6 Destructive Tests for Identifying Gems & Minerals

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3 жыл бұрын

On today's Unboxing, Elizabeth is back and it's time for more gem science experiments! Once again, we have a series of fantastic specimens, but this time we're going to destroy them...to show you 6 tests gemologists and geologists use to identify gems in the field. Learn how to fashion an octahedral fluorite with a hammer, what gemstone breaks like wood, and whether amber smells better than copal.
Fizz Test: 1:36
Scratch Test: 3:43
Streak Test: 6:20
Hot Needle Test: 8:37
Fracture Test: 11:44
Cleavage Test: 15:11
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@nak8490 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Elizabeth. Also, Natalie's reactions are hilarious.

@user-ns2yb2cq6j 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate Elizabeth’s welcoming personality as a host and how she explains things in simpler terms for us regular folk to comprehend.

@julietjackson2918 3 жыл бұрын

I'm always too nervous to actually do these tests so I loved watching you guys be destructive. 😊

@blessedone843 3 жыл бұрын

I can't watch you guys smash the minerals & gemstone specimens I just like mineral & gemstone specimens that much... Lol😊☺😂

@fritzexclusive7883 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you again JTV team for another amazing episode!! Please don’t be tired educating us. Stay safe guys..

@Subjecttochannel 3 жыл бұрын

"I will find out what this rock is even if I have to remove it from existence!"

@emoji_page 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Elizabeth, and thank you, Natalie for another excellent, informative, and fun show!

@imari2305 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Elizabeth and Natalie. The Snow Flake Obsidian is really beautiful.

@namelessgrace6319 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to start taking notes on these videos. Love learning about gemstones!

@VariableTyrro 3 жыл бұрын

This was fun to do in my college physical geology class. Thanks for the refresher :)

@ettybina 3 жыл бұрын

Great job of obliterating the fluorite crystals!!! 👏🙌 Thank you Elizabeth & Natalie for awesome content!!! 🙋👍🍩☕👋

@ibrahimyldrm1378 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly the video I was looking for. Thank you!

@gems 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@nolanphoto 3 жыл бұрын

Love the videos ❤

@GrimsGhostG59 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you can do a video on painite?

@karengarcia8587 3 жыл бұрын

I find it very interesting on how to identify gemstones and to show us. Good video and safety first.🙂👩‍🔬💎🔨⚗🧪🧫

@Confused_conformed 2 жыл бұрын

Gems are testing another gems

@darrenmarney8577 3 жыл бұрын

The chemical boundaries of the elements are fundamentally weaker than Nat & Elizabeth's engagement of education & knowledge 😃 Would it be possible for Elizabeth to provide a geological summarisation of events that produced mineralisation 🙂

@henryrroland 3 жыл бұрын

Please, blow up things. We just can't do it, so show us some explosion ❤

@Alpha13Wolf 3 жыл бұрын

A perfect pyrite cube?!? Love it!!

@kconnor4568 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a rock hound, so any unusual rocks or crystals that I find, I’m going to pick up and place them aside for decoration or examination later. Needless to say, I am neither a gemologist nor a geologist so when you do a show on something that I may have or even a type of relationship to I’ll definitely have questions on. My one question today revolves around cleavage . I picked up an oblong black rock. The reason that I put it aside is that this is a very strong rock and it also has white stripes going down its longitude plane. You would think that this rock with its white lines would cleave along the black and white, but no matter how hard I may hit it, it will not break or cleave. Too bad that I can’t send a picture, but it basically has black about 1/8 to 1/10 inch thick, then it has a skinny white line and this process repeats through the width of the rock Any help with this would be appreciated.

@billychampy316 3 жыл бұрын

You ladies are fun.

@zenflow4life 8 ай бұрын

When you do the Fizz test, what is the importance of wanting to find limestone

@milesnn 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video great knowledge hmmmm need a chisel for a better cut power house smash it sounds like the hulk lol thank you both so much 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@LUI-pp1cs 3 жыл бұрын

Hi jtv how you all well just wondering could you please do a video about violet diamonds 😊💜

@LuisRamirez-rn8yi 3 жыл бұрын

13:05 fun fact, ancient arrowheads were made out of that

@foxhoundp9949 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if mines stones can still grow! it seemed logical because you can of course grow your own gem stones. now I wonder what stones can be regrow in the right conditions with a none viable stone for sale or collection

@azaduljony1875 Жыл бұрын

Thanks..

@LMsugarbabi82 3 жыл бұрын

I just discovered marcasite, PLZ do an unboxing of it

@emisantana9529 3 жыл бұрын

Y'all should do a episode based around topaz and all the colors it comes in or moissanite

@voidremoved Жыл бұрын

Link to streaking vid pls

@americanrebel413 2 жыл бұрын

Far out man!

@edgarvickman9200 2 жыл бұрын

Hi g eve i want to know the proces of waste gold to white gold

@cmelton6796 3 жыл бұрын

Huh, so now I know that weird rock in my drawer could be some kind of obsidian.

@culinarymaster52 2 жыл бұрын

If you light a stone on fire and drop it in water and will it break apart

@sherrizanoli1398 3 жыл бұрын

Beat it, beat it good

@braintwo3398 3 жыл бұрын

I don't have the heart to do to my *PRECIOUS* Minerals unless I knew what it was and break it for selling but even then selling it whole Is better for me