The rose quartz bracelet doesn’t really look fake in pictures but I looked at the one at my five below and as soon as you touch it you know immediately it’s plastic. They didn’t even try to fake it with glass 😬
Best way to figure it out is the burn test. Put a lighter to it, if it doesn't melt and it cools down pretty quickly after you pull the lighter away, it's real. If it melts or stays warm for a long time after you've pulled the lighter away, it's plastic.
I enjoy deciphering fakes from real, but I really want to learn more about metaphysical properties of crystals. I was wondering if you could do more videos focusing on the properties of crystals and how or why someone can use it. There may be other youtubers that already make these videos, but I like how you explain things. Knowing you do your research makes me trust your content.
Thank you, I found your video by asking Google if stones from "Five And Below" are real. I am very glad I found your video to help give insite. I did buy "The Power of The Moon" book & lunar oracle card set. I am not sure if the moonstone it comes with is real, but the book & Oracle cards in my opinion still make it a great deal to have. I also ended up getting a similar tumble stone set for $3.50 called "Moon Stones 5 Ancient Celestial Stones." I will have to watch some more of your videos on these stones listed in the pack to see which ones might be real & which ones might not be. One of them listed is infact selenite. So I am getting ready to watch your selenite video. Thank you so much. ❤️
Great video! - really love how informative you always are 💖 - quick question - do you know how you can tell heat treated smoky quartz vs. natural smoky quartz? I have a tower and top polished point and a couple other pieces (carvings etc.) that I’m not really sure how to tell if they’re natural smoky or irradiated by man and it’s been driving me crazy 🤪
Thank you! Yes I've been learning how to tell this! The ones that almost look black I believe are the heat treated ones! Also a good way to tell is if they have the white base or white inside! I will try to make a video on this soon!
my mom gifted me the energy cleansing smudge kit, the sage, “selenite”, palo stick, and rose quartz. You said not to use the sage nor palo stick so what should i do with them?
I actually did some research on this "turquintine" apparently it is a real stone a mix of howlite and turquoise. Fascinating. This doesn't really prove however, that the one in this kit is real! Thanks 4 these videos. Love it!
I'm really confused, because some sites say that turquintine is just dyed howlite but some make it out to he 100% natural. I'm pretty sure it's a real stone but it's just dyed.
Barbie, I love your channel! I checked your Etsy and there is barely anything left in stock and I know you’re trying to restock so I hope I don’t sound like a karen to you! Congrats on getting so many sales, I’d love if you restocked selenite slabs and stuff like that because you don’t have any tumble stones, you only have carved stuff or spheres (which is great and it’s hard to see a shop like this) I love your channel so much as well. You’re a great You-tuber as-well, it be nice though if you added raw crystals and tumble stones because I have a massive collection of them and I’d love to expand especially with items from your shop on my shelf! I LOVE the selenite slabs but they’re out of stock :( back in stock! I’ll definitely get one when I can! GOOD LUCK I WISH U ALL THE BEST ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hey! Everything sells out super quick! I highly recommend following me on Instagram and turning on post notifications to see when the items go live! I do still have a few selenite slabs in stock!
@@ColdBrewBarbie I’ve checked out your shop and you sell such beautiful stuff! Your business is going so well and I’ll make sure to get my friends to check out your shop! Also I am a big fan of your channel I now know opalite is man made I would of never knew if it wasn’t for you! The more we know 😂
The turquentine reminded me of Adifas...which were fake/knock off Adidas that had 4 stripes instead of 3. That was a long time ago, like in the days when kids were embarrassed to have to wear Champion because they couldn’t afford brands like Nike. Good times. Anywho, I have a few yellow jasper tumbles or at least I believe I do. I am new to crystals so I haven’t been out in the wild just yet (aka just ordering things online lol), but it matches the photo in one of my books.
Hello, I'm passing here to explain my lack of comments on your videos because I'm a little busy, but I'm always watching and giving my like. I hope my routine gets a little more mild so I can come here more often to talk! I love your videos, always give me a moment of joy ...
Just wanted to state that although not quartz (its in fact calcite), that hot pink color DOES occur in nature. Colbatoan is a beautiful deep hot pink 🩷. And you can get druzy Colbatoan! ....I totally just wanted to take this as an opportunity ro give a shout out to Colbaltoan cause its so pretty 😅
Hey Barbie, what about rock hounding videos? And if that doesn't float your boat maybe you could try to help identify some of the finds of your rock hound fans.......
With the bracelets.. only one bead (in the middle) is real. I have both of them. The other beads are fake. You can feel how much colder the real bead is
Just wanted to say that there are two different types of Palo santo one for cleansing and the other for something else I forgot but the one that’s endangered in not the one used for cleansing
Oh wow, I watched this video and expected it to have a few thousand likes only for it to have a few hundred?? Criminally underrated. I went to five below the other day, and they were selling turquoise and amethyst necklaces that were so obviously plastic it made me cringe. They had a seam down the “crystal” and everything.
A lot of them like Runyangshi and Basilosaurus, definitely dyes their lapis/sell fake malachite, so the moment I saw that I struck them off the list of reputable sellers. The malachite is the easiest to tell with imo.
i think in that case its cultural appreciation. That friend who is indigenous wanted you to have it and appreciate and respect that aspect of their culture and seems to trust you would use it in a respectful way.
there are ways to appreciate a culture without appropriating it! Its like having a real Yukata in ur possession as you appreciate the beauty of it and may wear it in a respectful setting that would call for ppl to wear that (ex: new year festival in japan) vs wearing it to a high end tradition japanese wedding which would likely not be appropriate since yukata are more casual kimonos while a wedding kimono is higher in standard. another example of appropriation would be wearing it wrong and just as a "i wanna wear this at the beach cuz i like the aesthetic" and completely trying to take it from an oppressed culture or even profit from it.
Hi :D i bought some from my local five below and im still confused as to tell what's real and fake😭😭 if they're fake its okay they're pretty which is nice
I saw a comment below saying that crystals from China are fake, is this true? The owner of the crystal shop I go to gets her crystals from someone in China
I bought the howlite double point keychain and I tried using a heat gun to see if it was plastic, it didn’t do anything to it didn’t melt it, so I’m not sure, I tried the ice method it did melt the ice at room temperature, it feel a little heavy but I’m still not convinced it’s real, I asked my pendulum and it says it is real but again not really trusting that 😅
I foolishly brought almost every crystal keychain from Five Below without doing any research. Lmao. Some of them looks natural, others I'm not sure....
What's good fam some are real some are sadly not....... Key chain ones mostly real except these pink cardboard new ones and bracelets good and bag ones are good.
The rose quartz bracelet doesn’t really look fake in pictures but I looked at the one at my five below and as soon as you touch it you know immediately it’s plastic. They didn’t even try to fake it with glass 😬
Oh yikes! Thanks for letting me know!
Yellow jasper is a real stone for sure. It’s used a lot in these chakra sets as it’s a cheaper stone. It’s usually the color of a dark mustard.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
really?! omg I thought I was like scammed lol
Believe it or not, I’ve never been in Five Below! 🙀 I had no idea they have crystals! Now I need to find my closest store, thank you! 🥰
Best way to figure it out is the burn test. Put a lighter to it, if it doesn't melt and it cools down pretty quickly after you pull the lighter away, it's real. If it melts or stays warm for a long time after you've pulled the lighter away, it's plastic.
Thank you so much I have been looking for something’s to do to tell the difference!
Yeah, turquentine is dyed howlite. Thanks for your videos! I want to start selling crystals!!
I enjoy deciphering fakes from real, but I really want to learn more about metaphysical properties of crystals. I was wondering if you could do more videos focusing on the properties of crystals and how or why someone can use it. There may be other youtubers that already make these videos, but I like how you explain things. Knowing you do your research makes me trust your content.
OH thank you so much! I can definitely do this more!
Thank you, I found your video by asking Google if stones from "Five And Below" are real. I am very glad I found your video to help give insite. I did buy "The Power of The Moon" book & lunar oracle card set. I am not sure if the moonstone it comes with is real, but the book & Oracle cards in my opinion still make it a great deal to have. I also ended up getting a similar tumble stone set for $3.50 called "Moon Stones 5 Ancient Celestial Stones." I will have to watch some more of your videos on these stones listed in the pack to see which ones might be real & which ones might not be. One of them listed is infact selenite. So I am getting ready to watch your selenite video. Thank you so much. ❤️
YES ILY I NEED ROSE QUATZ AHHHH OMFG
Saw some stuff at 5 bellow and was wondering if it would be worth the buy, so thanks for making this video! C:
Great video! - really love how informative you always are 💖 - quick question - do you know how you can tell heat treated smoky quartz vs. natural smoky quartz? I have a tower and top polished point and a couple other pieces (carvings etc.) that I’m not really sure how to tell if they’re natural smoky or irradiated by man and it’s been driving me crazy 🤪
Thank you! Yes I've been learning how to tell this! The ones that almost look black I believe are the heat treated ones! Also a good way to tell is if they have the white base or white inside! I will try to make a video on this soon!
girl im bingeing all of your videos rn !!! love your channel :)
Omg thank you so much!
SAMEEEE
Yes I love yellow jasper! It’s commonly use for the solar plexus! (((-:
my mom gifted me the energy cleansing smudge kit, the sage, “selenite”, palo stick, and rose quartz. You said not to use the sage nor palo stick so what should i do with them?
Just be respectful using them and understanding where they come from! It’s would be worse to throw them away!
I actually did some research on this "turquintine" apparently it is a real stone a mix of howlite and turquoise. Fascinating. This doesn't really prove however, that the one in this kit is real! Thanks 4 these videos. Love it!
I'm really confused, because some sites say that turquintine is just dyed howlite but some make it out to he 100% natural. I'm pretty sure it's a real stone but it's just dyed.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Will not be buying sage for 5 below!! xoxo
You are so welcome!
Thank you hun-I can listen to you all the time:) thank you for sharing
Barbie, I love your channel! I checked your Etsy and there is barely anything left in stock and I know you’re trying to restock so I hope I don’t sound like a karen to you! Congrats on getting so many sales, I’d love if you restocked selenite slabs and stuff like that because you don’t have any tumble stones, you only have carved stuff or spheres (which is great and it’s hard to see a shop like this) I love your channel so much as well. You’re a great You-tuber as-well, it be nice though if you added raw crystals and tumble stones because I have a massive collection of them and I’d love to expand especially with items from your shop on my shelf! I LOVE the selenite slabs but they’re out of stock :( back in stock! I’ll definitely get one when I can! GOOD LUCK I WISH U ALL THE BEST ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hey! Everything sells out super quick! I highly recommend following me on Instagram and turning on post notifications to see when the items go live! I do still have a few selenite slabs in stock!
@@ColdBrewBarbie I’ve checked out your shop and you sell such beautiful stuff! Your business is going so well and I’ll make sure to get my friends to check out your shop! Also I am a big fan of your channel I now know opalite is man made I would of never knew if it wasn’t for you! The more we know 😂
Love this, it’s so interesting to hear your findings!! 💕
I find some hidden gems at home goods! Please do a video on that, most look real to me!
Yes I definitely want to do a video on home goods and Marshalls!
I didn’t know about the white sage, good to know information
Yess girl I love this , more videos please
I don't think jade and serpentine look similar at all. It's two different types of green
Those are the necklaces I saw, the double pointed but it was black. When I tapped the "crystal" it was plastic.
The turquentine reminded me of Adifas...which were fake/knock off Adidas that had 4 stripes instead of 3. That was a long time ago, like in the days when kids were embarrassed to have to wear Champion because they couldn’t afford brands like Nike. Good times.
Anywho, I have a few yellow jasper tumbles or at least I believe I do. I am new to crystals so I haven’t been out in the wild just yet (aka just ordering things online lol), but it matches the photo in one of my books.
I love your videos. You can never learn too much. Thanx
Yay! thanks so much!!
Would you be open to do another video like this? I have stones from 5below. Very different from the ones in this video.
Yes!
@@ColdBrewBarbie where do I send the photos?
Hello, I'm passing here to explain my lack of comments on your videos because I'm a little busy, but I'm always watching and giving my like. I hope my routine gets a little more mild so I can come here more often to talk! I love your videos, always give me a moment of joy ...
Oh thank you for supporting the channel in anyway you can!!
Just wanted to state that although not quartz (its in fact calcite), that hot pink color DOES occur in nature. Colbatoan is a beautiful deep hot pink 🩷. And you can get druzy Colbatoan! ....I totally just wanted to take this as an opportunity ro give a shout out to Colbaltoan cause its so pretty 😅
Can you test the rose quart worry stone from 5 below?
You could possibly grow your own white sage.
This is a very informative channel. Thank you.
Hey Barbie, what about rock hounding videos? And if that doesn't float your boat maybe you could try to help identify some of the finds of your rock hound fans.......
Are you going to do a part 3 with the other dms you got?
Those were all the DMs I got but I have another 5 below video on Sunday coming!
With the bracelets.. only one bead (in the middle) is real. I have both of them. The other beads are fake. You can feel how much colder the real bead is
Just wanted to say that there are two different types of Palo santo one for cleansing and the other for something else I forgot but the one that’s endangered in not the one used for cleansing
Oh wow, I watched this video and expected it to have a few thousand likes only for it to have a few hundred?? Criminally underrated.
I went to five below the other day, and they were selling turquoise and amethyst necklaces that were so obviously plastic it made me cringe. They had a seam down the “crystal” and everything.
can you do an Ali Express crystal haul. I got a lot of common ones but i was afraid to get anything rare of high quality from there.
I ordered a few and the quality was so bad I didn’t even want to try it! But maybe it would be worth it for a video!
A lot of them like Runyangshi and Basilosaurus, definitely dyes their lapis/sell fake malachite, so the moment I saw that I struck them off the list of reputable sellers. The malachite is the easiest to tell with imo.
They sell wild sage too
Not good!
Hey I wanna talk to you about quartz I have some types of healing quartz .
i love this video!
I have a few stones that were given to me and im not quite sure what they are. What is the best resource to figure them out?
Crystal books or google is a good resource!
Hi Lovely, do you have a video on labradorite?
I don’t! But labradorite isn’t typically faked!
Hello, what about crystals from the crystal babes are they real ColdBrewBarbie?
what if a native American friend offers you some white sage is it still okay to use?
i think in that case its cultural appreciation. That friend who is indigenous wanted you to have it and appreciate and respect that aspect of their culture and seems to trust you would use it in a respectful way.
there are ways to appreciate a culture without appropriating it! Its like having a real Yukata in ur possession as you appreciate the beauty of it and may wear it in a respectful setting that would call for ppl to wear that (ex: new year festival in japan) vs wearing it to a high end tradition japanese wedding which would likely not be appropriate since yukata are more casual kimonos while a wedding kimono is higher in standard. another example of appropriation would be wearing it wrong and just as a "i wanna wear this at the beach cuz i like the aesthetic" and completely trying to take it from an oppressed culture or even profit from it.
@@PhoenixHyena ty very much, also I love your coven morgana pfp
Hi :D i bought some from my local five below and im still confused as to tell what's real and fake😭😭 if they're fake its okay they're pretty which is nice
I purchased some crystals from Five Below in the past. Keychains, Chakra stones etc. You can tell they're genuine crystals but of low quality.
Is white sage not something I can just grow in my garden then?
Yeah you definitely can!
@@ColdBrewBarbie oh then why is it endangered..?
@@arthurtheaardvark13 Over harvesting
Great video
I saw a comment below saying that crystals from China are fake, is this true? The owner of the crystal shop I go to gets her crystals from someone in China
How do you feel about Earthbound crystals?
Never shopped with them, but they have a chunk of mislabeled and not authentic stuff...
I knew for a fact that the sage I got just a few hours ago had too be fake or dangerous I compared it too my real sage and the fake one looks so grey😭
Is there Selenite good tho?
How do you learn how to tell whats fake or real? I would have no idea
The howlite bracelet, there is natural on the top, it has little beads around it. the rest are fake
The bracelets are plastic I have melted one before as a test
Anyone know if the rose quartz tree is real?
It’s real, it’s rose Quartz chips!
My friend bought me the rose quartz bracelet from five below. And it’s 100% fake! Don’t buy. It’s plastic.
They don't look plastic in the photos! Good to know!
I bought the howlite double point keychain and I tried using a heat gun to see if it was plastic, it didn’t do anything to it didn’t melt it, so I’m not sure, I tried the ice method it did melt the ice at room temperature, it feel a little heavy but I’m still not convinced it’s real, I asked my pendulum and it says it is real but again not really trusting that 😅
I foolishly brought almost every crystal keychain from Five Below without doing any research. Lmao. Some of them looks natural, others I'm not sure....
What's good fam some are real some are sadly not....... Key chain ones mostly real except these pink cardboard new ones and bracelets good and bag ones are good.
The yellow one looks like citrine
It’s definitely not citrine, genuine citrine is rare and expensive there is no way five below would be able to source it for the price point!
How many believe the crystals at 5below are real and why ?
Thanks again barbie 😘
I'm so amazed by the raw ❤❤ the beads are pretty plastic though
No problem 😊
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Both the brackets are fake! Burned the rose quartz one and it melted 😂💀
where to buy REAL RAW stones,/ Crystals please
Check out my Etsy shop I sell authentic crystals! My Etsy shop is linked in the description box of this video!
If u go to Pendle there’s a shop £1 a Crystal and there real
i bought a rose quartz worry stone & all the pink color rubbed off
💗💗💗💗
That rose quartz bracelet is plastic lol
Both the bracelets from 5 below are fake
Both bracelets are plastic, I saw a video of a lady melting them to test if they are real.
I think that was actually my video!
😳 woah, attack of the killer bots
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OMG I noticed this too! I saw them on other channels as well!