Testing Gemstone Physical Properties | Gem Destruction!

Do you enjoy science? Do you enjoy destruction? If you said yes to either of those questions, then you are in the right place! In this week's episode, Rob and Brittany exploit some of the physical weaknesses of gemstones. With flames and hammers, they will conduct experiments on gemstones like opal, copal, peridot, fluorite, and more! Which stones will survive? Watch to find out!
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[@lizc835]

Eh, you call it gemological crimes, I call it “a really bad day at a newbie jeweler’s bench”😢 The quenched quartz looks really neat, heh

[@chimmylights7323]

Rob and Britt was so fun to watch 🤣🤣 I’m so sorry for the gemstones esp fluorite, my favorite😂 at least it had a smiley face

[@KrosanBeast315]

According to the G.I.A., Fluorite isn't a Gemstone since its Hardness is under 4.

[@ZaDussault]

Destroying faceted gems made me die a little inside, but very cool experiments!

[@GeoEmperor-]

Thank you for sharing so much Passion and Joy about Gemstones! It is always fascinating to learn new things about gems and minerals!! You are all Beautiful people and you make the world Brighter everyday!!!

[@sandmaker]

Oh my gosh, you committed gem-o-cide. How could you. Think of all those teeney, tiny little crystals with nothing to help them get bigger! 😥😭🤕🤯

[@ashlinglynam1985]

Brilliant comment 👏🤣

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Yeah did they tell you where gems come from they didnt either human or animal organs or dermis lol we wear rubies amethyst come from lung rubies is real blood no lie all the metaliic properties same as our bodies but yall not ready for the truth if you knew the truth you would prob not wear some gems

[@ANCIENTASTRONAUT411]

Plus wow destroying gems for views what cost people go out for views wow mind blowing

[@RockyMountainBear]

If Mean Mr. Mustache was a gemologist.

[@sandmaker]

@@ashlinglynam1985 sorry, i don't know who the other fol

[@elisabethe8055]

Thank you for a very educational episode. I really appreciated this one. That poor blue fluorite.. I felt the pain! :) Love this kind of episodes, thank you!

[@DRMLbyJeffrey]

Nice video!! Makes the 80grit wheel not seem so bad.

[@toriholliday]

i love when you two get together and stir up mischief🤍😁

[@SiX1SE7EN]

“The popcorn kernels that never popped, at the bottom of the bag” 🤣 Great analogy !

[@Silverity]

Brittany at the 1min mark 🤣🤣🤣 oh gosh, I needed these laughs today. Can't go wrong with giggles, gems, science and learning!

[@kscruggs21910]

Oh I love the organized chaos of these episodes! 😂 Love all the videos, but the destruction tests are always entertaining

[@flipinfish]

Dear Britney you did the cap thing with grace and a perfectly timed comedic excellence. 😂😂🎉

[@RockyMountainBear]

$20 says they don't know where the nearest fire extinguisher is located. *Place your bets ladies & gentlemen!!!* A close-up shot of before & after for the young amber & opal would have been nice to see. Great video! I love destructive experimentations! 😬 "I don't always kill things, but when I do, it's because they were things, and I am a Bear." 🐻💥💎💥

[@bethlovesthings]

I actually loved Robs pauses for effect 😂 a bittersweet video. Yay science!

[@rogerhargreaves2272]

Some quite fascinating destructive science there demonstrating the weaknesses and strengths of certain stones. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@michaeltrudell9356]

The water in that opel dried up!😁

[@baromacdangoldandgemstons4044]

👍We Are Students From Africa Thank You For A Very Educational Episode. I really appreciated this one. Thank You Very Much.

[@offyarocka]

hulk smash!!!! hahahahaha awesome video, thanks for sharing

[@lindasaav7364]

Such a fun video!! Equal amounts of excitement and horror, just how I like it lol

[@LostWithoutHer]

Great video. I have a grapefruit size block of green fluorite with no source tag and have often wondered how to best expose the crystal terminations. A mineral specimen vendor suggested taking a small chisel or flathead screw driver and chipping away at it but I'm very leery of doing that and the small triangular and lozenge shaped surfaces combined with the tiny black granular inclusions have me confused as to if it's really fluorite or something else. It looks nothing like the perfectly cuboidal shape of my purple Chinese fluorite. 🤔

[@ezibzi]

Very informative we expect some more experiments on others precious gems too 😝 💎

[@keithyinger3326]

I've done copper electroplating of some jewelry before, and even in the somewhat weak acidic copper sulfate electrolyte, you have to coat some rocks and gems in clear fingernail polish to protect them. On another note what I think is interesting, is I have done some acid etching of bronze. Whatever you mark with a sharpie is not going to get etched. Bronze dissolves away but is protected by a Sharpie marker.. Lol. At least for 15 to 20 minutes anyways. That would not work indefinitely but still fun to think about.

[@Jadeddoxy]

Damn I didn't expect this to be so entertaining

[@philodendron6]

Ludic and insightful, thanks !

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

RIP the Fluorite, and Peridot. The Copal? Well...

[@heathervannatter364]

Hi everyone. Enjoy your day!!

[@hybridgoth]

I'd like to point out that not everything that appears like cleavage is thus... Sapphire for instance has no cleavage, yet; is not uncommon to exhibit parting along distinct and often flat planes which do resemble cleavage to the untrained. The notable difference being that parting will not be expected to be uniformly present throughout the material and rather than being due to weak atomic bonds aligned in the unit cell, instead they are largely due to the presence of impurities and or remnant cavities aligned with the crystal growth planes in some materials. Excesses in the presence of parting planes will render a sapphire rather useless from a serious cutters perspective "they're almost impossible to cut and polish well"... subsequently very few sapphires with noticeable planes of parting will ever be seen in the market.

[@oliveheadwhoa]

Fun to see all these little experiments! Especially since I'll never do them 😅

[@Shoobadawoop]

Ngl watching you burn a pearl hurt my soul lol

[@TereyakiSauce]

I love this series

[@forbiddensnack2917]

You guys were so tute and funny.

[@largent45]

That was fun! Im sure whoever faceted that poor peridot, is not happy! lol. But it was all fun. I got all my anger and destructive evilness out, by watching this! And i can go on being miss merry sunshine! lol. Or not, but i dont feel like killing my jewelry! lol! Thanks for this episode.

[@trenton6621]

Hey! Love you guys

[@karengarcia8587]

Whoa, these experiments involving smashing gemstones are very interesting.😲🥽💎🔨 To see how each gem reached when they're exposed to fire🔥, get filed, dipped into chemicals🧫⚗ and even explored💥 is so fascinating. It's kinda funny how you guys reached when you're doing them.😨😂 Thanks for showing us this. Hope you do another video like. Nice video.🙂👍🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬💎

[@aliciaseecharan]

I saw a beautiful rose quartz parrot, under 12-inches by 5 or 6. It was a carved slab with streaks of brown-orange-pinks-white-green from India or Pakistan. How would rose quartz grow with so many colors in it ? Cool video 😎🌷

[@ResortDog]

It was wise to use the least expensive opals as NO opals will take a flame. Gilson or Chatham Opals for glass work as they are synthetics without a water content to flash to steam.

[@beth4380]

You guys should do a video on Charoite??? Please

[@gems]

While we haven't done a video specifically about Charoite (we may in the future!), we did feature it in our purple gems episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGKUmHSIbLafoa8

[@SteveZaird10]

my eyes cannot unsee the horrors of this video, i will never fully recover

[@hassaneshaghpour531]

Thank you so much ❤️🥰

[@jjhbjhbhjgjhgfjhghjg]

Can you do Gemstones Magical Properity?

[@twitchyeyess]

I never thought id see #hardness on a family friendly video.

[@kristinchilders8052]

😢 that poor blue fluorite 😭

[@rehsifyecrad3436]

True polymerised amber is resistant to acetone. That’s the definitive test. :)

[@payday510]

Oh yeah, General Hydroponics, I used that to grow the dankest weed. I smoke it and get higher than the stars.

[@katewatters2674]

That poor peridot!!

[@carnalcryptcorporalunsolve9464]

INTERESTING DESTRUCTION AFTER MILLIONS OF YEARS FORMATION

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

That poor poor fluorite, it never did anything wrong :-(

[@beingbeforetheveil]

Interesting

[@LegendaryUAEGuardian]

please use Sapphire and Diamond

[@apoorwhitenerd7636]

Mass Gemicide

[@jangtv3973]

I have gemstone frm Philippines

[@kiro9291]

aaaaaaaaaaAaa filing the calcite was awful

[@LostWithoutHer]

I agree but there's always going to be someone will call it ASMR and will get millions of views on a monetized channel. Just wait. It's bound to happen. LOL.

[@NikBumblewolf]

Oof, this one hurt to watch...

[@markgarin6355]

Gemicide

[@cptnkaos5994]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@1.4142]

This video should be age restricted for violence

[@RoyalDee-n9h]

Smash jade please 🙏

[@nadeenmays4541]

Why I am unsubscribe now

[@dinamurrayhoem1562]

Wake N Bake Much Britt?

[@dimakost9900]

Clowns...

[@Shoobadawoop]

👎

[@fartpants90]

Nerds