All About Fire Obsidian & More Amazing Natural Glass!

[@gems]

To go along with today's awesome fire obsidian specimens, we pulled out the other varieties from our collection. Did we cover your favorite? If so, let us know what it is!

[@hshwhitten]

Mahogany is my favorite

[@viniciusleal3562]

i'm from brazil and i want 1 of every type of obsidian help me get ?

[@heathervannatter364]

I love snowflake obsidian!! Just makes me happy. Enjoy the day!!

[@X3r0.]

Rainbow obsidian is my fave type of obsidian. However, that play button is FIRE 🔥 , puns intended 😘

[@limtw9375]

Can i purchase fire obsidians

[@largent45]

That was an awesome episode, and as a friend of both Kyle, from World of Rockhounds, and Jared, from Currently Rockhounding, and an Oregonian, it was eagerly anticipated. I recognized Kyles obsidian pieces instantly. Even if you had not said where they came from, i would have known. That piece with tbe cross hatch pattern is so specific, and Kyle is our resident Fire Obsidian expert. He is amazing with it and like you said, he can manage to work it and expose the fire without losing it! Awesome episode!

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Fire obsidian is the only one not in my collection 🤷‍♂️ I didn’t see them show one type I have though and it’s green banded obsidian. Ill show it off on the discord channels.

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Thank you, I always try to get as much out of the stone as possible with minimal waste. It's too pretty to waste. :)

[@largent45]

@@WorldofRockhounds yes it is!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

@@WorldofRockhounds you do a Fantastic job at that. 🤘😁

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Oh man! What a great way to start the day! 🤠💎 I'm so glad you enjoyed the pieces and you did very well showing them off too! Thank you for showing the beauty of these stones to the world ♥️

[@gems]

Thank you!

[@gregderksen1996]

So THAT’s where you were sending the box.

[@largent45]

Great episode! Your pieces looked awesome Kyle!

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Those were great! Fire obsidian is the only one I don’t own a piece of. We may need to talk and see what can be done about that 😜

[@dustinfindsrocks]

Dude so awesome!!! This is how it’s done 👍🏼 When you have something really cool that not a lot of people know about… send out some samples to some other channels 😆 Good work Kyle!!!

[@xtrememusic4106]

I've been finding fire obsidian everywhere and I have a lot of obsidian. But what I know is if you look in the right place and you know what you are looking for it will just pop up out of no where.

[@cafekkoXoX]

A whole episode on Dragonglass 🖤🔥🐉😍 I absolutely loved the fire obsidian!

[@karengarcia8587]

Oh wow, those fire obsidian gemstones are so beautiful and shiny too.🤩⬛💎 I mean they're like glass art and can see some colors🌈 on them when shining in light.🔦 It's very fascinating🤔 to know where they come from, to see the layers when you put it on water and how they're form in volcano lava.🌋 It's hard to choose, I like all of them.🥰😍🖤💎 That's amazing to see a KZbin channel symbol made with a obsidian gemstone.😃💻▶️ Thanks for showing them to us. Nice video and see you later.😉👍⚫💎

[@GarysMetalDetecting]

Gorgeous stones. Thanks for sharing.

[@onimichaelmulling6413]

Those are some really beautiful pieces... And you're right, the flash on these is highly similar to one of my favorite stones: Labradorite.

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

My two favorite hosts. Thanks for sharing

[@gems]

Thanks for watching!

[@oflow140]

Man I've had this gemstone for years and nobody could tell me what it was, Finally!! It's rainbow obsidian! Thanks so much for the informative video.

[@sbocaj22]

SAME!

[@topcatcoast2coast579]

One of my favorite KZbin channels. I love everyone’s enthusiasm on this channel.

[@sandmaker]

Love fire obsidian and all obsidian. Thanks for the info. Thanks Kyle and Jarrod. Keep the goodness coming. 😷⚒

[@michelemurphy3541]

Now I want to go to Glass Butte! Wonderful podcast video! Thank You so much you guys~you are fantastic!

[@CountZakula]

I really like the visuals that show the pattern/makeup of what we're discussing btw!

[@victorreis8110]

Yall look ever happier creating this content. What an honor to be a fan!!! Thank you for another amazing video 🤩 #besthosts

[@OzoneFineArtVentures]

Great seeing World of Rockhounds/Kyle's Fire Obsidian on a great episode about Obsidian! Looking forward to having you on the podcast and love this channel!

[@Skywards00]

I just randomly discovered your channel and now I’m addicted. First time I’ve ever been into mineralogy and I’m hooked already! Thank you all for your content, keep it coming.

[@isparkz9475]

I love gold sheen and silver sheen obsidians! Glad to learn there is a fire obsidian!

[@imari2305]

I love Obsidian but snowflake is my all time favorite. Great thanks to Kyle for letting you guys use his specimens in this video.

[@marionbradley6236]

Thank you, thank you, for this one!! I have a Mask that was carved out of one piece of Rainbow Obsidian that my son got for me in Machu Picchu. It's about 9 inches tall and 7 inches wide and mounted on a stand. It's amazing!! A true treasure!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jframe-os2zi]

Congratulations, I am so envious 😘

[@AnyMotoUSA]

By far my favorite obsidian to work into arrowheads and knives is rainbow variety. Absolutely stunning in the sunlight.

[@deborahellenberger7153]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@joaomrtins]

I only understood what they were talking about at the closer look. Gorgeous!

[@CurrentlyRockhounding]

This was a really good video on the topic, and I appreciate you mentioning my channel. Let me know if you ever want to see some of the layer measurement photos.

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

I missed that one and definitely have to go watch. Sounds cool to look at the layers under the scope!

[@sapnarao6112]

This video is really informative, I love obsidian and this reminded me to my love of crystals. Thanks for re -awakening my hobby. Excellent content . Will watch your other videos too

[@diamondcover]

I had no idea of the beauty inside obsidian. Loved this presentation.

[@t2fast]

I was made aware of fire obsidian about twelve years ago... awesome material wish I had a few pieces to cab.

[@HDshovelEd]

Thanks for the share

[@houndofrock]

Fire obsidian is really sweet. I remember when my friend Jared (currentlyrockhounding) did his video on a piece of Kyle's (worldofrockhounds) fire obsidian. So cool to see you all with some pieces on your channel. 👍

[@Debbie4729]

I was able to spend a little bit of time in Glass Buttes,and I have to say that the material there was amazing.I found types that haven't been discussed in other forums that I have read in,and it was so cool.Now that i know what to look for,after cutting and polishing the material,I wish I could go back and get more!I only found maybe one piece that might be fire,but the rest of it was so amazing,and i wish i would have just taken what I left behind!

[@egypt9723]

OMG love the rainbow 🌈 & fire🔥obsidians will go great w/my labradorites TY ✌🌝👍

[@jayavarman3699]

I really love to watch your videos guys

[@gems]

glad to hear it!

[@RockHoundingAdventures]

Super cool video, I really enjoyed watching and seeing all of the different types of obsidian on display especially Kyle’s Fire Obsidian. Also thanks so much for coming on the Rockhound Podcast with us it was a lot of fun, we all enjoyed it. 🤘😜 have a great week.

[@gems]

Our pleasure!

[@cynthiatovar6076]

I would love a episodes with raw specimens and also what a certain mineral can create . ex. copper inclusion, chromium, iron,etc. love ur channel ❤️

[@KrosanBeast315]

Just remember everyone. According to the G.I.A., Obsidian is its OWN Species. Although it is made of Glass, it is not a Variety of Glass.

[@JulianaAndersson]

It’s like petrified glass… lol… rockified glass…

[@KrosanBeast315]

@@JulianaAndersson Glass can't petrify, that is impossible.

[@JulianaAndersson]

@@KrosanBeast315 it was a joke.. hence the “lol”

[@kevindunigan9177]

For those heading out to Glass Buttes to find some fire - while you do need to watch out that you don't dig/collect on the various claims out there (without permissions), the good news is that those aren't the only spots where you can find fire magnetite/obsidian. I've located it in most areas, including on the backside of Little Glass Butte where there isn't a ton of digging activity. It's not the easiest material to spot, and you'll have to work for it, but there's plenty of fire to be found outside of the areas with active claims!

[@11Evalone]

Are they even valid claims? No. Not like they can isolate the magnetite for profit. Then obsidian itself is a non-locatible mineral...

[@kevindunigan9177]

@@11Evalone They're absolutely valid. Turning a profit isn't a requirement for a claim.

[@11Evalone]

@@kevindunigan9177 you cannot make a claim to obsidian.

[@Spunky62]

Just makes me SMILE!😁✌️❤️

[@amethystcrown1693]

I have a big palm sized rainbow obsidian with an eye on it.its a really beautiful piece didn't know they broke like glass tho I will be more protective

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

1:30 A good piece for scrying then. I have one myself!

[@hmata3]

When I visited Teotihuacán several years ago, they told me that the Mayans would view the sun through shards of obsidian. I looked through a thick obsidian disc and sure enough, you could see the shape of the sun pretty clearly. I ended up taking the disc home with me. Very sure it's not safe for viewing the sun, but still makes a good center piece.

[@islandgardener158]

We call that the flower stone around here. Very cool

[@heathervannatter364]

Yay!! I love this channel! Thanks for all the hard work. Amazing

[@hassaneshaghpour531]

Excellent as always

[@exploringgames948]

Love obsidian for it's looks and also the multitude of uses it has, fantastic pieces guys!

[@bethlovesthings]

Ahhh loved the pretty obsidian, I only have regular obsidian but I guess I'll have to invest in some different types 🤣 I loved the little experiment! Yay rainbows

[@donaldavery2929]

I wonder if you can make a prince Ruperts drop from obsidian.

[@DudesIn101]

Ima new sub to your chann because I find the content fascinating and thanks for the vids

[@daniellecadieu]

My husband and I love to watch this channel! Have you ever thought about showing Ellensburg blue stones. Thanks for showing all these wonderful stones and gems. ☺️

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Your channel was shared on the rockhound discords and I’m glad it was shared! I subbed and will be watching more for sure! I’m a long time rockhound who started a channel last year doing rockhounding and lapidary work. It mostly became me polishing rocks after I moved to New York as there is less hounding out here 😅 anyway. Glad to have found y’all as I seem to belong here and can’t believe it took this long.

[@briangateley4909]

I'm finding Obsidian n middle TN. Some even made into Points and Arrowheads!!! rural cedar grove TN rockhound. Nature Freedom Dreams.

[@rogerhargreaves2272]

Wow, thank you for sharing this beautiful Obsidian set. Kyle sent you some beautiful polished examples. Loved the Plat button. My favourite are the Apache tears because my friend Regan sent some to me in Wales from Arizona. They are still in their Perlite matrix which makes them special. Not forgetting the story behind Apache tears. Rog. 😀👍

[@lordalexandermalcolmguy6971]

Thank you guys very informative

[@ashlinglynam1985]

Insanely beautiful 😍 awesome video 😘

[@joshfrerichs7068]

Hey I love your channel! New here but a fan from the jump. Can obsidian be remelted back into glass?

[@gems]

Welcome! Obsidian is glass, and yes it can be remelted and reshaped. But, it's a pretty high melting point and it's our understanding that it's not very easy to work with.

[@jframe-os2zi]

Thank you for sharing. I love your fire obsidian 🥰 I only have green and Apache tears 💖

[@AshokGupta-bx4fh]

Very beautiful all

[@cherynesandberg3516]

How do you polish obsidian?

[@gems]

Kyle (who loaned us this fire obsidian) actually has lots of informative videos on this on his channel: kzbin.infovideos

[@greenhornet510]

I should have someone polish the obsidian stone piece i own ..I also carry with me a small piece of apache tears every day ... I love rock's.

[@zrex808]

As a kid in 1965 Suisun City we played everywhere you shouldn't. Remember exploring parked trains and was warned by friend to not fall or jump on certain rocks that were melon sized Obsidian. Dark with shiny sides and we pretty much ignored them.

[@deviousmousey]

so excited to see agatized dinosaur bone (aka gembone) in your play button! it is by far my favorite lapidary material to cut into cabochons, even if they arent all set into jewelry lol

[@helpmeout2011]

This is my new favourite mineral! Huge fan, Geologist by trade but feel the gemmology world is calling me in :D Keep it up and thank you for your vids

[@redloveslawrence8571]

Really wish u could have shown apache tears and their uniqueness and how they look seemingly black. But put a light up to the bottom and you can see right threw them very very cool

[@teresagarcia3495]

❤ thanks so much! BEAUTIFUL

[@alondralopez7381]

Never knew about this 😍🔥🖤

[@hshwhitten]

Can you guys do more Larimar videos with its makeup?

[@IvanLopez-zh3xz]

Really cool!

[@imthe...6202SE]

That one looks like the Rainbow bridge in Thor!!! Or the Einstein Rosen sumtin or another... 😁👍.. Good stuff guys!!!!💯😁

[@hshwhitten]

I’ve watched this 4x since yesterday. 😉

[@muxammadsheekh3152]

Can you tell me the price of fire obsidian per gram?

[@loganmurray7238]

Love you videos beautiful specimens ❤️👌⚫

[@wildworldfoods2358]

black obsidian a great Stone to go up against negativity energy to bring in balance and radiate positive energy

[@kiro9291]

can obsidian be translucent? if so, what colors can they be

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Green/black/brown for the ones I have. I have some mahogany obsidian that shows some reddish color in the transparent parts it seems. One I have is banded green obsidian. It all depends on the inclusions. And lots of obsidian can be transparent, you just have to make it thin enough for the light to get through.

[@wapson2176]

Fun fact the mexica (Aztecs) used obsidians as mirrors for functional and religious use. One of the gods, Tezcatlipoca, was associated with obsidian. His name translates to smoking mirror in reference to its reflectivity and way it’s made.

[@JAKASHA420]

I have 140 pounds of Obsidian I pick from a beach where I used to take my dogs. From worry stone size to fist sized. Many different colors. From grey to purple to green to black. I live in Nova Scotia.

[@Zeldur]

Funny you mention it almost looking like a mirror. When I toured Pompeii, they have 3 examples of obsidian being used as mirrors.

[@lorawaring883]

beautiful

[@tashacherry1480]

Love Currently Rock Hounding and recommend anyone who's serious about rockhounding to go check out his channel. Very honest, down to earth, and a no nonsense just in it for the money kinda guy. I don't think I've ever seen a single commercial now that I think about it.

[@troyblueearth7450]

So pretty 🤩 can’t wait to see more peace’s from Wyoming

[@michaelvandyke6715]

My buddy owns the claim to that "Fire" obsidian, it's a very nice material...

[@rdizzy1]

None of those claims are valid anyways, you cannot make a claim to obsidian (same with agate, chert, or petrified wood), according to the 1872 mining law. The state will allow you to make a claim, and pay them, regardless if it is invalid or not, it becomes invalid once someone issues a challenge then you find out it has been invalid the entire time. People are still free to go here and gather it themselves, regardless what people think or how long they have had the "claim".

[@fabiolasalazar4864]

Definitely need some fire obsidian

[@johnhafer9687]

Mahogany fire obsidian is a cool peice

[@SnarkasticSunny]

WOW! I thought that the last thing I needed was 1 more YT thing to "subscribe" to... Aw, what the heck! No point in having ANY , if am missing out on this ~ ~ ~ (sigh) This topic - great! Info/visuals provided - great! The personalities & interaction of the hosts - great! (Are you 2 best buds? Seem like it.😀) Enthusiasm & as interested as I am? Great! Dang it ~ nothing 'so-so'...all 'Great!' So, am now "Subscribed" & better cut more time into my viewing schedule... LOL... No wonder I don't get my work done at home! But, hey! Life is short; why do housework?! Hahaha....😂 P.S. ~ Are you in Oregon? (Just curious.)

[@gems]

We’re not in Oregon. We’re actually in Tennessee. But Kyle from World of Rockhounds, who sent us the fire obsidian, is in Oregon. Welcome!

[@ZaDussault]

Could you put your obsidian piece in a display in a cube of water with its own little spotlight to show the iridescence in a raw specimen?

[@gems]

Sounds like a cool idea!

[@Algoldprospecting]

I just started cabbing some obsidian I found in Alabama but no fire yet but a weird green color could possibly be slag glass but it does have a crazy look under UV any idea what it could be? I just did a few short videos if you want to check it out great videos 😊

[@COONSLapidaryMagnetitealsoknow]

the interesting part is most all those pieces came off our claims at Glass Buttes. The color and pattern tell me what hole the pieces came out of..

[@WorldofRockhounds]

Howdy Emory! Fancy seeing you here! The knowledge you have comes from spending many years digging there. I've only been there once back in 2012 and I only have one piece from that trip. I didn't get to keep what I helped dig at the time. I've been super lucky finding rough material here at local shops and estate sales. Als shop on HWY 34 had gotten an estate that he can only assume the gentleman acquired it decades ago and I was able to find that big rough piece that they showed in this video.

[@COONSLapidaryMagnetitealsoknow]

@@WorldofRockhounds howdy the guy that dug that i met in about the year 2000, that was roughly when it was dug up from the buttes. Each hole out there seems to have a different pattern scheme and unique colors to it so they are fairly easy to rule out one hole to the next. stacked lines seem to be closer to pinch points in a seem but then when the vein widens they tend to spread out more putting more glass between the bands. it's still like chasing a line that went through a laffy taffy machine before it cooled tho.

[@calamityjane6437]

I was just at Little Glass Butte in February and am going back this weekend, March 2024. The fire obsidian has been all claimed up. The claim holders are pretty protective of their claims and product, as fire obsidian is the ONLY obsidian sold by the CARAT. I hope you appreciated the fact you were holding literally thousands of dollars worth of obsidian! 😂 I just wanted to put it out of people's minds that they can just go and throw a shovel in the ground anywhere up there. Don't be careless and piss off a claim holder. You can check for a claim map at the BLM office in Burns, or search the web, where there is a lot of info on LGB. All other kinds of obsidian are fair game. 😊. Check the web for pit maps.

[@11Evalone]

Or fight back against invalid claims...

[@SiX1SE7EN]

Love your content! Extremely informative and you bring a lot of fun and excitement while learning. Can you please do a show on stones from my home state of Massachusetts? We don’t get much love over here in the world of gemology and geology. Please and thank you! ❤️🙏🏼

[@Baggytrousers27]

Watched a video a while back of someone (Greenpowerscience) melting down garden lava rocks (Basalt, Andesite or similar) and melting it down using and enormous Fresnell lens and the sun to "manufacture" obsidian. Would the resulting material have similar properties (able to be polished for pretty colours etc.)?

[@JessKalinow]

hi, so every time I try to go to your website, it says that i cannot reach that page. does anyone else have this problem?

[@mikemike87650]

Is it possible to find a fire obsidian cluster?

[@T_double_U]

I have a peice of mahogany with a gold sheen over top dont know what to call it but its awesome and man you guys need better rainbow obsidian specimens lol love you anyway

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

I also have a couple like that and I was told that they’re gold sheen mahogany obsidian from GlassButte. I have 3 amazing slabs of rainbow! Some look like the Aurora borealis!!

[@T_double_U]

@@RufotrisRootedRockhound rainbow obsidian is so beautiful no doubt

[@siamakrajaei6890]

Thanks for the crystal and clear information and useful details 👍 and I don't know how to send the pictures of what I found in the area that I live for you guys that you can confirm or give me any advice that where to get the object to test

[@gems]

You can always e-mail us at [e-mail]. We try to help fans when we can, but please understand, some weeks here we can get really busy.

[@cynthiatovar6076]

does it have an magnetic properties, curious 🤔

[@ascensionalliancehawaii]

The transparent one they call Ice Obsidian

[@jk-76]

Looks kinda like carnival glas. How cool?!

[@joshuavarner8554]

Is the color bars in this the same as opals

[@gems]

It’s a different process that creates color patterns in this compared to opals, but the effects can be similar

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

Love the samples of obsidian that you shared today. I have found a few small pieces of fire obsidian but nothing like you showed. I go rockhounding at Glass Buttes a couple of times per year. It’s only 90 miles from my home. So much to find and see and complicated to collect in some areas due to the mining claims. Know before you go and beware, BLM does not always give you the correct(legal) answers to your questions.

[@cathyerley3057]

Bruce, I'm also in OR, far eastern edge. I'd love to go check it out, see what I can find. Who do I check with to get proper info on where I can or can't hunt?

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

@@cathyerley3057 contact Emery Coons. He lives in Burns, Oregon. Has 2 claims there. I will see if I can find Emery’s phone number for you.

[@cathyerley3057]

@@brucevanderzanden9638 that would be great, thank you so much! I guess I have a passion for rocks with fire, I hunt opals in Idaho, too. Such a trip to find!

[@loisraymcinnis6006]

Is it magnetic?

[@KrosanBeast315]

The most common banded Obsidian patterns are: Peacock, Rainbow, and Velvet

[@cosimocarroccia4566]

Molto belle queste