Cracking a Geode

[@joeyjamison5772]

It's amazing, when he broke the geode open, strange music began to play.

[@classicfox1ify]

Joey Jamison : LOL

[@solarisseven6969]

Joey Jamison it's ancient and of some prehistoric civilization

[@goideneyes]

Joey Jamison I thought I was watching The Lord of The Rings.

[@shinzoikumatzu3751]

Joey Jamison it went into 4 I was amazed

[@spikeshostagetv5935]

Joey Jamison strange music .....tech ni9e

[@emilyholley6767]

You can tell that the kid in the red jacket really doesn't care😂

[@cookingsocietymx2601]

Emily Holley 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@therandomsquad6117]

Ikr

[@ramencurry6672]

Most people in general don’t have interests in specific topics except for generic things like video games, sports stuff, their kids.

[@nuniyoa]

rip geode like a bagillion years ago - 2015

[@themikesells278]

nuni ikr

[@silvergirl7810]

Rest in pieces.. snif, tear..

[@CheetahFoxx]

I also have a better way to open a geode. (If you cant tell, I'm a geode fanatic). -Use a hammer and chisel. -Look for a crack by submerging the geode in hot water. -The air will expand and leak out any cracks. -Place the chisel along the crack and start tapping it with the hammer. -90% of rattling geodes already have a crack -If you find no cracks, start chiseling a groove around the circumference of the geode. -Keep chiseling the groove deeper until a crack forms. -Try to direct the crack along the groove with the chisel -That should break it into 2 perfect halves.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

CheetahFoxx nice!

[@romajikaiser8450]

I guess you can say the geode is releasing some thousand year old hot air from the dinosaur debate to learn stuff before they die off eh?

[@jomahuntington6968]

Thanks for the tip ! :D

[@ladykfilmartproductions273]

No I have a better way than your way. It's called a soil pipe cutter....

[@CheetahFoxx]

@@ladykfilmartproductions273 One of those things big enough to break geodes costs about $700 or more. Usually only mine owners or retailers are going to make that kind of investment.

[@c-girlsco.8603]

Who else is here cause of instagram

[@crocky1224]

From @scaryclip

[@steveirving1387]

Ss loud lego1 yeh me Aha 😂😂

[@alaina6102]

I’m here from Snapchat

[@caolinplayzz285]

I am

[@coconat03]

Me haha

[@deniset2115]

The background music is too loud, can't hear what people are saying.

[@IznBringZ]

I used to mine geodes and i gotta say i havent seen anyone do such a bad job at opening one. Congratz you just destroyed something that took thousands of years to form.

[@modeldaughters]

Yorick Goddijn Not as bad as when people dye agates - part of me dies everytime I see those hideous travesties.

[@IznBringZ]

True true, people do crazy things for money. I do have to say its a good thing keeping the youth interrested about crystals and minerals, but he just smashed that thing like he was Zeus.

[@modeldaughters]

Yorick Goddijn Yah, a bit overkill, but I gotta give him a few forgiveness coupons for working with kids that age, one or two you can see are thinking of anything but being there. I hope to get an area set up again where I can get back to carving - agates were always my favorite - still have hundreds of pounds just waiting.

[@IznBringZ]

Frank Gualtier yeah in Eifel Germany i used to do a lot of collecting and it was filled with agates, have loads and loads.

[@modeldaughters]

Yorick Goddijn I'm not familiar with Eifel proper in mineral terms but anybody into agate knows of Idar and Oberstein, at least in name if not the history. Austria also has some amazing minerals. I got a couple of hunks of pinolith from a friend a few years ago. She told me Austria was the only source. Now I'm getting really nostalgic! I stopped for a time to learn about concrete and mortar and crafting with cement in general. Works out nicely as my rock tools are well suited to the stuff.

[@pablovergaratelechea]

the music is really annoying

[@mrskeets52]

Bet the janitor was pissed

[@ecologyfilms3133]

LOL. We cleaned up the mess ourselves. You are correct that the janitors in our building would not appreciate the mess of cracking rusty geodes,. That's why we make sure we clean up after ourselves.

[@mrskeets52]

Good man, and it teaches the kids some thing as well

[@izzysandventures248]

Same

[@MLGFoxy87]

i would pay 10000000000000000% attention in that class

[@silvergirl7810]

I thought, he's getting crap for not opening this rock correctly but man he's doing some good teacher stuff!

[@romajikaiser8450]

same fam

[@Persac7]

Ikr

[@JacquesTreehorn]

My parents went on a rock and mineral society hike in Alaska when we lived there in the late 70's and found a bunch of them. They where all solid, duds

[@ecologyfilms3133]

That happen a lot. I have been told that if you shake the geode and can hear pieces moving, the geode should have separate crystals inside. Good luck in the future treehorn70.

[@lipingfeng]

awesome video!!! cracking the geo + music = top drama ! wish I had a teacher like that. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@wb5rue]

I've seen them opened with a chain and a lever. The chain is wrapped around the geode and tightened by the lever until the pressure fractures the geode under the chain. It's like breaking a piece of glass by putting a force on a very small area along a line. The glass breaks along the line, the geode breaks right along the line under the chain. It only works with reasonably hollow ones.

[@ecologyfilms3133]

Very Interesting technique.

[@romajikaiser8450]

Would i be able to open a geode by its side with the chain and lever?

[@MarioSergioSantosOliveira]

😮😮😊😊

[@Tolis_ae]

Its amazing these crystals see the light after million years

[@TurtleCakesArts]

wow. that was awesome. I have always been fascinated by minerals and gems. heck, i have 5 geodes of my own. that was a very cool video.

[@quacj2254]

Wow gems are so interesting they take thousands of years to form and we just...look at them intresting

[@boi248]

I'd rather take this class over Spanish...

[@juliebaylis6545]

For next time, try placing a cloth between the rock and cutting board, it wont move as much, won't lose debris and is easier to collect. Washing, use cheese clothe and save the plumbing! Fun video!

[@TheKithkhan]

why not use a rock hammer? and i recommend light taps in a line around the geode to form a precrack it helps

[@ecologyfilms3133]

Good Idea. I may try that in the future.

[@loa81]

TheKithkhan that's my method - like yours. Works great and I don't mess up any potentially beautiful crystals

[@Penfold8]

music too loud!

[@dondroc1]

This is a great lesson for those who wish to have a clogged sink drain

[@adamlilianweeks]

Not sure if the 4-way split was what you had intended. For best results, I'd recommend using a soil pipe cutter. Normally, geodes won't "rattle". Rattling on the inside may mean the crystalline formations have been damaged. Instead, knowing what to look for in a given area is your best bet. Geodes normally have a chalcedony outer shell which give it away. And although many of them are hollow, they may have crystalline formations that almost fully make up the center dampening the sound. The rust/iron oxide is hematite. I'm not really sure what was said after the approximate 3:04 mark due to music output being too high. By the way, where was the geode found?

[@stevenbaumann8692]

I have access to a saw so I no longer use a hammer because they tend to shatter as you demonstrated. Great video!

[@sunshinetowers9593]

What an awesome teacher! I loved watching

[@modeldaughters]

Are the rounded crystals the beginnings of what would have been pseudomorphs had conditions permitted?

[@heatheroliviarhinhart1360]

I love this!!! What an awesome teacher!

[@nerxboy]

i think this teacher has a hard on for the kid with the camera... "kinda looks like a set of lips" lmao

[@gabriellentz2516]

Heather Olivia Rhinhart he is my teacher

[@echowood1732]

Hey, I'm glad I joined! That was so fun, can't wait for the next one!

[@ecologyfilms3133]

You bet Rylee. I'm really glad you joined too. See you Monday.

[@echowood1732]

You too! I can't wait!

[@echowood1732]

Will there be a meeting after school on Friday?

[@ecologyfilms3133]

Rylee Jo Birkhimer Yes, from 2:30 to 4:30- (March 27-15)

[@TsunaXZ]

That 2 Balls on paper have blown my mind!

[@CheetahFoxx]

I found a better way to determine if a geode is hollow or not. -First, get the density of the geode in g/cm^3 using a scale and spill tray. -Divide the density by 2.65 (the specific gravity of quartz) -minus that decimal from 1 and multiply it by 100% -*That is your exact hollowness as a percentage of mass* Anything more than 10% is usually worth keeping. OR -take the volume of your geode and multiply it by 2.65. -That's the mass of the geode if it were solid. -Minus your geode's actual mass from it's "solid mass". -That gives you how much mass is missing. -divide the missing mass by the actual mass. -multiply that decimal by the geode's volume. *-The result is the exact volume of the inside cavity of your geode!*

[@joshhufford8027]

The problem with this is that geodes have formed with all sorts of different minerals in them. Ive seen geodes that have had crystalized sulfer in them. Mostly I just turn out the lights and hold a high power flashlight next to the skin of it. If it glows then its hollow. If not then its most likely solid.

[@CheetahFoxx]

Josh Hufford Most of the geodes I have encountered (trancas, mexican cocconut, keokuk, kentucky, dugway, ocos, cathedral, and moroccan) are composed primarily of silica (quartz, chalcedony, agate) which is 2.65, and calcite which is 2.7. All the other minerals are usually in small enough amounts that their overall effect on the density is negligible.

[@modeldaughters]

Josh Hufford Flashlight method - I'd never heard that before, nice! The silica based calculations should work in a large number of cases if for no other reason than a large portion of the weight is taken up by a chalcedony or agate shell which is largely micro/cryptocrystalline quartz (silica) and many contain a good amount of quartz or silica rich components. Perhaps exceptions, but it's a neat rule of thumb. I've never tried putting a geode in water before cutting it (breaking them is sacrilege in my temple, sinners! lol...) and it'll be some time before I get a chance, so - do they float? Has anyone reading this tried?

[@lindacarpenter7839]

HOW DOES AIR GET INSIDE? IS THE AIR COMING THREW THE ROCK? IS THERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE AIR INSIDE? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE INSIDE TO FORM THE CRYSTALS? HOW DOES IT DECIDE ON THE INSIDE COLOR? WHERE DO YOU FIND GEODES? THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@dianajusselin3298]

Interesting video, it shows how cracking the good rock. Interesting which place to see the weakest part. Know I know what tool I might use for such as this teaching point. Thanks for sharing your video with us. God Bless.

[@alanroberts4060]

New floor tiles , why didn't you use a sand bag or something to absorb impact.?

[@JayDillon-mm6yv]

Maybe saw it open with a diamond circular saw blade if you can put the rock into a vise first, and if the saw can be properly set up to do the job without the rock shifting around underneath.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Love the dramatic music!

[@اوبلاسترا-ج6ث]

What are the crystals we find inside the geoid? Can we find emeralds?

[@louisasmiles]

what a kind teacher.

[@jaredmalmend1489]

What a great teacher.

[@blackberrybunny]

I learned something from this video! Shake a rock, if it rattles, it's a good probability it is a geode! But, WHERE to locate these rocks that shake? That is what I want to know. I live in Florida, and we have a lot of limestone here....

[@jimizbikowski4112]

he did say rust inside right? that would mean iron oxygen and water were trapped during formation correct? so if left alone under pressure for lets say another million years what would happen?

[@Loumie4904]

Omg I want this guy as my science teacher

[@ecologyfilms3133]

Thanks, That's very nice of you. I try to be the science teacher I wish I'd had.

[@QuartzCowboy]

It's not the part of smashing the geode with the hammer that I did not like, But the fact that the teacher let that student wash all that clay and minerals right down the drain.

[@alexanderchu1845]

its pretty neat how he breaks the geode in almost 4 equal sizes :D

[@O1vpage2]

the slow motion part was so suspenseful lol

[@Misstrystyn]

Okay so for everyone who came here from Instagram or Snapchat please read. This is Mr.Boal he is an 8th grade science teacher. He’s actually really nice and good at his job. This was made for our ecology club! We go around and pick up recycling and learn about different things about science 🧪 it’s a great club for anyone!

[@coalsilvermuzzle3111]

I just wish people would not use such loud music in youtube video. Dramatic effect is fine, (within reason) I like to hear what is being said. At least 80% of the youtube videos I have watched over the years, blow the video with music.

[@pearlsmith3046]

it is ausome watching the prospecting of gem stones, and i just watch the cutting open of a geode, simply fasanating

[@belajadevotchka2]

Mr. Boar reminds me of this crazy guy Dennis at this old dive bar, Dee's Cafe we used to hang out at back in the 90s. This guy used to call my Powder Keg. I never knew why. That geode looked like a rotten cantaloupe when you busted it. I had a cool science teacher many, many years ago. Actually, I think all my science teachers were cool. Also- what kind of jackass would give this a thumbs down? The kind that don't like to see kids enjoying science with cool teachers. Jerks. Keep smashing shit, Mr. Boar.

[@morganevans9566]

Wow this is fascinating, I love it!

[@tiffmckee268587]

I have the same geod that has round bubble looking things inside and rust how should I clean it

[@cookinitmax]

Do such rocks or Geode have a purpose or are they formed just to look pretty or are they formed do to the earth forming along time ago.

[@deffdefying4803]

Does grass have a purpose?

[@Abbanellie]

no rocks aren't really formed to look pretty or have a purpose.

[@deffdefying4803]

Blue Shipping Trash 360 They just form That's it, really.

[@Chimerical_]

deffdefying grass does have a purpose tho

[@BobHaralambos]

WOW that must be cool inside

[@analoudayon3695]

Are u guys buying geodes?i have a big one!i just keep it in our house and it has already crystals outside!

[@TinShackVideos]

That WAS a nice geode

[@Danny_Does_Drawings]

Uhh why are people hating on him for cutting it wrong? I don't think he has a diamond saw blade just lying around.

[@Naze511]

Forget my actual science teacher this is mine now

[@johnharrison2466]

with great power comes great responsibility

[@27twink]

The music is coming out of the geode. Everyone knows that once a geode is broken open, cinematic music wafts out.

[@cindyb.3799]

Love the music!

[@libby4810]

is this was you learn in geography?

[@baneblackguard584]

I wanted to see what it looked like with the rust washed away.

[@ecologyfilms3133]

We are working on that right now. We have all the pieces and it looks very pretty with the rust removed. We will post a new video of it in a few weeks.

[@kingnooge3841]

Where do you find geodes? I want to break one.

[@iamzanccazucci3352]

Instagram clickbate?

[@haleyndadaandouruhstuff3677]

Wish he woulda been my teacher. Like the paper thing.

[@John-vw7wf]

I like the paper holes with those two balls more than the geode

[@aliahnaser446]

Who else came to watch because of INSTAAAAGRAAAM

[@arkmom2girls]

cool! Thanks for the lesson!

[@ecologyfilms3133]

+arkmom2girls Of course. I love too share. even if I don't always keep up with this discussion board.

[@40kq]

That's alotta damage!

[@CrafticaGaming]

Why would whoever edited this video, put the music so loud that you can't hear anything?

[@claudiasmemaw]

Why is it 'dirty' inside?

[@Gex121]

HAH! the music at the end made me think they are going to eat it, LA Beast style!

[@ecologyfilms3133]

LOL. That would have been awesome!

[@johnharrison2466]

step back Superman it's kryptonite

[@jdscrips2759]

yea smart guy, if you would have used the flat side of the hammer it would have cracked it, instead of smashing it.

[@MonMon-sv2tm]

great video !!!

[@froglicker9267]

Shop Class doesn't have any wet saws?

[@Chimerical_]

Ok I go to this school now and there isn’t a shop class lol

[@wido7676]

I saw this on an Instagram post and it said it was from space 😂

[@ZZ-yx4bz]

The slow motion did it for me.

[@cash6130]

Did Instagram send u here???

[@zapasklimold1361]

A geode must be CUT, not SMASHED WITH A HAMMER!! That geode took at least 1000 years to make.

[@blaiggityblah5683]

Think this is what happens when you crack open a Geodude?

[@blaiggityblah5683]

Also, this poor guy is really trying with these kids. The amount of Valium and Xanax necessary to keep up this war of attrition on the stupidity permeating the empty skulls of these future Jiffy Lube employees must be fucking astounding.

[@rhianngacusan814]

the music sounded like weird science. hahhaa

[@czgaming2591]

Sped class?

[@bobsofia68]

This scientist is most amazng. I say scientist not just because he wears the classic white lab coat but his obvious mastery of the science of hammers & rocks shaped like lips early in the video. The way he demonstraited the theory of 'putting force on things' with the spheres & paper is Nobel Award worthy science, although I was worried he'd burst into flames by such a brazen demonstration.. He later went onto write a paper explaining how in fact the Geode was an actual fossilized dinosaur turd.

[@greatnortherntroll6841]

Somebody call the janitor!

[@RhysIanHarrisMusic]

That kid never got his chance...

[@justrandomthings5586]

Imagine being the teacher or kid recording and getting 146k views on a video you put on youtube to share with a few people or something like that lol

[@ecologyfilms3133]

I know we were all surprised. Jacob Ashley filmed this and did a great job in my opinion.

[@2008flightgirl]

I believe this was part of something living, like all rocks. He said rust, I think it's dry blood. There were Titans/Giants beings, and animals. I think different parts of them crystallized. Research Mud Fossils.

[@didierborrero6581]

I guess he hit rock bottom 😑

[@ecologyfilms3133]

That's funny. I will have to us that in class,

[@KronicDaydreamZ]

Stupid

[@kellykoposky1472]

you should never shake a geode because if you do and there's a spray inside it'll ruin it.

[@yourtub8705]

4:40 you sure that isnt piezoelectrictiy?

[@ecologyfilms3133]

Interesting idea. It may be possible for the crystals in piezoelectric effects to be metals. I had never considered it before. The explanation I saw at this site did not mention it. blog.teachersource.com/2010/06/13/great-balls-and-fire-smashing-steel-spheres/

[@fatpatMC]

no its more akin to flint than the piezo kinetics the piezoelectric effect is very very very minute its what makes your watch so accurate

[@CheetahFoxx]

I don't think it is. I tried unsuccessfully to ignite pyrodex with a piezoelectric starter from a propane grill. If those visible sparks couldn't even set off that, I don't think they could burn paper. To burn stuff like that you need a high *amperage*, and I don't think piezoelectric sparks have that.

[@blahblahblah306]

breaking geode open make me giggle

[@DrinkWater47]

'can i hit it' 'okay ill let you have a chance' fucking smashes it open

[@dougdavidson20]

your a good teacher

[@gvollvoll7988]

He grinded?

[@mammothmeat]

The kid at 3:08, red shirt.. he was like "yeah, whatever"..

[@migram4190]

The inside of that geode looks like rice crispies. 😂

[@robertostman2075]

did he just killed a dragon egg??

[@markmckeown8996]

Rocks really rock !

[@rudykrantz9377]

Who came from insta

[@GHOST-ss5wk]

Me

[@luhhrell5k116]

Rudy krantz me

[@rudykrantz9377]

@@luhhrell5k116 and then to find out its a fucking rock

[@topcomment6761]

What moves? It

[@bloodshotred6334]

Category: "Comedy" On a side note: Where are geodes found? Are they only found around areas with volcanic activity? I live in LA and I've been looking for remote places to rock hound. So far the best and close place would be around Quartz Hill around Palmdale. I hear there is some petrified wood there :0