some obsidian I found in Alabama but no fire yet but a weird green color could possibly be slag glass but it does have a crazy look under UV any idea what it could be? I just did a few short videos if you want to check it out great videos 😊
Watched a video a while back of someone (Greenpowerscience) melting down garden lava rocks (Basalt, Andesite or similar) and melting it down using and enormous Fresnell lens and the sun to "manufacture" obsidian. Would the resulting material have similar properties (able to be polished for pretty colours etc.)?
Your obsidian that your showing. Rainbow obsidian,red, green and snow flake obsidian. I find what you have here in northern California mayacama mountains
So technically you could find a rainbow obsidian with fire obsidian glints striated throughout, thus almost being like a black opal but with even more color potentially than most opals can manage to produce
And the last time I held a piece of Apache chair to my heart he told me that the tears that it was named after are going to be nothing compared to the tears when we think about how we are killing our mother earth water sources and father skies are Richmond breed the life force into this we don't breed the life force into US it does the mother and the father do were killing killing our air and water we could fix it in 5 years except we would be dead in three because it will be gone we're not stopping it we're watching it happen or taking part in it
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Sorry I'm coughing.....couch ...I....call cough.😢 oh no now I'm going tohawha2haee Bullshit found only my ass In Oregon lol im being a smart ass and fire obsidian can only be found in the ring of fire which is so small it will only fit on your pinky
This was a really good video on the topic, and I appreciate you mentioning my channel. Let me know if you ever want to see some of the layer measurement photos.
Fire obsidian is really sweet. I remember when my friend Jared (currentlyrockhounding) did his video on a piece of Kyle's (worldofrockhounds) fire obsidian. So cool to see you all with some pieces on your channel. 👍
I've been finding fire obsidian everywhere and I have a lot of obsidian. But what I know is if you look in the right place and you know what you are looking for it will just pop up out of no where.
Oh wow, those fire obsidian gemstones are so beautiful and shiny too.🤩⬛💎 I mean they're like glass art and can see some colors🌈 on them when shining in light.🔦 It's very fascinating🤔 to know where they come from, to see the layers when you put it on water and how they're form in volcano lava.🌋 It's hard to choose, I like all of them.🥰😍🖤💎 That's amazing to see a TH-cam channel symbol made with a obsidian gemstone.😃💻▶️ Thanks for showing them to us. Nice video and see you later.😉👍⚫💎
Thank you, thank you, for this one!! I have a Mask that was carved out of one piece of Rainbow Obsidian that my son got for me in Machu Picchu. It's about 9 inches tall and 7 inches wide and mounted on a stand. It's amazing!! A true treasure!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
To go along with today's awesome fire obsidian specimens, we pulled out the other varieties from our collection. Did we cover your favorite? If so, let us know what it is!
Mahogany is my favorite
i'm from brazil and i want 1 of every type of obsidian
help me get
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I love snowflake obsidian!! Just makes me happy. Enjoy the day!!
Rainbow obsidian is my fave type of obsidian. However, that play button is FIRE 🔥 , puns intended 😘
Can i purchase fire obsidians
Oh man! What a great way to start the day! 🤠💎
I'm so glad you enjoyed the pieces and you did very well showing them off too!
Thank you for showing the beauty of these stones to the world ♥️
Thank you!
So THAT’s where you were sending the box.
Great episode! Your pieces looked awesome Kyle!
Those were great! Fire obsidian is the only one I don’t own a piece of. We may need to talk and see what can be done about that 😜
Dude so awesome!!! This is how it’s done 👍🏼 When you have something really cool that not a lot of people know about… send out some samples to some other channels 😆 Good work Kyle!!!
A whole episode on Dragonglass 🖤🔥🐉😍
I absolutely loved the fire obsidian!
Now I want to go to Glass Butte!
Wonderful podcast video! Thank You so much you guys~you are fantastic!
Gorgeous stones. Thanks for sharing.
My two favorite hosts. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Man I've had this gemstone for years and nobody could tell me what it was, Finally!! It's rainbow obsidian! Thanks so much for the informative video.
SAME!
I really like the visuals that show the pattern/makeup of what we're discussing btw!
Great seeing World of Rockhounds/Kyle's Fire Obsidian on a great episode about Obsidian! Looking forward to having you on the podcast and love this channel!
One of my favorite TH-cam channels. I love everyone’s enthusiasm on this channel.
Yall look ever happier creating this content. What an honor to be a fan!!! Thank you for another amazing video 🤩 #besthosts
Just remember everyone. According to the G.I.A., Obsidian is its OWN Species. Although it is made of Glass, it is not a Variety of Glass.
It’s like petrified glass… lol… rockified glass…
@@JulianaAndersson Glass can't petrify, that is impossible.
@@KrosanBeast315 it was a joke.. hence the “lol”
I just randomly discovered your channel and now I’m addicted. First time I’ve ever been into mineralogy and I’m hooked already!
Thank you all for your content, keep it coming.
I had no idea of the beauty inside obsidian. Loved this presentation.
Your channel was shared on the rockhound discords and I’m glad it was shared! I subbed and will be watching more for sure! I’m a long time rockhound who started a channel last year doing rockhounding and lapidary work. It mostly became me polishing rocks after I moved to New York as there is less hounding out here 😅 anyway. Glad to have found y’all as I seem to belong here and can’t believe it took this long.
Just makes me SMILE!😁✌️❤️
I really love to watch your videos guys
glad to hear it!
Super cool video, I really enjoyed watching and seeing all of the different types of obsidian on display especially Kyle’s Fire Obsidian. Also thanks so much for coming on the Rockhound Podcast with us it was a lot of fun, we all enjoyed it. 🤘😜 have a great week.
Our pleasure!
Excellent as always
I was made aware of fire obsidian about twelve years ago... awesome material wish I had a few pieces to cab.
I only understood what they were talking about at the closer look. Gorgeous!
I have a big palm sized rainbow obsidian with an eye on it.its a really beautiful piece didn't know they broke like glass tho I will be more protective
OMG love the rainbow 🌈 & fire🔥obsidians will go great w/my labradorites TY ✌🌝👍
I was able to spend a little bit of time in Glass Buttes,and I have to say that the material there was amazing.I found types that haven't been discussed in other forums that I have read in,and it was so cool.Now that i know what to look for,after cutting and polishing the material,I wish I could go back and get more!I only found maybe one piece that might be fire,but the rest of it was so amazing,and i wish i would have just taken what I left behind!
My husband and I love to watch this channel! Have you ever thought about showing Ellensburg blue stones. Thanks for showing all these wonderful stones and gems. ☺️
When I visited Teotihuacán several years ago, they told me that the Mayans would view the sun through shards of obsidian. I looked through a thick obsidian disc and sure enough, you could see the shape of the sun pretty clearly.
I ended up taking the disc home with me. Very sure it's not safe for viewing the sun, but still makes a good center piece.
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A good piece for scrying then. I have one myself!
That was an awesome episode, and as a friend of both Kyle, from World of Rockhounds, and Jared, from Currently Rockhounding, and an Oregonian, it was eagerly anticipated. I recognized Kyles obsidian pieces instantly. Even if you had not said where they came from, i would have known. That piece with tbe cross hatch pattern is so specific, and Kyle is our resident Fire Obsidian expert. He is amazing with it and like you said, he can manage to work it and expose the fire without losing it! Awesome episode!
Fire obsidian is the only one not in my collection 🤷♂️ I didn’t see them show one type I have though and it’s green banded obsidian. Ill show it off on the discord channels.
Thank you, I always try to get as much out of the stone as possible with minimal waste. It's too pretty to waste. :)
@@WorldofRockhounds yes it is!
@@WorldofRockhounds you do a Fantastic job at that. 🤘😁
Wow, thank you for sharing this beautiful Obsidian set. Kyle sent you some beautiful polished examples. Loved the Plat button. My favourite are the Apache tears because my friend Regan sent some to me in Wales from Arizona. They are still in their Perlite matrix which makes them special. Not forgetting the story behind Apache tears. Rog. 😀👍
Love obsidian for it's looks and also the multitude of uses it has, fantastic pieces guys!
For those heading out to Glass Buttes to find some fire - while you do need to watch out that you don't dig/collect on the various claims out there (without permissions), the good news is that those aren't the only spots where you can find fire magnetite/obsidian. I've located it in most areas, including on the backside of Little Glass Butte where there isn't a ton of digging activity. It's not the easiest material to spot, and you'll have to work for it, but there's plenty of fire to be found outside of the areas with active claims!
Are they even valid claims? No. Not like they can isolate the magnetite for profit. Then obsidian itself is a non-locatible mineral...
@@11Evalone They're absolutely valid. Turning a profit isn't a requirement for a claim.
@@kevindunigan9177 you cannot make a claim to obsidian.
Insanely beautiful 😍 awesome video 😘
Thank you for sharing. I love your fire obsidian 🥰 I only have green and Apache tears 💖
❤ thanks so much! BEAUTIFUL
Really cool!
As a kid in 1965 Suisun City we played everywhere you shouldn't. Remember exploring parked trains and was warned by friend to not fall or jump on certain rocks that were melon sized Obsidian. Dark with shiny sides and we pretty much ignored them.
That one looks like the Rainbow bridge in Thor!!! Or the Einstein Rosen sumtin or another... 😁👍.. Good stuff guys!!!!💯😁
Thank you guys very informative
Never knew about this 😍🔥🖤
Hey I love your channel! New here but a fan from the jump. Can obsidian be remelted back into glass?
Welcome! Obsidian is glass, and yes it can be remelted and reshaped. But, it's a pretty high melting point and it's our understanding that it's not very easy to work with.
Love you videos beautiful specimens ❤️👌⚫
The transparent one they call Ice Obsidian
So pretty 🤩 can’t wait to see more peace’s from Wyoming
I have 140 pounds of Obsidian I pick from a beach where I used to take my dogs. From worry stone size to fist sized. Many different colors. From grey to purple to green to black. I live in Nova Scotia.
Fun fact the mexica (Aztecs) used obsidians as mirrors for functional and religious use. One of the gods, Tezcatlipoca, was associated with obsidian. His name translates to smoking mirror in reference to its reflectivity and way it’s made.
I was just at Little Glass Butte in February and am going back this weekend, March 2024.
The fire obsidian has been all claimed up. The claim holders are pretty protective of their claims and product, as fire obsidian is the ONLY obsidian sold by the CARAT. I hope you appreciated the fact you were holding literally thousands of dollars worth of obsidian! 😂
I just wanted to put it out of people's minds that they can just go and throw a shovel in the ground anywhere up there. Don't be careless and piss off a claim holder. You can check for a claim map at the BLM office in Burns, or search the web, where there is a lot of info on LGB. All other kinds of obsidian are fair game. 😊. Check the web for pit maps.
Or fight back against invalid claims...
My buddy owns the claim to that "Fire" obsidian, it's a very nice material...
None of those claims are valid anyways, you cannot make a claim to obsidian (same with agate, chert, or petrified wood), according to the 1872 mining law. The state will allow you to make a claim, and pay them, regardless if it is invalid or not, it becomes invalid once someone issues a challenge then you find out it has been invalid the entire time. People are still free to go here and gather it themselves, regardless what people think or how long they have had the "claim".
I should have someone polish the obsidian stone piece i own ..I also carry with me a small piece of apache tears every day ... I love rock's.
WOW! I thought that the last thing I needed was 1 more YT thing to "subscribe" to...
Aw, what the heck! No point in having ANY
, if am missing out on this ~ ~ ~ (sigh)
This topic - great!
Info/visuals provided - great!
The personalities & interaction of the hosts - great! (Are you 2 best buds? Seem like it.😀)
Enthusiasm & as interested as I am? Great!
Dang it ~ nothing 'so-so'...all 'Great!' So, am now "Subscribed" & better cut more time into my viewing schedule... LOL... No wonder I don't get my work done at home! But, hey! Life is short; why do housework?! Hahaha....😂
P.S. ~ Are you in Oregon? (Just curious.)
We’re not in Oregon. We’re actually in Tennessee. But Kyle from World of Rockhounds, who sent us the fire obsidian, is in Oregon. Welcome!
Definitely need some fire obsidian
black obsidian a great Stone to go up against negativity energy to bring in balance and radiate positive energy
I have a peice of mahogany with a gold sheen over top dont know what to call it but its awesome and man you guys need better rainbow obsidian specimens lol love you anyway
I also have a couple like that and I was told that they’re gold sheen mahogany obsidian from GlassButte. I have 3 amazing slabs of rainbow! Some look like the Aurora borealis!!
@@RufotrisRootedRockhound rainbow obsidian is so beautiful no doubt
The most common banded Obsidian patterns are: Peacock, Rainbow, and Velvet
I just started cabbing some obsidian I found in Alabama but no fire yet but a weird green color could possibly be slag glass but it does have a crazy look under UV any idea what it could be? I just did a few short videos if you want to check it out great videos 😊
Could you put your obsidian piece in a display in a cube of water with its own little spotlight to show the iridescence in a raw specimen?
Sounds like a cool idea!
I have a tiny piece of snowflake obsidian lol
Looks kinda like carnival glas. How cool?!
How do you polish obsidian?
Kyle (who loaned us this fire obsidian) actually has lots of informative videos on this on his channel: th-cam.com/users/WorldofRockHoundsvideos
hi, so every time I try to go to your website, it says that i cannot reach that page. does anyone else have this problem?
Watched a video a while back of someone (Greenpowerscience) melting down garden lava rocks (Basalt, Andesite or similar) and melting it down using and enormous Fresnell lens and the sun to "manufacture" obsidian. Would the resulting material have similar properties (able to be polished for pretty colours etc.)?
You skipped the cool part about apache tears: they're translucent when held up to the light.
I totally agree
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Molto belle queste
Did I hear you mention "Fordite"?
You did!
Is it magnetic?
does it have an magnetic properties, curious 🤔
Obsidian kicked ass and Steven's Universe now I see how
Your obsidian that your showing. Rainbow obsidian,red, green and snow flake obsidian. I find what you have here in northern California mayacama mountains
So technically you could find a rainbow obsidian with fire obsidian glints striated throughout, thus almost being like a black opal but with even more color potentially than most opals can manage to produce
Glaaaassssyyy tacoooo
Obsidian is used to kill white walkers
Looks like rainbow obsidian to me
Hi
Why is it called fire obsideon isn't opal
الماس سیاه کربنادو خریدارین؟
chatoyancy?
I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY ROCK BUT ITS OBSIDIAN?
I disagree about where to find it. I am sure there are many places in the world where you can find it.
Show obs
And the last time I held a piece of Apache chair to my heart he told me that the tears that it was named after are going to be nothing compared to the tears when we think about how we are killing our mother earth water sources and father skies are Richmond breed the life force into this we don't breed the life force into US it does the mother and the father do were killing killing our air and water we could fix it in 5 years except we would be dead in three because it will be gone we're not stopping it we're watching it happen or taking part in it
I'M FIRST YAAAAY
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Sorry I'm coughing.....couch ...I....call cough.😢 oh no now I'm going tohawha2haee Bullshit found only my ass In Oregon lol im being a smart ass and fire obsidian can only be found in the ring of fire which is so small it will only fit on your pinky
Can that guy keep his mouth closed in the thumbnails please?
Yep sorry that's what rocks do to me then make me see how stupid we are as human beings
Those are some really beautiful pieces... And you're right, the flash on these is highly similar to one of my favorite stones: Labradorite.
This was a really good video on the topic, and I appreciate you mentioning my channel. Let me know if you ever want to see some of the layer measurement photos.
I missed that one and definitely have to go watch. Sounds cool to look at the layers under the scope!
Love fire obsidian and all obsidian. Thanks for the info. Thanks Kyle and Jarrod. Keep the goodness coming. 😷⚒
Can you guys do more Larimar videos with its makeup?
I would love a episodes with raw specimens and also what a certain mineral can create . ex. copper inclusion, chromium, iron,etc. love ur channel ❤️
Fire obsidian is really sweet. I remember when my friend Jared (currentlyrockhounding) did his video on a piece of Kyle's (worldofrockhounds) fire obsidian. So cool to see you all with some pieces on your channel. 👍
I've been finding fire obsidian everywhere and I have a lot of obsidian.
But what I know is if you look in the right place and you know what you are looking for it will just pop up out of no where.
Oh wow, those fire obsidian gemstones are so beautiful and shiny too.🤩⬛💎 I mean they're like glass art and can see some colors🌈 on them when shining in light.🔦 It's very fascinating🤔 to know where they come from, to see the layers when you put it on water and how they're form in volcano lava.🌋 It's hard to choose, I like all of them.🥰😍🖤💎 That's amazing to see a TH-cam channel symbol made with a obsidian gemstone.😃💻▶️ Thanks for showing them to us. Nice video and see you later.😉👍⚫💎
Thanks for the share
Really enjoyed this. Thank you.
I'm finding Obsidian n middle TN.
Some even made into Points and Arrowheads!!! rural cedar grove TN rockhound.
Nature Freedom Dreams.
Thank you, thank you, for this one!! I have a Mask that was carved out of one piece of Rainbow Obsidian that my son got for me in Machu Picchu. It's about 9 inches tall and 7 inches wide and mounted on a stand. It's amazing!! A true treasure!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Congratulations, I am so envious 😘
Ima new sub to your chann because I find the content fascinating and thanks for the vids
I wonder if you can make a prince Ruperts drop from obsidian.
Can you tell me the price of fire obsidian per gram?
I love Obsidian but snowflake is my all time favorite. Great thanks to Kyle for letting you guys use his specimens in this video.