I absolutely love Eric! He is the coolest dude ever. I would love to just like grab a drink and sit on a porch with him and have him tell me his life story
I had no idea that there were so many gemstones that have their origins in North Carolina! That was so exciting to hear since I live in North Carolina! Felt a bit of pride for my home state!
I live in the upstate of South Carolina less than an hour outside of North Carolina and I’ve done a lot of gem mining up there and you can literally find just about every major gemstone in North Carolina. I found emeralds, Rubys, sapphires, amethyst, Garnet, smoky quartz all out of the same ground
Beautiful gem. So many gems are mistaken for another like Siberia's Chrome Diopside which they call Russia's emerald. I would love to visit the mines in Hiddenite N.C. and try finding some of these gems as well as rubies, sapphires and emeralds.
I thought that we could already ID origins of gems from where they come from . Like Burmese rubies and diamond from different places in Africa and natural emerald from South America and so on.
K Connor Gemstones go through a LOT of hands, and the individual stones will be here long after we are gone. The further (in distance and time) it gets from the original source, the more likely the origin and provenance will get lost, or distorted in the verbal telling. So it would be great to have a way to verify origin (via Raman), when it is in question.
A Lithium Aluminum Silicate mineral. It gets it's name for the Greek, "Spodumenos" meaning, "reduced to ashes" because it turns intro a gray powdery mass when it's burned.
10:00 OK, stop, you're draining away all of your credibility with this "pangia" nonsense. First off, if you look at the tectonic plates, you will see that they are a jigsaw puzzle. A spherical puzzle with a larger circumference than the current sphere we live on. At some time in earth's not too distant past (not even 5 digits ago) this single sphere was shattered, likely a powerful meteor strike, and those plates have been collapsing in on themselves ever since.
David Blalock - Livin' Life Original idea of plate tectonics is that the plates are moving away from each other, which has been proven with measurements. You suggest that plates are still joined but just collapsing (maybe at the boundaries)? Are you referencing the asteroid strike of 12,000 years ago?
Not all of the plates are 'collapsing' as you claim. Some plates are being pushed underneath others where they reheat and return to the Earths core. While other plates are growing and forming new rock especially where there is increased volcanic activity. The Earth is not hollow, so I'm not sure where your 'collapsing' theory fits in. As for your circumference confusion, this is neatly explained by the model I provided above where some plates are being recycled while others are growing. The Continental drift theory is not crippled by the idea that the Earths plates are infinitely growing larger to the point where there would be more surface area than a globe with the circumference of the Earth could accommodate.
definitely a genuine guy with great conversation skills, we must get that clam chowder secret out of him though!!
Episodes with this guy are so pure I could listen to him tell stories about clam chowder all day
I absolutely love Eric! He is the coolest dude ever. I would love to just like grab a drink and sit on a porch with him and have him tell me his life story
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Lovely video glad it wasn't hidden in my feed
¿Don't you mean "hiddenite my feed"?
I had no idea that there were so many gemstones that have their origins in North Carolina! That was so exciting to hear since I live in North Carolina! Felt a bit of pride for my home state!
Hiddenite is so Beautiful!
I'm going down to north Carolina this weekend SWEET
MORE VIDEOS WITH ERIC!!!! Love that guy! So much amazing knowledge.
I’ve just started watching this channel but I really love hearing from Eric. I wish I had found this channel earlier. I’ve learned so much
Also ah chemistry! Love me some Raman spectroscopy!
Wow blast to the past, didn't expect to see my UofA lab friend on youtube! Hope Eric is doing well :)
Hiddenite and the surrounding area is fun. I went panning for gems there.
Love the background details on each stone. Planning on moving to NC in the future hopefully near this area so I can mine the area at my leisure
The graph is 😮👀WOW very interesting. I have been around mining all my life (71years old) I learn something new from your channel all the time.
Love your videos 😁
Thank you, Michael! Glad you enjoy watching!
Such a fun information video! More Eric ❤
Let's not forget Natalie, that he also needs to bring you some clam chowder.
Hiddenite another beautiful gem. Could you talk about Marialite (yellow spodumene)?
I live in the upstate of South Carolina less than an hour outside of North Carolina and I’ve done a lot of gem mining up there and you can literally find just about every major gemstone in North Carolina. I found emeralds, Rubys, sapphires, amethyst, Garnet, smoky quartz all out of the same ground
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The rough almost looks like a young sea glass.
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My thoughts also.
i loved the slide show at the end!!! whomever made that is pretty cool🤘😝🤘
favorite guest! He's so interesting!
Right?! We love having Eric, he's the best!
If i saw hiddenite while hiking i would think it was a broken and eroded glass coke bottle
This was cool! Thank you.
Great Episode
Beautiful gem. So many gems are mistaken for another like Siberia's Chrome Diopside which they call Russia's emerald. I would love to visit the mines in Hiddenite N.C. and try finding some of these gems as well as rubies, sapphires and emeralds.
Awesome nice 💎
How do u get these things
At 10:02, Pangea is spelled wrong. Just trying to help. Hiddenite is pretty unique.
yeah
What isn’t a Marjan Stone is it natural does it realy glow underwater or is it fake?
Can you do gems from vampire diaries and originals please I love these shows!
What an interesting stone. Hiddenite.
Hiddenite is my favorite crystal
I thought that we could already ID origins of gems from where they come from . Like Burmese rubies and diamond from different places in Africa and natural emerald from South America and so on.
K Connor Gemstones go through a LOT of hands, and the individual stones will be here long after we are gone. The further (in distance and time) it gets from the original source, the more likely the origin and provenance will get lost, or distorted in the verbal telling. So it would be great to have a way to verify origin (via Raman), when it is in question.
What is spodumene?
A Lithium Aluminum Silicate mineral. It gets it's name for the Greek, "Spodumenos" meaning, "reduced to ashes" because it turns intro a gray powdery mass when it's burned.
Well. Guess I’ve gotta go to North Carolina now. 😂
Hmmm, what about Afghanistani Hiddenite? (They’re calling it green Kunzite)
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What did she mean by “organics”? How or why is Hiddenite not organic?
If hiddenite was found in a city named hiddenite.. Was rhyolite found in a city named rhyolite?
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10:00 OK, stop, you're draining away all of your credibility with this "pangia" nonsense. First off, if you look at the tectonic plates, you will see that they are a jigsaw puzzle. A spherical puzzle with a larger circumference than the current sphere we live on. At some time in earth's not too distant past (not even 5 digits ago) this single sphere was shattered, likely a powerful meteor strike, and those plates have been collapsing in on themselves ever since.
David Blalock - Livin' Life
Original idea of plate tectonics is that the plates are moving away from each other, which has been proven with measurements. You suggest that plates are still joined but just collapsing (maybe at the boundaries)? Are you referencing the asteroid strike of 12,000 years ago?
Well, you're draining away all of your credibility by spelling PANGEA wrong.
Not all of the plates are 'collapsing' as you claim. Some plates are being pushed underneath others where they reheat and return to the Earths core. While other plates are growing and forming new rock especially where there is increased volcanic activity.
The Earth is not hollow, so I'm not sure where your 'collapsing' theory fits in. As for your circumference confusion, this is neatly explained by the model I provided above where some plates are being recycled while others are growing. The Continental drift theory is not crippled by the idea that the Earths plates are infinitely growing larger to the point where there would be more surface area than a globe with the circumference of the Earth could accommodate.