Super Rare & Colorful Fluorite | Tucson Unboxing
Super Rare & Colorful Fluorite | Tucson Unboxing
On this week’s Tucson Unboxing, Natalie is joined by a special guest, Jordan, who is a mineral expert and collector. Jordan and Natalie share the story behind #Fluorite and all of its unique features and characteristics.
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I have a Huge piece of flourite, yellow green with silver fleck inside it has a rainbow, refraction
Well i wonder how you would react if you ever saw our specimens collection.
This was so dope!!!
The 1st fluorite specimen kinda looks like a chocolate chunk cookie. They are both stunning!
Acting like you need to know everything isn’t arrogance. It’s curiosity. I need to know everything (not today, but eventually).
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!
this guy is so interesting omg
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.
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
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?
Great interview , Jordan was an enlightening guy.
This is what I call quality content. Really appreciate this channel and the information it offers. Thank you.
Beautiful calcite nicely colored
Jordan Root. You did great on the show on u tube. I am interested in amethyst gems from Georgia. I have collected a few pieces for my grand daughters but none from the states. I do have some Arizona peridot. How do I reach out to you or how could you refer me to someone I can purchase Georgia amethyst from? Thanks Jordan.
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.
Looks like a peice of the nether sjsjsjsksk
It looks like a mineral that would be on Minecraft.
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.
it looks like a computer
Illinois is so much more awesome than I thought
Natalie: okay, so, why not cut it?
Me: why *would* you cut that?!
Now I have to buy some Fluorite! That looks so cool
What a clown
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.
Omg, was watching this guy and kept thinking, "he’s got top bee on ther spectrum" and he is!
Me too 😀
That is a very fine Illinois fluorite specimen.
This has to be my favorite episode of JTV