A great Geology lesson from a great Geologist. I have a few Colombian Emeralds, they are beautiful. I can identify the rest by their “Gardens” or inclusions, I think inclusions give the stone character, but that’s up to the individual who owns it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Rog from Wales U.K. 🏴😀✨
Has to do with how they dig them too. I like Columbia’s a lot because it’s in shale rock and you can get really clean pieces with good yield for cutting
NC has a couple of locations known for beryl. I'm fortunate enough to live a few minutes away from the Crabtree Emerald Mine in Spruce Pine as well as some other beryl producing pegmatites in the area. One of my favorite minerals for sure!
A couple that come to mind for me are Oregon Sunstone (labradorite feldspar) with it's copper schiller, Alexandrite (chrysoberyl), all the different types of garnets, peridot, ruby and sapphire (if they haven't already been done), opal, and topaz. Also fancy colored diamonds!
Could you do a video about Maw Sit Sit also known as Jade-Albite please? I know it's not a jade but I have recently acquired some and started cutting cabochons and I'd like to know more about it, I've done some research online but you fine people at JTV are great at explaining and are a trust worthy source of information.
I use a rock identifier app in Idaho when I rockhound by my cabin in the mountains. Anyways, once I started to find iron stained pegmatite, serpentine, biotite, schist, rhyolite, weird jasper, Smokey quartz, citrine, feldspars, andesite, granite, diorite, all in roughly the same area, I figured this has to be an area cookin’ up garnets. Anyways 100 hours of rockhounding later, I found my first decent sized deposit nestled inside some very dull/ white quartz. I looked at it astonished when I found it thinking, oh that’s just some tree sap… and it wasn’t. Thanks for sharing these kinds of details, it’s really helpful for amateurs like myself. ❤️
Thank you so much for the professional Geological talk because of you I discovered my Emeralds in Zambia imagine I had a farm not knowing what it contained until we discovered beryllium then boom we were good to go now we got activities going on GOD BLESS YOU MIGHTILY
vayrynenite is pretty interesting. it's a phosphate of the rare metals beryllium and manganese and it forms these really pretty "padparadscha"-colored crystals. manganese and beryllium also take part in forming red beryl which is famous for its rarity. only in vayrynenite there's even more manganese present. i don't know much about how it forms so i'd be delighted if you made a video explaining the formation process of this rare coral-pink beauty
I really enjoy all of the videos you have , I'm a gem/rock/minerals novice and love volcanoes, plus I live in the volcano state...NM. What favorite gem/mineral from NM? thanks YOU ROCK!
Yes I have watched the video on NM , was very cool. Do you think it’s possible for NM to have sapphires in the mountains from volcanic/ fault? Or any other gems do to all the volcanism in the State? Thank you for your replies.
Very nice video! Congratulations for your Channel !! Do this please for Quartz or Alpine Type Quartz and the inclusions can Quartz Crystal have sometimes inside ! If you make this video i send it to my Greek Group's and Profiles ! Have a great day i wait to see !!
not too different i imagine. substitute the trace amounts of cr/v with fe2+ (way more common than the previously mentioned elements) and you get aquamarine
I have a large Colombian emerald and a few medium Brazilian emeralds in my gem collection. However, my rarest beryls are a small bixbite crystal from Utah, an aquamarine-morganite crystal, and a vorobyevite (cesium beryl) cluster from Afghanistan.
It's very interesting here's something I know Aquamarine has iron too as well as aluminum too. And rarely scandium but if it replaced the aluminum, it's known as Bazzite. Pachea is a Dark green Chromium Rich Beryl Vanadium Beryl is A lovely Turquoise color and has no chromium. It's kinda controversial. I believe Emerald has both Vanadium and Chromium to have that beautiful combo green color. It's not to dark and it's a beautiful shade of green. The iron can also affect the color. Green Beryl is a beryl with nothing but traces of Iron. It's a relative of emerald. Very awesome video indeed 💚💎
bazzite is notoriously difficult to distinguish from aquamarine. it's not like you'll ever be trying to do that though. you only ever find bazzite as older specimens inside private collections
@@somethinginthewalls388 true unless it was mined . I know it's very rare. Then there's Scandium Rich Aquamarine which is like a hybrid between. It's only if that Scandium replaced aluminum. I do wish to get a Bazzite one Day. And Maxixe gets it's color via natural or treated radiation.
@@braintwo3398 unless there'll be a new find or you're willing to spend thousands bargaining with a collector who has a piece then i unfortunately doubt you'll be able to get a bazzite. i wish you luck tho
@@somethinginthewalls388 funny you said that as I found some at around 80 bucks or so some a little higher lol I don't care if it's small I just care it's Bazzite. :) But thanks for the luck
This video about emeralds is very interesting.🤔 To know how this gemstone is formed step by step, even found close to us.💚💎 I would like to know how alexandrite was made. Nice video.😊👍💎
Big shout out to this video, however there is a lot of information that we as geologists are lacking. Specifically meaning rate of cooling, as well as other measurable variables. For instance how a seemingly ancient stone juice crystalized this way. I strongly believe we need to dig much further into this past. I have quite a little amount of experience in this subject, but more so from the east coast. My name is Patrick and I really would love to get in touch with you.
I don’t know if you guys still read new comment on old videos but I’d be interested in knowing more about blue John found in England I think you guys could make a good video about that stuff
We try to read all of our comments! We were just talking about Blue John Fluorite the other day. Would love to do an episode on it. In the meantime, check out the awesome Blue John bracelet and necklace Rebecca has in this video: ruclips.net/video/haVpVcV-icU/видео.html
I was able to see the emerald mine in S. Africa and get a small pile of emeralds. They were pulled out of the mine in chunks of what felt and looked like soapstone. Then crushed and armed guards watched workers pick them out of the smashed pieces.
I would like to learn more about the differences between opals found around the world and have a related question: if opal and chalcedony are both made of silica, how is it determined if a stone is opalized or agatized?
They are both forms of silica but the agate is more structured. You would have to do tests to determine the differences. The opal will have an RI between 1.370-1.470, a specific gravity of 2.15, and mohs hardness 5-6.5. The chalcedony/agate will have an RI between 1.535 to 1.54, a specific gravity of 2.60, with a mohs hardness of 6.5-7. It would take a scanning electron microscope to see the structural differences.
@@gems Finally! A real answer from someone! Now...I guess, then, most who sell a piece and just call a piece opalized or agatized are guessing? Would it be more accurate (or just show greater integrity) to simply say "silicated" since being opalized over agatized would make it worth more? I collect and resell and just want the facts, please
Garnets. Also opals ...fire opals & black opals, particularly. And discuss emerald levels of "cloudiness" vs clear emeralds, & the difference in the values? 👋 from Sue in Toronto!!
please investigate and look into red beryl aka bixbite hwich is the rarest gemstone in the world only found in utah and often referred to as red emerald
You may want to check out the video we made about the Infinity Gems here: ruclips.net/video/2ArfNg0Vb7Q/видео.html ....or you could check out our Viewer Requests video where we unbox a gem that looks distinctly tesseract-like: ruclips.net/video/W8fJCOZ_lq8/видео.html
Lamar Hodges found the red beryl in the wah wahs in 1959 Maynard Bixby found red beryl the Thomas range topaz mountain in 1905 and the ones he found are flat tabular non gem quality and they are called bixbite and they are not at all like the ones from the wah wahs Lamar Hodges was my grandpa I watched the one you sent me on the red beryl and I thought you did an excellent job explaining the difference between red beryl and Bixbyites they did name the beryl and the Bixbyites from topaz mountain after Maynard Bixby the red beryl from wah wahs or not named after Maynard Bixby
A new discovery! But seriously, I believe the only gemstone colored by copper oxide is Cuprite and it is red. The only other copper oxide mineral I know of is a mineral called Tenorite and it is opaque grey to black.
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A great Geology lesson from a great Geologist. I have a few Colombian Emeralds, they are beautiful. I can identify the rest by their “Gardens” or inclusions, I think inclusions give the stone character, but that’s up to the individual who owns it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Rog from Wales U.K. 🏴😀✨
fractures often brighten up cut emeralds and give them a lighter color which works especially well with more bluish stones
@@somethinginthewalls388 I agree with you, the little inclusions will give off more of a glint.
Has to do with how they dig them too. I like Columbia’s a lot because it’s in shale rock and you can get really clean pieces with good yield for cutting
I would love to see an episode on fire agate and how it gets it's color.
Elizabeth mixing rocks in a bowl must be made into a gif
It could be a meme.
Absolutely enjoyed this! Thank you so much.
So glad!
Very interesting video. Thx Elizabeth and JTV.
A great geology lesson from Great geologist
Very useful
Thank you so much madam
Glad you liked it!
So amazing to KNOW! i wish i was a gem nerd
it's never too late to give in to becoming a gem nerd. life is temporary, rok is eternal
Ok. Now I want an emerald in matrix for my growing collection. Fascinating video. You make learning fun! Thank you for posting the video.
NC has a couple of locations known for beryl. I'm fortunate enough to live a few minutes away from the Crabtree Emerald Mine in Spruce Pine as well as some other beryl producing pegmatites in the area. One of my favorite minerals for sure!
I'd like to know why charoite is so rare, and how it forms into the beautiful swirly designs we see.
A couple that come to mind for me are Oregon Sunstone (labradorite feldspar) with it's copper schiller, Alexandrite (chrysoberyl), all the different types of garnets, peridot, ruby and sapphire (if they haven't already been done), opal, and topaz. Also fancy colored diamonds!
You should also make a video of how the birthstone of March is formed Aquamarine 🙂
lots of knowledge...you are doing a very good job with these videos
Thanks!
Awesome video fantastic knowledge and a mystery gem to so sweet awesome awesome thank you
Could you do a video about Maw Sit Sit also known as Jade-Albite please? I know it's not a jade but I have recently acquired some and started cutting cabochons and I'd like to know more about it, I've done some research online but you fine people at JTV are great at explaining and are a trust worthy source of information.
I’ve seen some well cut maw sit sit In museums . That’s awesome good luck cutting and cabbing
Please, Do one on Shungite thank you!
I use a rock identifier app in Idaho when I rockhound by my cabin in the mountains. Anyways, once I started to find iron stained pegmatite, serpentine, biotite, schist, rhyolite, weird jasper, Smokey quartz, citrine, feldspars, andesite, granite, diorite, all in roughly the same area, I figured this has to be an area cookin’ up garnets. Anyways 100 hours of rockhounding later, I found my first decent sized deposit nestled inside some very dull/ white quartz. I looked at it astonished when I found it thinking, oh that’s just some tree sap… and it wasn’t. Thanks for sharing these kinds of details, it’s really helpful for amateurs like myself. ❤️
Thank you so much for the professional Geological talk because of you I discovered my Emeralds in Zambia imagine I had a farm not knowing what it contained until we discovered beryllium then boom we were good to go now we got activities going on GOD BLESS YOU MIGHTILY
where do you sell your emaralds ?
vayrynenite is pretty interesting. it's a phosphate of the rare metals beryllium and manganese and it forms these really pretty "padparadscha"-colored crystals. manganese and beryllium also take part in forming red beryl which is famous for its rarity. only in vayrynenite there's even more manganese present. i don't know much about how it forms so i'd be delighted if you made a video explaining the formation process of this rare coral-pink beauty
Love Brazilian Emeralds for their deep yet transparent colour.
I really enjoy all of the videos you have , I'm a gem/rock/minerals novice and love volcanoes, plus I live in the volcano state...NM. What favorite gem/mineral from NM? thanks YOU ROCK!
New Mexico has too many to choose one favorite! But we did do a video on it: ruclips.net/video/AmHLwbuhS6k/видео.html
Yes I have watched the video on NM , was very cool.
Do you think it’s possible for NM to have sapphires in the mountains from volcanic/ fault? Or any other gems do to all the volcanism in the State? Thank you for your replies.
God I love Zambian emeralds 🤤
Very nice video! Congratulations for your Channel !! Do this please for Quartz or Alpine Type Quartz and the inclusions can Quartz Crystal have sometimes inside ! If you make this video i send it to my Greek Group's and Profiles ! Have a great day i wait to see !!
I love to know about Topaz
#lifeofgems great channel for gemstones👌such a beautiful gemstones
I would like to know what goes into making aquamarines
not too different i imagine. substitute the trace amounts of cr/v with fe2+ (way more common than the previously mentioned elements) and you get aquamarine
I have a large Colombian emerald and a few medium Brazilian emeralds in my gem collection. However, my rarest beryls are a small bixbite crystal from Utah, an aquamarine-morganite crystal, and a vorobyevite (cesium beryl) cluster from Afghanistan.
Thanks
It's very interesting here's something I know
Aquamarine has iron too as well as aluminum too. And rarely scandium but if it replaced the aluminum, it's known as Bazzite.
Pachea is a Dark green Chromium Rich Beryl
Vanadium Beryl is A lovely Turquoise color and has no chromium. It's kinda controversial.
I believe Emerald has both Vanadium and Chromium to have that beautiful combo green color. It's not to dark and it's a beautiful shade of green. The iron can also affect the color.
Green Beryl is a beryl with nothing but traces of Iron. It's a relative of emerald. Very awesome video indeed 💚💎
bazzite is notoriously difficult to distinguish from aquamarine. it's not like you'll ever be trying to do that though. you only ever find bazzite as older specimens inside private collections
@@somethinginthewalls388 true unless it was mined . I know it's very rare. Then there's Scandium Rich Aquamarine which is like a hybrid between. It's only if that Scandium replaced aluminum. I do wish to get a Bazzite one Day. And Maxixe gets it's color via natural or treated radiation.
@@braintwo3398 unless there'll be a new find or you're willing to spend thousands bargaining with a collector who has a piece then i unfortunately doubt you'll be able to get a bazzite. i wish you luck tho
@@somethinginthewalls388 funny you said that as I found some at around 80 bucks or so some a little higher lol I don't care if it's small I just care it's Bazzite. :) But thanks for the luck
@@braintwo3398 i'd be careful if it's from eBay 👁👁💧
Very interesting!
Thank you.
This video about emeralds is very interesting.🤔 To know how this gemstone is formed step by step, even found close to us.💚💎 I would like to know how alexandrite was made. Nice video.😊👍💎
#lifeofgems great channel for gemstones such a beautiful gemstones❤
Big shout out to this video, however there is a lot of information that we as geologists are lacking. Specifically meaning rate of cooling, as well as other measurable variables. For instance how a seemingly ancient stone juice crystalized this way. I strongly believe we need to dig much further into this past. I have quite a little amount of experience in this subject, but more so from the east coast. My name is Patrick and I really would love to get in touch with you.
Turquoise please! And lapis lazuli 🙂 they're both metamorphic, right?
How is Lapis formed?
I don’t know if you guys still read new comment on old videos but I’d be interested in knowing more about blue John found in England I think you guys could make a good video about that stuff
We try to read all of our comments! We were just talking about Blue John Fluorite the other day. Would love to do an episode on it. In the meantime, check out the awesome Blue John bracelet and necklace Rebecca has in this video: ruclips.net/video/haVpVcV-icU/видео.html
Muy bonito
Hermoso e increíble
What about moonstone?
Very interesting, thank you
Can we talk about Amethyst?
Thanks
#lifeofgems great channel for gemstones👌such a beautiful gemstones
Do you need amethyst
I was able to see the emerald mine in S. Africa and get a small pile of emeralds. They were pulled out of the mine in chunks of what felt and looked like soapstone. Then crushed and armed guards watched workers pick them out of the smashed pieces.
Change of rule in SA came about because the globalist miners wanted the Chromium/vanadium. Colombia too.
You done a very good job explaining that I'd like to see you do something on the red beryl from Utah
Funny you should mention it...ruclips.net/video/9xolSxRfblc/видео.html
How about a similar video for Kyanite?
Wow mantap ka
I would like to learn more about the differences between opals found around the world and have a related question: if opal and chalcedony are both made of silica, how is it determined if a stone is opalized or agatized?
They are both forms of silica but the agate is more structured. You would have to do tests to determine the differences. The opal will have an RI between 1.370-1.470, a specific gravity of 2.15, and mohs hardness 5-6.5. The chalcedony/agate will have an RI between 1.535 to 1.54, a specific gravity of 2.60, with a mohs hardness of 6.5-7. It would take a scanning electron microscope to see the structural differences.
@@gems Finally! A real answer from someone! Now...I guess, then, most who sell a piece and just call a piece opalized or agatized are guessing? Would it be more accurate (or just show greater integrity) to simply say "silicated" since being opalized over agatized would make it worth more? I collect and resell and just want the facts, please
Awesome content
I have some specimens I would like to send to you. Is that ok?
I was in Afghanistan and I found alot of them. Please let me know how I can send the pics
Elizabeth how about Alexandrite next please.
İmpressing thank you could you explain ruby and Sapphire pleas
I possess a fabulous 👌 lab created emerald. It is so Columbian. AAA 😊
sounds like ophiolite zones like the US west coast would be an awesome place to find beryl.
What about different colors of tourmaline
Where would you find emeralds in Canada?
Hello very good im from iran
precious opal please
Both my daughters are born in May which Emerald is the birthstone. Someday I'll be able to afford to give them each one for their very own.
The blue beryl aquamarine🤩☝️👌
Wow
aquamarine
good
Any info on red beryl??
It’s coming. Stay tuned!
Garnets. Also opals ...fire opals & black opals, particularly. And discuss emerald levels of "cloudiness" vs clear emeralds, & the difference in the values?
👋 from Sue in Toronto!!
The Hiddenite Emeralds could be a different kind of beryl altogether.
please investigate and look into red beryl aka bixbite hwich is the rarest gemstone in the world only found in utah and often referred to as red emerald
You read our mind! We'll be discussing red beryl very soon.
Dang Woman! Another fantastic video
Glad you liked it!
Does anyone know who buys uncut raw emeralds in the US. I have a lot of raw uncut emeralds.
In infinity war when thanos gets the tesseract what would it be made of???
You may want to check out the video we made about the Infinity Gems here: ruclips.net/video/2ArfNg0Vb7Q/видео.html
....or you could check out our Viewer Requests video where we unbox a gem that looks distinctly tesseract-like: ruclips.net/video/W8fJCOZ_lq8/видео.html
Beautiful Emarald Pakistan swat valley
I would love to see something on opals it might have to be longer than others 😂
Diamond
Stilbite, oh pretty please 🙏🏼
How are Garnets formed ? Till now I haven't found any clear convincing information on their origin.
Morganite, zircon, rhodelite
Lamar Hodges found the red beryl in the wah wahs in 1959 Maynard Bixby found red beryl the Thomas range topaz mountain in 1905 and the ones he found are flat tabular non gem quality and they are called bixbite and they are not at all like the ones from the wah wahs Lamar Hodges was my grandpa I watched the one you sent me on the red beryl and I thought you did an excellent job explaining the difference between red beryl and Bixbyites they did name the beryl and the Bixbyites from topaz mountain after Maynard Bixby the red beryl from wah wahs or not named after Maynard Bixby
Opal!
Cant hear the last part of the video about carolina emeralds
What would you call a gemstone that is coloured green because of copper oxides ?
A new discovery! But seriously, I believe the only gemstone colored by copper oxide is Cuprite and it is red. The only other copper oxide mineral I know of is a mineral called Tenorite and it is opaque grey to black.
Crystal my house very very colourful
You forgot Australia has emeralds
בָּרָקֶת
an emerald
You didn't mention bixbite.
👍🏻🙏🏻😊
Fun video: thanks for posting. So, basically the North Carolina ones were placed there by ancient aliens - lol.
Maybe...
what is that background noise lmao
As beautiful as they are - I weep for the vegetation that is destroyed when mines are created.
I would like you to look at pictures of a rock for me Please I believe it's a special rock I found
Flapjack
Colombian Muzos dont glow under 360nm while chivors do. It would be nice if I can have 1 like my bf's mom.
In the list of Best quality emeralds of our world, you missed one region big time. "Iran"! with or without sanctions!
Too much information. 🤦♂️
Your an emerald lol
Traduzione in italiano senno e inutile capito😮
Thanks.