Mystery Green Rock Found In Glacial Till Turns Into Spectacular Green Gemstones

[@ratcheeroo1185]

Hey great video! Awesome find, I knew it was a special one! So glad I sent that to you, the cabs look amazing! Guess I am going to spend a bit more time looking for some more of that. Thanks so much!!

[@pretzel2272]

Absolutely amazing! 😊

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks again!

[@carriephilippi]

Whatever it is, it's beautiful 😍

[@mellewedin8221]

So that is a awesome find, I find that here in my State. I live in Vermont! There is actually some this at my local Walmart in their rock beds. I constantly pulling awesome green rocks from their.

[@csm5130]

The green looks also like peridot, nice piece!!!

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

That was my first impression! But I'm not very knowledgeable, so I'm not one to use as a "source". (But not saying anything of you! Of course I don't know you. Cheers!)

[@RockhoundingLife]

Peridote is Olivine. Olivine and quartz do not occur naturally together which is why i eliminated it from beimg peridote(olivine)

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

@@RockhoundingLife That's the kind of stuff I don't know! Fwiw, I posted my comment at the start (really, first impression) but I did catch the end of that part and thought it was great!

[@kathythompson2710]

Looks just like serpentine found in Washington state.

[@NickAcker2019]

Thanks to the NB viewer!! Cabbing that was a great call. Have you ever collected material on the NB side of the Bay of Fundy?

[@pretzel2272]

What an amazing rock! The cabs are beautiful! 😍🤩

[@TaneKarnes]

Great color, nice big stone. I was expecting large pebble 🏞

[@Mike-br8vb]

The cabs look great! Nice identification!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thanks!

[@Timothious_Maximus]

Looks like Serpentine to me, at least from the outside.

[@sandmaker]

Amazingly beautiful cabs. Great polish!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Many thanks!

[@jonnsgirl]

Really beautiful cabs, wow! I love epidote. I have a mystery green rock that I found in NB while collecting on a gravel road. I keep meaning to send you a pic. It looks like a pebble of green glass.

[@AvalonDreamz]

Looks like Jadeite. Even the outer husk. I think you got you a hunk of jadeite. Not a high quality, but makes a nice cab.

[@RockhoundingLife]

I think it is too soft for jadeite. And this part of the world doesnt have much or any jadeite that i know of.

[@oscarmedina1303]

Jadeite is not found in the part of the world where this was found. Nephrite is possible but the crystalline structure is wrong.

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Cool rock formation, gorgeous cabs!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Many thanks!

[@leeta56]

Beautiful. My color is green.

[@oscarmedina1303]

Look up the Bowen's reaction series. Olivine and Quartz are in the same sequence of "Discontinuous series of crystallization" along with Pyroxene and Amphibole (the other minerals in your specimen). The crystalline structure indicates igneous instead of metamorphic. Very nice find.

[@RockhoundingLife]

Its interestimg you mention this as I did consider the possibility of it being a mafic igneous rock. But that would mean the white mineral would have to be feldspar and not quartz as quartz is a felsic mineral and highly unlikely to be foumd with any mafic silicate. I settled on epidote and quartz due to colour and locality where there is a high amount of metamorphic material. But im not 100% sold on that identification. Its possible its a mafic igneous rock made up of amphibole pyroxene and feldspar. If it is it is something i have not seen locally before and extremly rare.

[@jimenezfamily7484]

😢I missed out on these on the Etsy store. I love epidote. Great video!

[@karencole1623]

Those are very beautiful!

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! 😊

[@williamproctor4388]

I knew those were going to make some awesome cabs.😎

[@RockhoundingLife]

Oh yeah!

[@ikestoddard2458]

Would epidot have an index of refraction that is special?

[@RockhoundingLife]

Yes you can facet it

[@melodyhart1331]

Pretty cabs.

[@kirsiselei8703]

Wow, looking amazing😍❤️

[@RockhoundingLife]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@richardservatius5405]

nephrite jade

[@judelightfoot6444]

That looks very similar to material I collected in Meat Cove CB.

[@ladygreenflame]

I have a small hunk of epidote that's pretty dark.

[@rajku8126]

I have also one brown & black

[@scottlemurianboxer]

Those are actually very nice! Im interested, especially because you said it will have bezel, those need to be in a bezel. So it will have a bezel you can confirm? I'm seriously considering getting one in the morning, before work (id have to go to the Bank and get it out of the savings account) PS my favorite of yours is still the Lepidolite. Lol

[@millypugh7240]

I have one smilar i found n southern alberta, but the green is much denser. Wish i could send a photo

[@RockhoundingLife]

You can send it to [e-mail]

[@markkilley2683]

The black isn't biotite or apatite, or similar?

[@RockhoundingLife]

No. Under the microscope they are dark green.

[@STandM3]

Hi I don’t see them on your site, sent a message on FB

[@RockhoundingLife]

Up there now

[@RickSmith-kp3sy]

Prehnite?

[@scottprather5645]

Serpentine

[@RockhoundingLife]

Too soft

[@scottprather5645]

@RockhoundingLife serpentine can vary from a hardness of three to six on the Mohs scale

[@milesduggan4996]

Bad speaker on phone but did you say tomahawk microscope?

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Tomlov, see description.

[@milesduggan4996]

Bad speaker on phone but did you say tomahawk microscope?

[@melodyhart1331]

TOMALOV 4K microscope.