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.
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!
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. 😈😈🤘
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 💖
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.
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.
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 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 😄 👿👿
Thank you! I truly enjoyed listening to both of you. It was an intelligent, passionate and informative conversation and you made my day. Both of pieces you showed are insanely beautiful and you simply blew my mind when you explained the processes involved. They are beautiful, natural, unique and irreplaceable treasures. I am happy to see that they are in good hands.
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.
Illinois in the US, but I also love English fluorite... Frasers Hush, Hilton, Rogerly, Blackdene... and so glad I'm not the only one with a bit of a compulsion. Also there is enough fluorite out there in rough form. No need to cut the quality intact specimens
this is so crazy! ive just started buying minerals and probably about to start a business selling them online, i found this video because fluorite is my favourite mineral right now, this video was extremely helpful and inspiring😈😈
ooooooh! I started getting interested in crystals when I started to collect clear quartz crystals in a rocky parking lot in my old school. They're really small tho.
Never be afraid of others responses to your self expression. These are also things that can hinder you from growth. I mean, unless that self expression is potentially harmful to others lol. When I started dressing oddly I didn't have the social pressures that others experience so I got really used to being aesthetically different before I started selling minerals and then it was a little bit of a culture shock to really see how much people did react, but, at the end of the day it makes a pretty effective filter for people who have depth vs. people who are restricted to only observing people visually. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you find your balance with your aesthetic desires.
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 😊
😈😈 Jordon is phenomenal. Every thing he said is.... Right. I learned valuable information watching this show, and listening to his knowledge. Thank you.
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! 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈 👿 😈
My son and I love your videos. This was really cool! But must I also say, I'm in love with your clothes. Such beautiful tops. Striking blue, and the reddish brown with small print and cool neckline. Where did you get them?
