Quartz vs. Calcite

[@SimplyMeEJ]

I learnt the missing information I needed to help me identify some of the rocks I had recently picked up on my travels. Thank you very much for this video.

[@jazzy1849]

Great help. I love your Cabinet of Wonders! Makes me smile in each video when you go to it.

[@BeachBushandBeyond]

Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge 🙏

[@V-t3n]

The cabinet of wonders! Thank you!

[@kaiyack]

Came here for calcite vs quartz identification. Subscribing because you’re from Michigan 🍻

[@mrfxm55]

For field identification purposes only. A simple scratch test will suffice. Most rocks are of the 80% of total materials contained in the Earth's crust Quartz and varieties of quartz. Use a scratch test kit for most identifications.

[@V-t3n]

They’re expensive here though 😭

[@PIXIBOND]

🎉thank you! Now I have been educated

[@BobKelty-co1tt]

Ive got calcite thats narrow and pointy, and triangle shaped kind too

[@20greeneyes20]

Thank you. You've made it crystal clear Lol... how to tell the difference. I wish I found you sooner. I have question. Some calcites that have an orange hue, is that Iron deposits that give it that color? Thanks!

[@kramerspartans]

Thanks for all the videos they help immensely

[@jessicacarman180]

Michigan rock explanation...please keep going! I follow Rob at Michigan Rocks ....I learn alot there too. We need more!

[@jimdalton8724]

Good teaching.

[@juliepreimesberger6571]

Thank you!

[@cactusmann5542]

Actually...calcite is very very variable... And Im saying this because ive ha d a lot more luck with calcite than quartz... Not in the USA btw. Ive found (the most basic and common type) is the coarse grained , and often banded calcite found in limestone rocks. You have these either white or yellowish crystals often densely packed into what you describe as a city skyline. Problem is, they are rhomboidal/parallelogram shaped at the tip. The banded one could also be mistaken for agate or onyx. The second type ive encountered is brown. They have very prominent cleavages, cube shaped, but these are found in hemi spherical clusters , almost looking like chalcedony. Another types ive heard of is the dog tooth calcite, often also brown, which I may have a vug a of, which is supposed to have a very sharp acute point.

[@CraigMcClarren]

Very true!

[@laurieskori6827]

Awesome video!

[@unclesaltyjowls7690]

Thanks for the video, very informative.

[@Llifo]

Thankyou!

[@johanjotun1647]

I believe I have a calcite i found amongst tumbled fieldstones, i tried to face it with hammer & tracer it breaks into pieces so sharp it will bloody you up handeling it.... I'm in the rabbit hole now and wouldn't mind finding gems, what would you keep your eyes out for in the lower mitt?

[@kristalmacleod3215]

Good analysis CRAIG' JUST WISH I was smarter'

[@curtkel]

Came for learning about rocks, stayed for dropping acid

[@cherrycotapie]

really informative! thanks

[@vibhashukla2796]

Tell us how to different semi-precious and precious stones

[@Maddogmountainarts]

This is great 👍

[@aalihte3378]

My sister found a rock she suspects is calcite...under blacklight it glows pink. Is that normal?

[@ruksrocksandadventures.5800]

It did help thanks. 👍✌️

[@BoiDoggo]

Thank you! Now i know the rock that I found in the river was clearly a quartz crystal and not a calcite 👌🏻😁

[@liamburgess1150]

very helpful grat video :)

[@randomgrinn]

I thought quartz could just look like a rock. Does it always have to be an obvious crystal? If it doesn't have an obvious crystal shape does that mean it's actually quartzite?

[@gerenciatecmuebles7300]

Hola buenas tardes, tengo Wuartz calcite

[@christopherort3045]

Cool

[@adamcadette4411]

Hi, can i get an email for you. I need help identifying a crystal

[@kristalmacleod3215]

Craig Hi' from Canada 20ISH YRS ago I became a RocKHound and Only because I helped out mining my daughters babies anyway 1 day Colesie SHOWED ME this rock (mineral) anyway I looked at THE ROCK and it brought me back 50 yrs when while watching an oldddddddd western movie starring(J-Wayne) this banded red rock looked to me like a mountain that was in the background of that movie =that was it I was HOOKED I mean it became a SICKNESS (BLEW MY BELLY OUT-HERNIA) Now I have perhaps the MosT Unique's STone's on the PlaneT.

[@gerenciatecmuebles7300]

Buenas tardes

[@jessicacella7340]

Thank you!

[@gerenciatecmuebles7300]

Buenas tardes