Top 5 Coolest Looking Rocks ever Found

Nature can create some beautiful things! Today we're doing the top five coolest looking minerals ever found! Let me know whether you liked this video in the comments

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Museum of Geology Minnesota (CC), Quartz Diggers (CC)

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[triggahappyyt]

This is how I felt when looking at my marbles as a kid lol.

[brokenglass]

*extends the video to 10 minutes using random footage of the rocks and rotating shots

[noone]

@9:20 that's wood, opal, and some resin...

[humpythehippo]

As a geologist that has studied at Harvard for over a decade, the amount of misinformation in this video is criminal

[sophia-vvwt]

5:17 titanium quartz isnt natural it is coated with titanium. It doesnt come out of the ground like that

[mikeyerke]

Came to the comment section for the rock experts. Not disappointed. Lol

[demoncore]

“The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles”

[quinncalum]

"this is sunset opal" (shows five different pictures of five different rocks that are mostly man-made )

[bugadifino]

Insert HUGE frown face here .... SO much misinformation starting with the VERY FIRST

1- Labradorite
2 - Pronounced Tor-Ma-Leen
3 - Titanium Quartz is made in a Lab!!!!
4 - Stopped watching in frustration

[eringemini]

The Fire Opal was mesmerizing! Always one of my favorite stones besides the perfect deep green Emeralds.

[WhatTheDevils]

This video rocks








If you liked this you're clearly stoned.

[justjacob]

1:55 : Minecraft Villager: I can give you 1 bread for that.

[shvonnemarie]

The fact that this is still up 2 years later with millions of views and so much misinformation is incredibly disappointing..

[TheMagickhands]

This video is full of false information. The guy talking has no clue about the subject he is speaking about. Several of the "galaxy" opals are man-made with pieces of natural opal in them. Titanium quartz, also known as aqua-aura, is man-made in a lab. It does not come out of the ground with those rainbow colors.

[goboreal]

The way he said Tourmaline had me do a double-take

[onichan]

it amazes me how such stunning and beautiful wonders can be found if you bother to look and how just scratching the surface can reveal the utter beauty of even the plainest looking stone . so lovely .

[teresacline]

The Titanium Quartz looks so otherworldly, much more metallic than a stone. The Sunset Fire Opal looks like it was floated free from a bubble of molten lava that's encased in glass for people to wear. Last, but not least, The Galaxy Opal that looks so ethereal and somewhat spiritual, with encapsulated worlds discombobulated inside these gems. Out of the five, these were the most majestic, possibly that I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

[schwablwizard]

Me: *DOING NOTHING*
YouTube's recommended: Wanna see some rocks?

[johnpetty]

The titanium quartz cluster is a treated piece. Quartz exposed to titanium vapor in a controlled environment creates the iridescent sheen. NOT found like that in nature.

[CrunchyCereal]

Ok
1) labradorite and the second museum piece has azurite (the blue part) malachite and some other minerals included

2)TOURMALINE GOD SAKES One of those minerals (the pink branchy one is something else don’t know tho)
Also he says it like three different ways

3) Aura Quartz is coated in metals, not natural. The quartz mine is just regular quartz/ smoky stuff. I’m impressed he didn’t include anything where these geologists said the minerals
The rest of the titanium quartz was probably metaphysics people displaying them

2) the poor giant fire opal? If that was even real... I’ve never seen opal mined.
The first cabochon is fire opal
The faceted stone isnt (not sure what tho
The third resin ??
Fourth probs actually opal
The fifth not sure ...

1) half of these are resin pieces

This video was great to see and learn from but now The inner mineralogist in me is crying