What's My Rock? #9 - a rock identification show

[@RenSauceMan]

Glad you had fun with it! Thanks for having me! Seemed to be quite the puzzle

[@tectonic_city]

Any time!

[@pleegjepleegje]

A new 'What's my Rock,' yay!

[@ryanthrall4636]

I was worried when there wasn't any new videos lately. So glad your doing more

[@tectonic_city]

there'll be many more :) thanks

[@sierrareynolds9291]

I love these videos, and the dad jokes

[@denttech2515]

19:08. "Giving a talk on fluorescent minerals"... maybe talk about fluorite

[@ecks_marks_the_spot]

Really glad you are putting out new content. I'd like to know how to get on the show. I rockhound San Diego beaches and have found some beautiful rocks that I can't identify. I've shown them to a couple of geologists from the San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, and they also don't know what they are. I could use some help. Thanks.

[@tectonic_city]

You’re welcome to come on the show and we’ll give it a go!

[@ecks_marks_the_spot]

@tectonic_city Great! I sent you an email with some pictures. I look forward to your response.

[@joannholmes8726]

THANK you! I have seen those odd things before... weird and rare but I was in the Aleutian Islands so 100 volcanos everywhere, active.

[@BillyPilgrim70]

Man, I love these videos. Going to binge watch them all now. Really really cool stuff. Thanks for making these!

[@tectonic_city]

Glad you like them!

[@SpiritualNerdGems]

Yes!!! Definitely excited for a new episode! Thank you for producing these!

[@tectonic_city]

More to come!

[@denttech2515]

Specific gravity tests would be nice to see on some of the more solid minerals. Just an idea. Love the show. Keep them comng

[@tectonic_city]

good idea, but would need to be a specimen with only one mineral or else we'd get a specific gravity that would be difficult to interpret

[@Juleberry]

You and Austin are best friends!❤

[@Poeponu]

Lol, I like the song at the end.😆 Now I have to look through my collection for mystery rocks.

[@zking407]

Is the first specimen from perhaps a large scale mine heavy in certain minerals and those minerals re-gather in the smelting process much like you describe in the beginning with smelting additives.( borax)

[@tectonic_city]

I don't think so, more likely a synthetic product, probably manufactured from limestone somehow

[@Crowdog1234]

Conejo Mountain was a 9mi high monster per report. What we see now is the dacite plug and sills(Tarantula Hill,basement of Barranca, Ladyface in agoura) found "something" odd at one of them i'd love to know about

[@tectonic_city]

you're welcome on the show, email at [e-mail]

[@timi_hx9919]

Really cool video:) love to see more analytic methods. Looking forwald to you making thinsections and using SED xD

[@roxymanasquan9087]

This was SO cool! LOVE your show & I learn SO much from it😊

[@Stampoable]

Great show! looking forward to the next one!

[@KisheaCrowl]

15:51 how could a licking waiver not be done?! Every rock obsessed person licks. Not all finds. Like Tigers eye. Asbestos family. Im a firm believer in licking rocks. Builds up immunity.

[@ol.9169]

Awesome 🎉

[@MadDogTor_]

The silvery look and needle-like crystals make me think Stibnite, but that would be antimony. Calcium-aluminium-silicate, makes me think stilbite. Similar as they may sound. 😄

[@tectonic_city]

I think you meant stilbite, Good idea based on crystal habit but not nearly enough silicon for stilbite or any zeolite mineral

[@MadDogTor_]

@@tectonic_city Oh ya, I said stibnite twice. I did mean stilbite. apologies. Editing. 😄

[@KisheaCrowl]

21:08.. this spoon tool you are using. What's it's name? Is what you are using it for the intended purpose? Odd line of questions, i know. I found something similar at an abandoned house metal detecting outside. It had like a little two prong sharp point at the one end. But the spoon prart was the same. Ive been curious for years now and my 1 million searches trying to reword have turned up nothing.

[@tectonic_city]

stainless steel lab spatula

[@daveboyer3035]

A new episode! And you stole my meteorite joke!

[@tectonic_city]

wait, which joke?

[@AmandaLara-l4e]

How do u get ahold of Dr.abstract

[@tectonic_city]

[e-mail]

[@eidorbone]

Gotta admit it was cool seeing some of the other machines and stuff that are part of the process. That and there is, i assume, some windows xp machine still running an old excel script containing the worlds library of things which come from the ground.

[@tectonic_city]

yes XP FTW, can't believe it still runs LOL

[@wojecire]

"we didn't sign a waiver for licking rocks" 😂😂😂

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Cal State San Berdoo has both those expensive machines? Whooda?

[@CannonCornelia]

How do I submit my rock? 😊

[@tectonic_city]

to appear on the show please email [e-mail]

[@Smokkedandslammed]

In the spirit of Crime Pays, Botany Doesn't: Acicular, nice.

[@eidorbone]

Intrusive carbonatites. Nice.

[@tectonic_city]

he's hilarious

[@SweetSunrising]

At first glance I was betting on it being an aesbestos!

[@22redshimmy]

X FILE

[@richardkeller4912]

Nobody has heard of acicular?? People who have xonotlites have!! Get over yourself.

[@tectonic_city]

You’re welcome on the show anytime