Super Rare & Colorful Fluorite | Tucson Unboxing

[@jordanroot5902]

Thank you to everyone for watching me and for all the kind words I've gotten. I'll try to stutter less next time, and, there will probably be more than Fluorite.

[@teresaf.7234]

What stutter? Only noticed your fascinating presence and wonderfully unique intelligence! I've subscribed to your channel...looking forward to more of your insight! consider this emoji'ed with double-devils and a heart~

[@jessicalippy9249]

I think you did awesome! Seriously I feel the same way about fluorite! Actually the specimen that converted me to a Fluorite Girl is a set of cubes on sphalerite from Illinois... the largest is a about 3 inches by 3 inches and they're almost transparent with 3 color zones... yellow purple and a light transparent blue... lol I asked the person I brought it from how much, he said 120 and I started throwing 20s on the table... I love rocks!

[@quantumparodox]

😈💎😈

[@traceymellis4386]

That was hands down the best explanation of fluorite formation and also really great advice for starting a collection! Bravo

[@Xoxoxoxohilolteeheeeteeeheee]

Great video!!!

[@metatron1980]

I love Jordan's eyes and the way he explains. Very eloquent and he knows what he is talking about

[@deactivated148]

Best episode yet. Jordan has genuinely great things to say, and you actually showed the specimens while people were talking about them.

[@rei_cirith]

Love the way he thinks about minerals. The rarity of the formation just so is why I love minerals too. They're not just pretty, but geometrically, statistically special.

[@crosscutter5388]

Jordan is my favorite guest i have seen so far. He understands my collection, what has meaning to me. He also uses one of my favorite answer to the "I have a dumb question" questions. "There are no dumb questions" though I add "only those not asked". Just totally love his attitude towrds collecting. Thank you for having him on.

[@Ahbkz]

Oh god! I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!!

[@jordanroot5902]

Thank you! Hope I'll see you around when I start my channel then. And when I come back here! and when Mineral Collecting is the national hobby.

[@forabug594]

One of my favorite episodes of all time! Thank you both for being such awesome presenters! Oh and those fluorite are gorgeous!

[@Shoobadawoop]

That blue/purple fluorite!!! 😍 I would buy it in a heartbeat if I could 😭 Thank you for an amazing video. You’re awesome, Jordan! 😈😈 I definitely agree that people should stop cutting up perfectly good specimens.

[@itsary.1362]

Shelby T me too

[@Hashdollars]

I have 3lb, 5lb even 12lb pieces of flourite, it’s hard to keep these pieces because there’s a smaller market fora 5500 gram piece of fluorite as opposed to a small collectible $20-50 piece It cost good money to invest in large specimen minerals. I have several huge raw blue fluorite pieces right now as eventually the mine their from will exhaust.

[@christopherclark5615]

I was just watching this video again (it has two of my favorite people after all!) and just realized what a wonderful moment occurs at 11:20. Natalie is wrapping her head around 'phantoms', since in faceted stones the result of a phantom would typically be called zoning, and she asks if it is like striae. As a gemologist, she is referring to the internal curved lines seen in some colors of synthetic flame fusion corundum. Curved lines can be seen inside some of the synthetic gems under the right lighting and magnification, showing the curved cylindrical growth of the spinning boule formed by the flame fusion process. This is indeed very similar to phantoms in that they both follow growth and are often more or less visible depending on direction and the color of the mineral/gem. Jordan is hearing striae from a mineralogical perspective, which is completely different and refers to a surface feature (striation) that appears as grooves on crystal faces. This is a wonderful example of how shared vocabulary can differ between disciplines, even when they are so closely related. I love the gemologist/mineralogist videos!

[@Tina-dt6fs]

really enjoyed this episode. Fluorite is one of my favourite minerals, in part because it looks so alien and "fake". Jordan was a great guest, knowledgeable and engaging and I hope you brought (haven't checked yet) him back for more. 😈😈🤘

[@AtkinWhat]

Love the knowledge and passion your guests show.

[@bethlovesthings]

I loved this video! So informative and entertaining too. I'm definitely in the hobby camp but I love to learn. Love to see nerds vibing together. I'm just as enthusiastic haha 💖

[@jenniferflorio3233]

Another one of my favorite videos Natalie. I loved your guest! Really fascinating guy.

[@gems]

Thanks, Jennifer!

[@wschrimp]

Great Video Jordan! I only cut damaged and broken crystals, I NEVER cut any nice mineral specimen!

[@MagicandMantra]

What a rad interview. Such an interesting and well versed gentleman!!thanks for the video😈😈

[@thisguy555]

Rad… you grew up in the 80’s too? 😎

[@pablojimenez6673]

This has to be my favorite episode of JTV

[@nigelthornberry7513]

😈😈 Love the Vid thank you Jordan for all the knowledge =D

[@quinnsterd4764]

5:20 😂 I loved this so much, awesome explanation!

[@blessedone843]

Wow! I love him some things are best left in their natural state... We need to learn that as people learn to love yourself in your natural state...😘😘😘

[@JoeFernald-q7i]

Jordan rules. He is one of my favorite mineral celebrities. He is so well versed with the minerals and looks like a complete bad ass.

[@paninterstellar779]

the fluorite in this video is insanely beautiful.

[@quinnsterd4764]

Loved this episode! Jordan talked about so many interesting things!

[@HerbieHerbHerb]

Outstanding educational value in this video. Thank you!

[@Wickedweirdwednesday]

Jordan was an awesome guest!

[@DrDingsGaster]

The second fluorite is absolutely stunning! I'd love to own a piece like that!

[@CharlieNasty-cd5hu]

The first one is way more ridiculous, tbh...it looks digital or something

[@lightinthewind]

😈😈 this was very informative. Thank you

[@cafekkoXoX]

😈😈 one of the best episodes so far. Would love to see these two together soon!

[@LVX777]

This is what I call quality content. Really appreciate this channel and the information it offers. Thank you.

[@gigilongtime2891]

That eyeliner….is everything the gemstones are nice too

[@coldhazzard]

Your guests are just the most interesting people.

[@jorgemeza5031]

Always so knowledgeable and the ladies are so cute 😍

[@mikeferguson4492]

Thank you! I truly enjoyed listening to both of you. It was an intelligent, passionate and informative conversation and you made my day. Both of pieces you showed are insanely beautiful and you simply blew my mind when you explained the processes involved. They are beautiful, natural, unique and irreplaceable treasures. I am happy to see that they are in good hands.

[@Mimi335533]

Awesome video Jordan! Learned so much

[@rachaelledford2023]

Great Job Jordan!! Great educational video! Thank you for mentioning JXR!

[@wiredjeweler211]

😈😈 I love the minerals and the messages!

[@kathleenmayhugh2246]

Wow! He sums up how I feel about specimens perfectly!

[@ninamarie2818]

I love you Jordan!!!!! Love your personality, expertise, and spirit ✨ Thank you for being such an awesome teacher and student all at the same time. I hope I run into you one day at the Tucson show 😄 👿👿

[@mchervino]

I’m from southern Illinois and grew up knowing fluorite is our state mineral. I’ve only just gotten in to appreciating it at age 45. I’ve very quickly come into several pieces and I’m very fond of prehistoric Native American artifacts made from Illinois fluorite. I wish I could share pics of the pieces I’ve gotten.

[@themistressofminerals]

"Its a house in like, Idaho" 🤣🤣🤣 Jordan was FANTASTIC

[@DreameGirl6000]

😈😈 Those fluorite were so beautiful!

[@margaretdifford194]

Great interview , Jordan was an enlightening guy.

[@hisokamorow6154]

I learn more in your channel then at school

[@felishapenney6]

Keep him on the show he is good 👍

[@TheMaddestHatter18]

😈😈 great video!

[@foreverowlcity22]

Fluorite is always worth buying 🎶 X..

[@Rebecca-wx8fi]

awesome guest

[@nclinard99]

I know you probably don't take suggestions, but I would love to see you do an episode on mystic(rainbow) topaz. It has been one of my favorite gemstones for a few years ever since I came across it. Love the videos, hope you continue having a good time at Tucson.

[@jordanroot5902]

I can't produce a whole video for you on this myself but I can at least share a little about it. Mystic Topaz is a beautiful stone. It is when Topaz is treated with what would be most easily described as vaporized titanium. They're very attractive and relatively inexpensive because it is a creative use of an otherwise rather colorless stone. It's very accessible and aesthetically pleasing. The coating does have a small danger of being damaged by abrasion so you should be careful when cleaning them. Since they are treated and modified I consider things like this less of a geological wonder and more of an artistic modification but I still greatly appreciate this kind of work, especially on things like colorless amorphous topaz. They do similar treatments to quartz (mostly the type dug in Arkansas but some brazilian material more recently) and it is most well known as "Titanium Quartz" and that is another instance where you can get a very aesthetic artistic modifications of natural structures and they are normally quite inexpensive.

[@HoodieNinja28]

This guy's amazing, also I have several cave in rock area specimens

[@yourexsenpai5831]

Love the way you explain things. Studying at GIA must be a blast 🤩

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

The 1st fluorite specimen kinda looks like a chocolate chunk cookie. They are both stunning!

[@izjusme9504]

Could you talk about bismuth and how it incorporates into jewlery

[@americanrebel413]

This was great, thank you.

[@nickalouscromer9082]

You should bring the Crystal Collector on the channel with some South Carolina Amethyst, and have another video with PaleoChris or WILD KYLE showing Calcite crystals in clam shells.

[@jabradford32]

The blue eyeliner makes him look like a fremen of Arrakis from the book Dune

[@jordanroot5902]

It's supposed to be black but I think I blended in with the background too much being black on black so I think they churned up the exposure so that I didn't look like a floating face lol.

[@kimberlydlapp3441]

@@jordanroot5902 you looked fantastic. You looked comfortable and happy to be talking to someone who understands what you're talking about.

[@kinggamer1214]

This is some rare footage of the heart of an endermam

[@jonnyhudson5644]

Great episode!

[@gems]

Thanks, Jonny!

[@asterbluejay1471]

ooooooh! I started getting interested in crystals when I started to collect clear quartz crystals in a rocky parking lot in my old school. They're really small tho.

[@isaacalberda250]

fr like without these videos the coolest pieces of fluorite i’ve seen are the rough boulders with no structure i get from a local place in montana

[@Yvonne2214]

Illinois in the US, but I also love English fluorite... Frasers Hush, Hilton, Rogerly, Blackdene... and so glad I'm not the only one with a bit of a compulsion. Also there is enough fluorite out there in rough form. No need to cut the quality intact specimens

[@determinedkid5243]

I wanna start collecting gems like this cuz its so awesome and interesting to see so many of them out there and learn them all 💎💙

[@jordanroot5902]

You should. Do it with all your heart (technically your mind, but you get it).

[@watusilucy4972]

Jordan, I absolutely cherish your sentimentality toward specimens. My wish is that your philosophy would influence collectors around the world!😈😈

[@pandavcm05]

My son and I love your videos. This was really cool! But must I also say, I'm in love with your clothes. Such beautiful tops. Striking blue, and the reddish brown with small print and cool neckline. Where did you get them?

[@purrecioustabby630]

Your guest is so cool

[@leothecat9230]

Illinois is so much more awesome than I thought

[@felishapenney6]

Beautiful calcite nicely colored

[@Rahbinknight]

I love Jordan!!!! They need to make a channel

[@GLesbihonest]

This was so dope!!!

[@igneousmoon]

Omg, was watching this guy and kept thinking, "he's got top bee on ther spectrum" and he is! Me too :D

[@naturalselectioncrystals712]

Lol. Congrats on your atypical brain!

[@loralouise3865]

Much later, but I loved this! 😈😈!

[@robbydebeuf6405]

great show, great guest

[@TJMartinek]

Awesome guest!

[@lorimangold2890]

I have a Huge piece of flourite, yellow green with silver fleck inside it has a rainbow, refraction

[@timothyhadley8482]

What if it's possible to re create any and ever and new specimens?

[@MoldaviteQueen]

I think of fluorite !! Cave in ROCK !!!

[@zoeberry33]

I love fluorite too💗

[@ikievershining]

HE IS SO CUTE!

[@jadiscardelli3487]

Beautiful

[@karmaside2441]

Those where so cool!😈😈

[@newjsdavid1]

Sweet origin story

[@jjdraco7337]

That blue over cast fluorite is amazing!

[@DarkestSquall]

Hellthy junkfood sent me and I gave my mom purple fluorite for her birthday last year :3

[@gems]

That's awesome! We love JP & Julia!

[@amothintoflame3174]

Thank you 😈😈

[@chrism4008]

I freakin love native silver. And he knew that metal is crystals, first time I've heard that here

[@lithafoster]

😈😈!! thank you :) come back your so cool

[@alexanderzangal4125]

Most of my collection is romanian crystals but I am always looking for what feels more unique and special.

[@blessedone843]

I guess you can say he's in love with gemstones... Since he almost got stabbed through the heart with one. I love this video & his story about his love for gemstone specimens 😊

[@dekna4081]

I'm originally from bali.find precious stone blue ligh,weight 9.6 gr n to sell

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

Natalie: okay, so, why not cut it? Me: why *would* you cut that?!

[@X__jbunny__x]

Beautiful

[@pupsik77]

23:49 should have said PHANTOMstic examples of fluorite 😈😈

[@KoltonBlaze625]

😈😈 Awesome vid, guys!

[@tracyfrederick5606]

He should be a teacher. He explains things in such a special way! 👿👿

[@murlimewes3685]

Amazing 😈😈

[@-Slinger-]

😈😈 I love Jordan's philosophy and his eye make-up. I actually bought an eye pencil, but I'm too scared of reactions to use it 😟

[@MTlightneverfindyou]

Never be afraid of others responses to your self expression. These are also things that can hinder you from growth. I mean, unless that self expression is potentially harmful to others lol. When I started dressing oddly I didn't have the social pressures that others experience so I got really used to being aesthetically different before I started selling minerals and then it was a little bit of a culture shock to really see how much people did react, but, at the end of the day it makes a pretty effective filter for people who have depth vs. people who are restricted to only observing people visually. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you find your balance with your aesthetic desires.

[@MTlightneverfindyou]

Oh and collect minerals. Because everyone should.

[@jordanroot5902]

Also realized that I responded on my other account first, sorry about that lol.

[@wildy1107]

😈😈 wow!! crasy specimens!!! 🙀

[@jordyn87]

She kinda looks like Katherine Heigl! BTW beautiful flourite 🤤🤤

[@jimmaification]

Hi Jordan!

[@ProspectingMonkey]

Love Flourite 😈👿

[@blessedone843]

Look for color, look for location and don't obsess about values go for what you like... 👍

[@suasuluapeangelaspinler9279]

😈😈 Jordon is phenomenal. Every thing he said is.... Right. I learned valuable information watching this show, and listening to his knowledge. Thank you.