Thank you to everyone for watching me and for all the kind words I've gotten. I'll try to stutter less next time, and, there will probably be more than Fluorite.
What stutter? Only noticed your fascinating presence and wonderfully unique intelligence! I've subscribed to your channel...looking forward to more of your insight! consider this emoji'ed with double-devils and a heart~
I think you did awesome! Seriously I feel the same way about fluorite! Actually the specimen that converted me to a Fluorite Girl is a set of cubes on sphalerite from Illinois... the largest is a about 3 inches by 3 inches and they're almost transparent with 3 color zones... yellow purple and a light transparent blue... lol I asked the person I brought it from how much, he said 120 and I started throwing 20s on the table... I love rocks!
That blue/purple fluorite!!! 😍 I would buy it in a heartbeat if I could 😭 Thank you for an amazing video. You’re awesome, Jordan! 😈😈 I definitely agree that people should stop cutting up perfectly good specimens.
I have 3lb, 5lb even 12lb pieces of flourite, it’s hard to keep these pieces because there’s a smaller market fora 5500 gram piece of fluorite as opposed to a small collectible $20-50 piece It cost good money to invest in large specimen minerals. I have several huge raw blue fluorite pieces right now as eventually the mine their from will exhaust.
Love the way he thinks about minerals. The rarity of the formation just so is why I love minerals too. They're not just pretty, but geometrically, statistically special.
really enjoyed this episode. Fluorite is one of my favourite minerals, in part because it looks so alien and "fake". Jordan was a great guest, knowledgeable and engaging and I hope you brought (haven't checked yet) him back for more. 😈😈🤘
Jordan is my favorite guest i have seen so far. He understands my collection, what has meaning to me. He also uses one of my favorite answer to the "I have a dumb question" questions. "There are no dumb questions" though I add "only those not asked". Just totally love his attitude towrds collecting. Thank you for having him on.
I was just watching this video again (it has two of my favorite people after all!) and just realized what a wonderful moment occurs at 11:20. Natalie is wrapping her head around 'phantoms', since in faceted stones the result of a phantom would typically be called zoning, and she asks if it is like striae. As a gemologist, she is referring to the internal curved lines seen in some colors of synthetic flame fusion corundum. Curved lines can be seen inside some of the synthetic gems under the right lighting and magnification, showing the curved cylindrical growth of the spinning boule formed by the flame fusion process. This is indeed very similar to phantoms in that they both follow growth and are often more or less visible depending on direction and the color of the mineral/gem. Jordan is hearing striae from a mineralogical perspective, which is completely different and refers to a surface feature (striation) that appears as grooves on crystal faces. This is a wonderful example of how shared vocabulary can differ between disciplines, even when they are so closely related. I love the gemologist/mineralogist videos!
I loved this video! So informative and entertaining too. I'm definitely in the hobby camp but I love to learn. Love to see nerds vibing together. I'm just as enthusiastic haha 💖
You should bring the Crystal Collector on the channel with some South Carolina Amethyst, and have another video with PaleoChris or WILD KYLE showing Calcite crystals in clam shells.
It's supposed to be black but I think I blended in with the background too much being black on black so I think they churned up the exposure so that I didn't look like a floating face lol.
just got an awesome fluorite mineral specimen with phantoms from a head shop run by a psychic medium lady in MAUI :) She said she has a friend with a fluorite mine! P.S. the houses definitely cost more than 60g in most places in Idaho now! 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈
I’m from southern Illinois and grew up knowing fluorite is our state mineral. I’ve only just gotten in to appreciating it at age 45. I’ve very quickly come into several pieces and I’m very fond of prehistoric Native American artifacts made from Illinois fluorite. I wish I could share pics of the pieces I’ve gotten.
I love you Jordan!!!!! Love your personality, expertise, and spirit ✨ Thank you for being such an awesome teacher and student all at the same time. I hope I run into you one day at the Tucson show 😄 👿👿
I know you probably don't take suggestions, but I would love to see you do an episode on mystic(rainbow) topaz. It has been one of my favorite gemstones for a few years ever since I came across it. Love the videos, hope you continue having a good time at Tucson.
I can't produce a whole video for you on this myself but I can at least share a little about it. Mystic Topaz is a beautiful stone. It is when Topaz is treated with what would be most easily described as vaporized titanium. They're very attractive and relatively inexpensive because it is a creative use of an otherwise rather colorless stone. It's very accessible and aesthetically pleasing. The coating does have a small danger of being damaged by abrasion so you should be careful when cleaning them. Since they are treated and modified I consider things like this less of a geological wonder and more of an artistic modification but I still greatly appreciate this kind of work, especially on things like colorless amorphous topaz. They do similar treatments to quartz (mostly the type dug in Arkansas but some brazilian material more recently) and it is most well known as "Titanium Quartz" and that is another instance where you can get a very aesthetic artistic modifications of natural structures and they are normally quite inexpensive.
I guess you can say he's in love with gemstones... Since he almost got stabbed through the heart with one. I love this video & his story about his love for gemstone specimens 😊
Thank you to everyone for watching me and for all the kind words I've gotten. I'll try to stutter less next time, and, there will probably be more than Fluorite.
What stutter? Only noticed your fascinating presence and wonderfully unique intelligence! I've subscribed to your channel...looking forward to more of your insight! consider this emoji'ed with double-devils and a heart~
I think you did awesome! Seriously I feel the same way about fluorite! Actually the specimen that converted me to a Fluorite Girl is a set of cubes on sphalerite from Illinois... the largest is a about 3 inches by 3 inches and they're almost transparent with 3 color zones... yellow purple and a light transparent blue... lol I asked the person I brought it from how much, he said 120 and I started throwing 20s on the table... I love rocks!
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That was hands down the best explanation of fluorite formation and also really great advice for starting a collection! Bravo
Great video!!!
Awesome video Jordan! Learned so much
Wow! He sums up how I feel about specimens perfectly!
Thank you 😈😈
Could you talk about bismuth and how it incorporates into jewlery
Much later, but I loved this! 😈😈!
great show, great guest
This was so dope!!!
Look for color, look for location and don't obsess about values go for what you like... 👍
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I'm so glad that he likes rough minerals as much as I do. Cutting them really all makes them look the same, you lose so much.
Now that. That is a fact-
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Guy looks like undertakers son lol
Oh god! I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!!
Thank you! Hope I'll see you around when I start my channel then. And when I come back here! and when Mineral Collecting is the national hobby.
Best episode yet. Jordan has genuinely great things to say, and you actually showed the specimens while people were talking about them.
That blue/purple fluorite!!! 😍 I would buy it in a heartbeat if I could 😭 Thank you for an amazing video. You’re awesome, Jordan! 😈😈 I definitely agree that people should stop cutting up perfectly good specimens.
Shelby T me too
I have 3lb, 5lb even 12lb pieces of flourite, it’s hard to keep these pieces because there’s a smaller market fora 5500 gram piece of fluorite as opposed to a small collectible $20-50 piece
It cost good money to invest in large specimen minerals.
I have several huge raw blue fluorite pieces right now as eventually the mine their from will exhaust.
😈😈 Love the Vid thank you Jordan for all the knowledge =D
Love the way he thinks about minerals. The rarity of the formation just so is why I love minerals too. They're not just pretty, but geometrically, statistically special.
really enjoyed this episode. Fluorite is one of my favourite minerals, in part because it looks so alien and "fake". Jordan was a great guest, knowledgeable and engaging and I hope you brought (haven't checked yet) him back for more. 😈😈🤘
What a rad interview. Such an interesting and well versed gentleman!!thanks for the video😈😈
Rad… you grew up in the 80’s too? 😎
I love Jordan's eyes and the way he explains. Very eloquent and he knows what he is talking about
One of my favorite episodes of all time! Thank you both for being such awesome presenters! Oh and those fluorite are gorgeous!
Jordan is my favorite guest i have seen so far. He understands my collection, what has meaning to me. He also uses one of my favorite answer to the "I have a dumb question" questions. "There are no dumb questions" though I add "only those not asked". Just totally love his attitude towrds collecting. Thank you for having him on.
Great Video Jordan! I only cut damaged and broken crystals, I NEVER cut any nice mineral specimen!
I was just watching this video again (it has two of my favorite people after all!) and just realized what a wonderful moment occurs at 11:20. Natalie is wrapping her head around 'phantoms', since in faceted stones the result of a phantom would typically be called zoning, and she asks if it is like striae. As a gemologist, she is referring to the internal curved lines seen in some colors of synthetic flame fusion corundum. Curved lines can be seen inside some of the synthetic gems under the right lighting and magnification, showing the curved cylindrical growth of the spinning boule formed by the flame fusion process. This is indeed very similar to phantoms in that they both follow growth and are often more or less visible depending on direction and the color of the mineral/gem. Jordan is hearing striae from a mineralogical perspective, which is completely different and refers to a surface feature (striation) that appears as grooves on crystal faces. This is a wonderful example of how shared vocabulary can differ between disciplines, even when they are so closely related. I love the gemologist/mineralogist videos!
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I loved this video! So informative and entertaining too. I'm definitely in the hobby camp but I love to learn. Love to see nerds vibing together. I'm just as enthusiastic haha 💖
😈😈 this was very informative. Thank you
😈😈 great video!
He should be a teacher. He explains things in such a special way! 👿👿
Wow! I love him some things are best left in their natural state... We need to learn that as people learn to love yourself in your natural state...😘😘😘
Keep him on the show he is good 👍
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Love the knowledge and passion your guests show.
Outstanding educational value in this video. Thank you!
Fluorite is always worth buying 🎶 X..
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This is some rare footage of the heart of an endermam
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the fluorite in this video is insanely beautiful.
Another one of my favorite videos Natalie. I loved your guest! Really fascinating guy.
Thanks, Jennifer!
Love you both, yall are so Beautiful, and this is for you Jordan, hope I spelled your name right 😈😈
Jordan rules. He is one of my favorite mineral celebrities. He is so well versed with the minerals and looks like a complete bad ass.
Loved this episode! Jordan talked about so many interesting things!
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She kinda looks like Katherine Heigl! BTW beautiful flourite 🤤🤤
fr like without these videos the coolest pieces of fluorite i’ve seen are the rough boulders with no structure i get from a local place in montana
I learn more in your channel then at school
This guy's amazing, also I have several cave in rock area specimens
awesome guest
Jordan was an awesome guest!
this guy is so interesting omg
23:49 should have said PHANTOMstic examples of fluorite 😈😈
Those where so cool!😈😈
This has to be my favorite episode of JTV
Always so knowledgeable and the ladies are so cute 😍
“Autism helps” 🙌🏽👏🏽😈😈😈
Illinois is so much more awesome than I thought
5:20 😂 I loved this so much, awesome explanation!
Omg, was watching this guy and kept thinking, "he's got top bee on ther spectrum" and he is!
Me too :D
Lol. Congrats on your atypical brain!
That eyeliner….is everything the gemstones are nice too
😈😈 I love the minerals and the messages!
This man has pretty masculine eyes
😈😈!! thank you :) come back your so cool
Hellthy junkfood sent me and I gave my mom purple fluorite for her birthday last year :3
That's awesome! We love JP & Julia!
😈😈 Right on Fellow Jordan
Thanks Jordan 😈👹😈👺💜😜🤴
You should bring the Crystal Collector on the channel with some South Carolina Amethyst, and have another video with PaleoChris or WILD KYLE showing Calcite crystals in clam shells.
The blue eyeliner makes him look like a fremen of Arrakis from the book Dune
It's supposed to be black but I think I blended in with the background too much being black on black so I think they churned up the exposure so that I didn't look like a floating face lol.
@@jordanroot5902 you looked fantastic. You looked comfortable and happy to be talking to someone who understands what you're talking about.
Jordan, I absolutely cherish your sentimentality toward specimens. My wish is that your philosophy would influence collectors around the world!😈😈
just got an awesome fluorite mineral specimen with phantoms from a head shop run by a psychic medium lady in MAUI :) She said she has a friend with a fluorite mine! P.S. the houses definitely cost more than 60g in most places in Idaho now! 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈
Those gems are so 😈😈
👿 👿May I ask Jordan?!?! Does he collect any Flourite from Diana Mine? (Probably not the official name) but I’m sure he knows. 😉😉
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Your guests are just the most interesting people.
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I’m from southern Illinois and grew up knowing fluorite is our state mineral. I’ve only just gotten in to appreciating it at age 45. I’ve very quickly come into several pieces and I’m very fond of prehistoric Native American artifacts made from Illinois fluorite. I wish I could share pics of the pieces I’ve gotten.
I love you Jordan!!!!! Love your personality, expertise, and spirit ✨
Thank you for being such an awesome teacher and student all at the same time. I hope I run into you one day at the Tucson show 😄
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Everyone loves color! 😈👿
The second fluorite is absolutely stunning! I'd love to own a piece like that!
The first one is way more ridiculous, tbh...it looks digital or something
Acting like you need to know everything isn't arrogance. It's curiosity. I need to know everything (not today, but eventually).
Great guy to have on. But hey girly you said boring peridot... I knew my Birth stone was yuck, oh you rubbed salt in wound, Lol.
Sweet origin story
Your guest is so cool
Well i wonder how you would react if you ever saw our specimens collection.
I know you probably don't take suggestions, but I would love to see you do an episode on mystic(rainbow) topaz. It has been one of my favorite gemstones for a few years ever since I came across it. Love the videos, hope you continue having a good time at Tucson.
I can't produce a whole video for you on this myself but I can at least share a little about it. Mystic Topaz is a beautiful stone. It is when Topaz is treated with what would be most easily described as vaporized titanium. They're very attractive and relatively inexpensive because it is a creative use of an otherwise rather colorless stone. It's very accessible and aesthetically pleasing. The coating does have a small danger of being damaged by abrasion so you should be careful when cleaning them. Since they are treated and modified I consider things like this less of a geological wonder and more of an artistic modification but I still greatly appreciate this kind of work, especially on things like colorless amorphous topaz. They do similar treatments to quartz (mostly the type dug in Arkansas but some brazilian material more recently) and it is most well known as "Titanium Quartz" and that is another instance where you can get a very aesthetic artistic modifications of natural structures and they are normally quite inexpensive.
He is wrong at one time was correct but last 5 years, the best crystal specamins are found in China
I guess you can say he's in love with gemstones... Since he almost got stabbed through the heart with one. I love this video & his story about his love for gemstone specimens 😊
"Its a house in like, Idaho" 🤣🤣🤣 Jordan was FANTASTIC
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I'm originally from bali.find precious stone blue ligh,weight 9.6 gr n to sell
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I have a Huge piece of flourite, yellow green with silver fleck inside it has a rainbow, refraction
I freakin love native silver. And he knew that metal is crystals, first time I've heard that here
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Coolness love ya dude 😈😈