This was a fun video for us to make, even if it was a little taxing on our olfactory receptors. We hope you enjoyed it! What gem properties would you most like to know more about? Let us know here!
Maybe what you can DO with minerals for fun - like my grandma used to have me go collect the coal in the backyard and she would add food coloring and borax? I’m not sure if I’m remembering it right it was so long ago but then we’d add water and watch these ‘rock castles’ grow up in different colors from the coal. You’d have to change out the water to keep it clear but I remember you could buy these awesome kits at the 5 and dime stores- which worked better but it was still fun to do this with grandma. Other ideas- ‘hydro’ crystals- the ones with moving bubbles- or maybe just an episode about rocks with water trapped inside- like geodes and the crystals etc. how old that water would be, how did it get in there, etc Radioactive rocks or gems like hyalite etc
This showed up as a commercial on my feed today. How lucky am I? I watched the entire video and instantly came here to subscribe! I am looking forward to binge watching all things rocks. Gems. Minerals. 💛💛
If you smell coffee beans in between each smell test , the coffee’s smell “resets” your brain/Senses , that’s why they have them (the coffee beans) on perfume counters, Also violets stop your sense of smell momentarily. Just a Fun fact for you.
You guys are super brave to sniff all of those! And to do it after sniffing the sulfur first! I can't smell anything else after that! Yuck 🤮! But it was fun! I'm glad it was you and not me! Lol! Thanks you two!
I can't believe you guys were in my neighborhood. We were going to eat there a while back, but they were closed on the day we went. Now I know what I'm going to eat when we go back. Glad you enjoyed our Tex-Mex. 😊
Are Jet and Petrified Wood ....not the same, but the same? Ok, I don't know how to put it. Hopefully you know what I mean! :) Another fun video. THANKS!
Close...Jet is a fossilized wood. It forms from the accumulation and compaction of organic material in low-oxygen environments. Over time, these become a type of coal. Petrified wood, on the other hand, occurs when wood is replaced by minerals over time. The most common mineral that replaces the organic material in petrified wood is silica, which is the primary component of quartz...we made a whole video about jet here: ua-cam.com/video/_W437L3WKDk/v-deo.html
I’m a new ish viewer so I haven’t seen all the fine productions you’ve made so far. I would love to see a video on stones more sparkly than diamonds😇 Awesome video, and thank you for putting your sniffers to the hazard so that we don’t have to!
I wonder if any of these other than amber have been used in perfumery? I know there are some oddball perfumes out there - own some of them. Rob, there's a perfume that's supposed to smell like your rain on asphalt. I know the brand but won't put it here, easy to find through a search of notes though.
Some one gave me a Moissanite ring But I know NOTHING about it. what is it? Is it worth anything? Should I keep it in a safe? Is it going to chip? Can you do an episode on Moissanite?
Moissanite is a great gem material! Values range due to a wide variety of factors, but you're probably ok to keep it with the rest of your jewelry and not hidden away in a safe. It's a 9.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, so almost nothing short of diamond will scratch it. We haven't done a video yet exclusively on Moissanite, but it appears in a lot of the videos we've done. More recently in this one: ua-cam.com/video/t_CnhUxQpOk/v-deo.html
Doing lines of arsenopyrite now we know what you guys do when no one is watching snorting gemstone minerals and crystals. Damm gem attics always snorting or licking gems.....ok I'm addicted to Gems that's why I became a lapidariest and GG I'm gemology more access. Warn people of how addicting they are.
@@gems you know your addicted too tell me you haven't before doing videos licked a rock I mean what's the easiest way to tell if it is lapis or sodalite if the lapis isn't showing surface metallic looking inclusions it's the taste. What about is it a Australian opal or Ethiopian you lick it and stick it to your lip I mean it's what we do some may claim they don't ever I call bs, you know when you go to market in Columbia to buy emeralds once you buy it you put it in your cheek and then back at hotel or wherever you take them all out and put somewhere safe. Have you ever seen someone truly quit the bug once they truly get into gems crystals and minerals. We are weird rock crystal and mineral licking tasting spiting on obsessed people my family has a rule I'm only allowed twenty minutes a day of talking about gems with them why you know we can't help ourselves and somehow can relate almost anything to gemstones it is not intentional it's obsession it's why we usually get into the studies of gemology or Lapidary arts it's why even now when I get home from hikes I am pulling out rocks I picked up for closer looks agates jasper carnelian Jade moonstone the quartz and calcite varieties that most people don't realize are sitting on the ground in the dirt or in the beaches around me depending on where you are they all have gems that are associated with the locations and are amazing you know that when you see that really ugly looking rock but you know it is a fantastic agate inside that rush you get just admit you have the problem 😉
You missed one -- burning a chunk of sulfur is like smelling salts. We used to do this as a prank. Use caution tho, you can't see the flame should it ignite
Something feels incredibly wrong about allowing them to mess with arsenic like that… unless that form of arsenic isn’t horrifically poisonous… but when they brought the hammer out and just started huffing those arsenic particles it kind of made me nauseous.
We consulted multiple trusted sources who told us that smelling it in small amounts like this in a well-ventilated area wouldn't be enough to poison an adult. But still, don't try this at home.
You aren't getting much of the arsenic released when smashing it like that, the chemical composition is iron, arsenic, and sulfur, sulfur is not really stable when heated via getting hit with a hammer, arsenic is more stable, and iron is the most stable. Even the amount of sulfur you are in taking when smelling this is insanely low, let alone the arsenic. Probably more sulfur in a fart (in the sulfides)
Why are you smiling at smelling rotten eggs..lol you are so cute. You make my love of all things rock even more fun when you're hosting. I'm sure I'm not alone in my finding you charming🙂
Quick tip... If you smell a small container of fresh coffee grounds in between each item you sniff/smell, it somehow resets your nose and brain so that each product/ thing you smell will be as if it were the first! (Sometimes a strong smell might linger in our nostrils and minds giving and unfair and possibly improper outcome of what your actually smelling vs the perceived smell, that ultimately is a combo of each smell as you go! That's why many department stores that sell cologne and perfume usually have a small container or Tupperware with fresh, unused,dry, coffee grounds on or behind the counter! 😉)
Sodalite is salty high sulfur content can be bitter or taste really stomach turning most just taste like glass to be honest and it is bad to taste things you don't know about like many gems contain arsenic lead and countless different deadly chemicals the major reason that water or oil is used in cutting gem's isn't just to reduce heat and friction but to keep the deadly dust down any silicate like all quartz varietys or that contains quartz release small silicate particles in the air this can cause silicosis picture a slow death by bleeding lungs that's the reality there is no amount of lead that is safe for humans then arsenic and asbestos great carcinogens yesterday in my workshop I cut some daylight florescence hyalite opal from Zateces Mexico that was attached to the host here is the issue the host stone it grows from is ironstone with uranium deposits that's what makes it glow in daylight radioactivity it's a safe amount but you don't want to lick it get it into your lungs etc the ironstone that has uranium I give to the local college for it's geology Dept but you do need to take caution I joke about it but safety is definitely required and knowledge of what you are handling sorry I ramble a lot it is the gemstone addiction well I'm going to go cut some sunstoneiolite from India without gloves or a mask then put on some shorts and t shirt sun glasses I mean I'm in California and pour some molten silver into water to make shot and into some wire molds because running short and yes I will be barefoot to and I'm not kidding about pouring metal that way it's actually safer then wearing layers the other way is wearing a fire suit those milar looking silver hot suits and covers head to toe lol I know people think I'm joking but I'm not lol
I dont enjoy watching videos with Rebecca, she tends to talk a little too much for me. Others are knowledgeable too, you don't have to be the one saying everything. Share the floor.
If you can't say something nice, perhaps you shouldn't say anything at all. No one is forcing you to watch these videos. Is this how your mother raised you to be?
This was a fun video for us to make, even if it was a little taxing on our olfactory receptors. We hope you enjoyed it! What gem properties would you most like to know more about? Let us know here!
I would like to know the most amazing things you can do with crystals
Maybe what you can DO with minerals for fun - like my grandma used to have me go collect the coal in the backyard and she would add food coloring and borax? I’m not sure if I’m remembering it right it was so long ago but then we’d add water and watch these ‘rock castles’ grow up in different colors from the coal. You’d have to change out the water to keep it clear but I remember you could buy these awesome kits at the 5 and dime stores- which worked better but it was still fun to do this with grandma.
Other ideas- ‘hydro’ crystals- the ones with moving bubbles- or maybe just an episode about rocks with water trapped inside- like geodes and the crystals etc. how old that water would be, how did it get in there, etc
Radioactive rocks or gems like hyalite etc
Pls write all names of crystal mineral
I'm hoping you do a video on fluorescent gems at different wavelengths of UV light. Thanks.
"are we gonna die after this"
"No, no!... Well eventually" 😂😂
Great video as always 👌
This was a FUN episode to watch. Watching you two react to the aromas was a gem. (pun intended) Looking forward to your next video and/or live stream.
This showed up as a commercial on my feed today. How lucky am I? I watched the entire video and instantly came here to subscribe! I am looking forward to binge watching all things rocks. Gems. Minerals. 💛💛
If you smell coffee beans in between each smell test , the coffee’s smell “resets” your brain/Senses , that’s why they have them (the coffee beans) on perfume counters, Also violets stop your sense of smell momentarily. Just a Fun fact for you.
Thank you
You guys are super brave to sniff all of those! And to do it after sniffing the sulfur first! I can't smell anything else after that! Yuck 🤮! But it was fun! I'm glad it was you and not me! Lol! Thanks you two!
Jet is a nice stone! I don't always go to the dark side but I love Jet😎
I can't believe you guys were in my neighborhood. We were going to eat there a while back, but they were closed on the day we went.
Now I know what I'm going to eat when we go back.
Glad you enjoyed our Tex-Mex. 😊
Are Jet and Petrified Wood ....not the same, but the same? Ok, I don't know how to put it. Hopefully you know what I mean! :) Another fun video. THANKS!
Close...Jet is a fossilized wood. It forms from the accumulation and compaction of organic material in low-oxygen environments. Over time, these become a type of coal. Petrified wood, on the other hand, occurs when wood is replaced by minerals over time. The most common mineral that replaces the organic material in petrified wood is silica, which is the primary component of quartz...we made a whole video about jet here: ua-cam.com/video/_W437L3WKDk/v-deo.html
I’m a new ish viewer so I haven’t seen all the fine productions you’ve made so far. I would love to see a video on stones more sparkly than diamonds😇
Awesome video, and thank you for putting your sniffers to the hazard so that we don’t have to!
It was very entertaining 🤣. I learned a lot about jems, thanks
This was so fun! Thank you!
I love the smell of cresote!
I've heard that it's actually a gaseous form of arsenic compound that smells garlic-ish. So maybe it has to be heated up as well? I don't know.
Finally Rebecca is back! Please present Rebeccaite, the most gorgeous grm! 😄👍🏼
I wonder if any of these other than amber have been used in perfumery? I know there are some oddball perfumes out there - own some of them. Rob, there's a perfume that's supposed to smell like your rain on asphalt. I know the brand but won't put it here, easy to find through a search of notes though.
Yeah buddy! This is my mammajamma!! I’ve got that nose of a blood, I mean, rockhound lol!! Suiuuuuper glad you did this one!
Dimethyl sulfide is one of the common chemicals they add to natural gas, on top of or instead of mercaptans.
1:06 It’s actually hydrogen sulfide that smells like rotten egg, not sulfur dioxide.
Some one gave me a Moissanite ring But I know NOTHING about it. what is it? Is it worth anything? Should I keep it in a safe? Is it going to chip? Can you do an episode on Moissanite?
Moissanite is a great gem material! Values range due to a wide variety of factors, but you're probably ok to keep it with the rest of your jewelry and not hidden away in a safe. It's a 9.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, so almost nothing short of diamond will scratch it. We haven't done a video yet exclusively on Moissanite, but it appears in a lot of the videos we've done. More recently in this one: ua-cam.com/video/t_CnhUxQpOk/v-deo.html
The last one looked like you was passing a doobie!😂✌️
dunno why this was in my recommendations but you won a sub
Brave kids! But please do NOT do taste tests.
Too Late... They already done one on edible minerals.
Doing lines of arsenopyrite now we know what you guys do when no one is watching snorting gemstone minerals and crystals. Damm gem attics always snorting or licking gems.....ok I'm addicted to Gems that's why I became a lapidariest and GG I'm gemology more access. Warn people of how addicting they are.
Haha!
@@gems you know your addicted too tell me you haven't before doing videos licked a rock I mean what's the easiest way to tell if it is lapis or sodalite if the lapis isn't showing surface metallic looking inclusions it's the taste. What about is it a Australian opal or Ethiopian you lick it and stick it to your lip I mean it's what we do some may claim they don't ever I call bs, you know when you go to market in Columbia to buy emeralds once you buy it you put it in your cheek and then back at hotel or wherever you take them all out and put somewhere safe. Have you ever seen someone truly quit the bug once they truly get into gems crystals and minerals. We are weird rock crystal and mineral licking tasting spiting on obsessed people my family has a rule I'm only allowed twenty minutes a day of talking about gems with them why you know we can't help ourselves and somehow can relate almost anything to gemstones it is not intentional it's obsession it's why we usually get into the studies of gemology or Lapidary arts it's why even now when I get home from hikes I am pulling out rocks I picked up for closer looks agates jasper carnelian Jade moonstone the quartz and calcite varieties that most people don't realize are sitting on the ground in the dirt or in the beaches around me depending on where you are they all have gems that are associated with the locations and are amazing you know that when you see that really ugly looking rock but you know it is a fantastic agate inside that rush you get just admit you have the problem 😉
wow this is fascinating
You missed one -- burning a chunk of sulfur is like smelling salts. We used to do this as a prank. Use caution tho, you can't see the flame should it ignite
I think that is because some sulfides are used as aromatic deterrents.
Something feels incredibly wrong about allowing them to mess with arsenic like that… unless that form of arsenic isn’t horrifically poisonous… but when they brought the hammer out and just started huffing those arsenic particles it kind of made me nauseous.
We consulted multiple trusted sources who told us that smelling it in small amounts like this in a well-ventilated area wouldn't be enough to poison an adult. But still, don't try this at home.
You aren't getting much of the arsenic released when smashing it like that, the chemical composition is iron, arsenic, and sulfur, sulfur is not really stable when heated via getting hit with a hammer, arsenic is more stable, and iron is the most stable. Even the amount of sulfur you are in taking when smelling this is insanely low, let alone the arsenic. Probably more sulfur in a fart (in the sulfides)
Happy Mothers Day everybody 🙂💕💕
Every time you guys started coughing after sniffing, it made me wanna cough too… what the heck is that?? 😂
According to our sources, this is called "coughing reflex" and occurs in both humans and animals
Jetstone and sulfur
Yes, jet is extremely dense anthracite coal.
Why are you smiling at smelling rotten eggs..lol you are so cute. You make my love of all things rock even more fun when you're hosting. I'm sure I'm not alone in my finding you charming🙂
The toxic plastic ruined you smelling the garlic maybe..
It’s possible! We should have thought to bring coffee beans!
Burning Amber is a thing..
I imagine the value of a gemstone is substantially lower if it stinks. Who wants jewelry made with stinkstone???
He said it was like lighting a cigar but we know he meant joint 😂
I felt like i was watching 2 people try drugs for the first time! 😂
Well, eventually..... Definitely not a lynx....😄
Thanks for saving us from these smelly stones!! 😂
Quick tip...
If you smell a small container of fresh coffee grounds in between each item you sniff/smell, it somehow resets your nose and brain so that each product/ thing you smell will be as if it were the first!
(Sometimes a strong smell might linger in our nostrils and minds giving and unfair and possibly improper outcome of what your actually smelling vs the perceived smell, that ultimately is a combo of each smell as you go! That's why many department stores that sell cologne and perfume usually have a small container or Tupperware with fresh, unused,dry, coffee grounds on or behind the counter! 😉)
Sacrifices have been made...
Why the d I stracti b g music that makes it hard to hear?
how about burnin some caprolite lol or some fordite ;p
Who ever knew post malone was a geologist before he got tatted and started singing
How do they taste tho?
Sodalite is salty high sulfur content can be bitter or taste really stomach turning most just taste like glass to be honest and it is bad to taste things you don't know about like many gems contain arsenic lead and countless different deadly chemicals the major reason that water or oil is used in cutting gem's isn't just to reduce heat and friction but to keep the deadly dust down any silicate like all quartz varietys or that contains quartz release small silicate particles in the air this can cause silicosis picture a slow death by bleeding lungs that's the reality there is no amount of lead that is safe for humans then arsenic and asbestos great carcinogens yesterday in my workshop I cut some daylight florescence hyalite opal from Zateces Mexico that was attached to the host here is the issue the host stone it grows from is ironstone with uranium deposits that's what makes it glow in daylight radioactivity it's a safe amount but you don't want to lick it get it into your lungs etc the ironstone that has uranium I give to the local college for it's geology Dept but you do need to take caution I joke about it but safety is definitely required and knowledge of what you are handling sorry I ramble a lot it is the gemstone addiction well I'm going to go cut some sunstoneiolite from India without gloves or a mask then put on some shorts and t shirt sun glasses I mean I'm in California and pour some molten silver into water to make shot and into some wire molds because running short and yes I will be barefoot to and I'm not kidding about pouring metal that way it's actually safer then wearing layers the other way is wearing a fire suit those milar looking silver hot suits and covers head to toe lol I know people think I'm joking but I'm not lol
Doesn’t everyone sniff and lick they're rocks??
10:34 🤢
Mik
I dont enjoy watching videos with Rebecca, she tends to talk a little too much for me. Others are knowledgeable too, you don't have to be the one saying everything. Share the floor.
If you can't say something nice, perhaps you shouldn't say anything at all. No one is forcing you to watch these videos. Is this how your mother raised you to be?
she's my favorite lol