How to Cleave/Chip Fluorite Octahedrons - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- In our first video we're showing the people at home just how those interesting cleaved/chipped fluorite octahedrons come to be.
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In this video Mark Kielbaso (The Mine Rat) shows everyone how fluorite octahedrons are made from "damaged/scrap" material. The localities of the fluorites in this video (in order of appearance) are Denton Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois and Riemvasmaak, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The tools used in this video are a hammer and a chisel.
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Finally a video about crystals that isn't some new age healing lmao
One of my favourite videos.
I was just gifted a huge gem collection from an old timer that passed away. All of my previous specimens were natural form. Inherited some of these unidentified. Had no clue what they were. Know I know. Thank you for the info. Now only about 20 more trays of different types of gem specimens to identify. Lol.
Really interesting video. You make it seem so easy to do!
+William Wolffe Thanks William. A lot of practice and blood went into getting decent at chipping. The most important thing is how you hold the fluorite, if you're not careful you can drive shards of it into your skin when you hit it with the chisel.
Thats because he did it wrong an ruined both pieces. Definitely an amateur. It was cringey
I stumbled across this video and was like" What kind of sorcery is this?!?!"
LOL... it's just planes of weakness between molecules!
Excellent video I just tried my first piece and failed miserably haha the internal fractures got me now I know I need to find a big solid piece
From a bolder you end up with a grain of sand.... Hahahaha
Very cool! I definitely want to try!
finally someone showing how to do it. Thank you
Thanks for the information I have quite a few of them I thought they came natural like that.
dude I love this video..I know that's not easy..I just subbed you
Thanks Clark!
Wow I am from cave in rock illinois! My sons father actually owns a business here in town selling different types of rocks
amazing specimen
that is incredibly satisfying
notice ... tiny pretty purple heart ... inside the flourite at 2:40! that's awesome! Love and peace brother
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@MineRatMinerals I worked on airplanes for the longest time (about 45 yrs). An aircraft rivet gun holds, by way of a spring attached to the barrel, all the necessary rivet sets- including the seldom used chisel. When you insert the chisel set into the barrel and lightly pull the trigger, you get this very accurate hit. The spring holds the chisel set so it wont fly across the room,
That’s so fucking cool I knew fluorite was one of my faves for a reason
I have a Blue Fluorite octahedron! :3 Awesome vid btw! I subbed ✌️
i would take the fluorite as it was on 5:37
poor fluorite crystal D:
*i know all the pieces :'(*
Thanks Mark! Cheers!
Thx for posting!
Thank you for watching Cathy!
Wow beautiful
You just broke my heart man
very nice！
nice
I have florite mine .
Beautiful tho
Not only does this seem like a waste of nicely colored flourite crystals but it also seems a bit fraudulent to me. Selling octahedrons that are not natural but essentially man-made just doesn't seem right. I would think that most people would prefer to have naturally grown crystals rather than have something that has been ground or cleaved. Maybe I'm Wrong ? !!
First and foremost, thank you for watching our videos and taking the time comment, we really appreciate it. It is generally understood by the masses that this style of octahedron comes about in this manner, some go a step further and polish them. I assure you we, and most others, would never attempt to market something like this as naturally occurring. As far as it being a waste of the fluorite itself, generally speaking the "scrap" fluorite, not associated with matrix or exhibiting a rare crystal growth habit, is more valuable and desirable to the general public as a cleaved octahedron than in its raw state. I could understand this being viewed as fraudulent if we tried to pass these octahedrons off as naturally occurring, and I appreciate your viewpoint that a nice fluorite has been wasted to cleave an octahedron. Hopefully this has helped to explain our position, and again, thank you for watching and commenting @SnowTiger45 .
Plus he didn’t do it correctly.
what i see here is u r merely breaking off the fluorite..nothg more thn that...u just make them look smaller....
Is that what you tell marble sculptors, too?
you only destroyed the sones
Too much noise from planes.
most octagedrons are found naturally however. Nice vid regardless.
This is t unnatural though it's the natural cleavage of the stone
What a waste..
kind of a waste man
You just wasted a pretty nice piece. Sorry but I didnt like this vid.
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment, regardless of the difference of opinion.
Did you watch the video? He makes it clear that good crystals are not hammered, only broken masses.
Bah hiciste mierda las piedras!😤
Mejor las uviera dejado como estaban
How Kowa makes Fluorite in their lab?? I heard they artificially grow Fluorite and use it in their spotting scopes.