Even as a British ex-pat, I still find Charles' accent, intonation and speech cadence entirely riveting and fully representative of advanced education, vast knowledge and experience, and disciplined commitment to gemology and teaching. It automatically made me sit up straight and pull my ears back into alignment with my shoulders. 👏👏👏
@@CharlemagneProkopyshyn (Brits entered/invaded/influenced and sometimes temporarily took ownership of other territories, and still hold control of other countries as part of their Commonwealth, as you know, but I could be wrong in my detection.)
Thank you for the informative video on how to use the gem tools. All I have is a loupe. I didn’t know that even with a loupe, I can discover more information other than just inclusions. I enjoyed this video.
Great demonstrations, more videos going through the ID process like this would be awesome. Maybe including a stereomicroscope with a darkfield condenser to show off inusions!
Honestly, I would like to have a large faceted piece of that selenium glass, and I know that the point of the video was to show how the devices work, but I would have liked them to show how to recognize gems that did not have such marked optical properties, let's say a faceted quartz. aquamarine, very clear minerals with almost zero inclusions and zero optical properties but well in the end I really liked it
Whenever i tried to open your website it gives the error (Our site is experiencing heavy traffic.This request was blocked by our security service.) What is the issue here
1:29 Saying a green gem can't be a sapphire is not correct. I have a box of very green montana sapphires. I suppose the "only blue" is sapphire, argument can be used. As "only red" is a ruby. Being they're all Corundum,,, what should we call a pink, yellow, green or purple? If we want to sell them, (our goal afterall) what sounds better? Pink Corundum? Or pink Sapphire? Too many terms in my opinion, are confusing. For instance,, the words mineral "Growth" and mineral "Formation", are many times used interchangeably. But in my mind, are vastly different. I can "Grow" a flower in a pot. But i must "Form" the pot. Do Diamonds,, "Grow",,, 300 miles below the earths surface. Or were they "Formed"? (like a giant redwood being smashed to the size of a 1ct Diamond) I've yet to get this answered. I love watching,❤, too much. It keeps me from my faceting machine.🫤 💎
Even as a British ex-pat, I still find Charles' accent, intonation and speech cadence entirely riveting and fully representative of advanced education, vast knowledge and experience, and disciplined commitment to gemology and teaching. It automatically made me sit up straight and pull my ears back into alignment with my shoulders. 👏👏👏
Oh I thought Charles was South African 🙈 his accent reminds me of my Auntie from Jo'berg
@@CharlemagneProkopyshyn (Brits entered/invaded/influenced and sometimes temporarily took ownership of other territories, and still hold control of other countries as part of their Commonwealth, as you know, but I could be wrong in my detection.)
Charles is mad cool. He does a really good job playing off the new hostess. I love his sharp outfits.
It’s very easy to understand. Thank you guys for this wonderful video.
There you are guys! I started to despair for a while. I just love your content and this episode is so helpful. Thank you for sharing guys!
We're happy to be back!
More Charles! He's an awesome teacher! Great video!
Thank you for the informative video on how to use the gem tools. All I have is a loupe. I didn’t know that even with a loupe, I can discover more information other than just inclusions. I enjoyed this video.
Yes please! More vids like this.
You two make a great team. G'day from Oz ;)
Great demonstrations, more videos going through the ID process like this would be awesome. Maybe including a stereomicroscope with a darkfield condenser to show off inusions!
Fab video. I love to learn how to use the tools and approach narrowing down what a gemstone is. Very educational! ❤
Your videos are so incredibly helpful ❤🕊
My absolute favorite channel! Can you please do a video on zeolites? There's so many types!!!
Wonderful video! This is inspiring me to get out my tools and learn to use them. This makes it seem approachable.
Absolutely loved this video. Learned so much.
Awesome video, guys. Excellent demonstration of these tools.
this whole video is so fascinating
Very well explained, thank you!
This was really cool and interesting!
Great information, thanks guys. 2x👍
Would love to see what the LuAG from the lab made gemstones video looks like through the polariscope 😂
Thanks for this video!!!
Great video!!
Thanks!
Nice, both tested just as they looked as a best initial identity.
I DIDN’T KNOW YOU GUYS HAD A SCHOOL, I WANNA GO!!!
i would love to be a fellow
Where can I purchase a polariscope, dichroscope, and spectrometer? What are the best quality brands?
Check out the links in the description! We have options for you to purchase all of the tools we used in the video as well as a few more!
Honestly, I would like to have a large faceted piece of that selenium glass, and I know that the point of the video was to show how the devices work, but I would have liked them to show how to recognize gems that did not have such marked optical properties, let's say a faceted quartz. aquamarine, very clear minerals with almost zero inclusions and zero optical properties but well in the end I really liked it
Do you guys sell the light pad? Can't find anything like it on the website
I would like to see a video about how microscopes are used in gem identification and cutting.
Whenever i tried to open your website it gives the error (Our site is experiencing heavy traffic.This request was blocked by our security service.) What is the issue here
what is the best tool to view a sapphire? ❤ thanks in advance
You want a loupe for observation. 10x loupe should be sufficient for most purposes.
Great...where is Charles based...who does he work for? cheers
I got a bunch of strange jungle gems.
Haven't seen Rebecca for quite some time now. Is she all right?
Rebecca is great! She has a beautiful baby that is keeping her busy these days
@@gemsshe had the baby?? Congratulations Rebecca!!!
Девчонка, классная!
Улыбается красиво
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I thought there was green sapphire
this is andulusit or zultanite stone
💔🤍💙
First
1:29 Saying a green gem can't be a sapphire is not correct. I have a box of very green montana sapphires. I suppose the "only blue" is sapphire, argument can be used. As "only red" is a ruby. Being they're all Corundum,,, what should we call a pink, yellow, green or purple? If we want to sell them, (our goal afterall) what sounds better? Pink Corundum? Or pink Sapphire?
Too many terms in my opinion, are confusing. For instance,, the words mineral "Growth" and mineral "Formation", are many times used interchangeably. But in my mind, are vastly different. I can "Grow" a flower in a pot. But i must "Form" the pot.
Do Diamonds,, "Grow",,, 300 miles below the earths surface. Or were they "Formed"? (like a giant redwood being smashed to the size of a 1ct Diamond) I've yet to get this answered.
I love watching,❤, too much. It keeps me from my faceting machine.🫤 💎
Great video! ❤
Great video!
Thanks!
@@gems you are so welcome!